The problems of identity and stereotyping were among those addressed at a Quaker event in Huddersfield on 19 April when forty young people met to share and discuss the issues they…
Britain Yearly Meeting’s second hustings attracted more than 200 people. It took place in the Large Meeting House on Tuesday 21 April. All five main parties were represented.…
A survey sent out by Friends to general election candidates across Gloucestershire elicited some unexpected responses. Candidates from four of the five political parties running…
The Quaker Life Network’s newly published Encounters with mental distress: Quaker stories will be launched on Saturday 2 May at Yearly Meeting.
The Social Justice Group of Manchester and Warrington Area Meeting has sent questions to local parliamentary candidates. The nine questions focused on peace, the environment,…
Dorking Quakers hosted an election hustings on 17 April, attracting 140 participants. All candidates in the Mole Valley constituency, which includes Dorking, took part, and each of…
The Retreat, the York mental health facility, has applied for planning permission to build a new patient day care facility for the treatment of patients with eating disorders.
Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) is setting up a working group on end of life issues.
The sole Friend standing as a candidate for election in Scotland has highlighted the need to develop more jobs in the green economy.
‘Quaker.org.uk’, the website of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), is being revamped. This will make it easier for users to find what they need quickly and easily, on whatever…
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