War Resisters’ International (WRI)’s nonviolence programme is at risk of closure due to a funding shortfall. The programme has been training nonviolent movements…
Banbury Quakers recently held a forum dedicated to topics such as food waste, biodiversity and the impact of poverty on children. The discussion was held at Banbury and Bicester…
The issue of modern day slavery has been raised, in a dramatic form, at Mansfield’s Meeting house. The Plain Quaker theatre project recently staged an updated version of their…
Online video chat technology has allowed two Quaker schools to join together for the first time in a special Meeting for Worship. Sidcot School in Somerset and Sibford School in…
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Norway have written to new NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg, urging his organisation to play a stronger role in peace building.…
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