Friends hold commemorative vigil
23rd August 2024

Friends hold commemorative vigil

by Rebecca Hardy
23rd August 2024

BYM in ‘quiet diplomacy’ with Barclays Bank

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) staff met with Barclays Bank representatives last month. The meeting was about the bank’s financial relationships with companies supplying military…

23rd August 2024

QSA calls for kitchens for asylum seekers

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Social Action (QSA) has called for ‘a kitchen-first approach’ for people within the asylum system. 

23rd August 2024

Fox’s sermons celebrated

by Rebecca Hardy

Pardshaw Quakers are planning to develop the Pardshaw Quaker Centre (PQC) for ‘peace, retreats and affordable accommodation’. 

23rd August 2024

Norfolk Friends mark Fox400

by Rebecca Hardy

Wells-next-the-Sea Meeting celebrated the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth last month with music and a Quaker Tapestry exhibition. 

Friends urge National Trust to ditch Barclays
16th August 2024

Friends urge National Trust to ditch Barclays

by Rebecca Hardy
16th August 2024

Quakers support migrants as riots spread

by Rebecca Hardy

As racist, anti-migrant and Islamophobic violence erupted in parts of the UK, Quakers across the country reached out to local mosques to show solidarity, and to support those…

16th August 2024

Westminster Friends mark Hiroshima Day

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) welcomed a ‘Hibakusha’ to Westminster Meeting House earlier this month. Seishi Morikawa, a campaigner against nuclear weapons, is a second…

16th August 2024

Black Lives Matter festival at Friends House

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers supported the first Festival of Collective Liberation organised by Black Lives Matter UK last month. The event took place at Friends House in London, with Friends recruited…

QUNO director  steps down
9th August 2024

QUNO director steps down

by Rebecca Hardy
9th August 2024

Friends hear Alternative Security Review findings

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Darlington heard key findings from the upcoming Alternative Security Review last month.

9th August 2024

BYM submits evidence to UN on UK racism

by Rebecca Hardy

The UK must do more to tackle racism, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has told a review by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).