3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: Tabular statement concern

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Gloucestershire Area Meeting brought to Meeting for Sufferings the suggestion that the Religious Society of Friends might cease to ask its members and attenders to declare a…

3rd April 2015

Meeting for Sufferings: The end of the triennium

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Meeting for Sufferings ended with prayerful reflection and thanksgiving for Friends’ service over the past three years.

Friend joins Burghfield blockade
3rd April 2015

Friend joins Burghfield blockade

by Tara Craig
Historic double wedding
3rd April 2015

Historic double wedding

by Tara Craig
3rd April 2015

FWCC welcomes new member

by Tara Craig

The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) welcomed the New Association of Friends at the Section of the Americas annual meeting in Mexico City in March.

3rd April 2015

Friends’ carbon footprint efforts pay off

by Tara Craig

Camden Climate Change Alliance has recognised Friends House as a Carbon Champion. The Carbon Champion mark is awarded to organisations in Camden, or working in Camden, that are…

Friends fly kites
27th March 2015

Friends fly kites

by Tara Craig
Red plaque day for QSA
27th March 2015

Red plaque day for QSA

by Tara Craig
27th March 2015

‘The Light’ shortlisted for architectural award

by Tara Craig

The refurbished Large Meeting House in Friends House, which was rebranded for public bookings as ‘The Light’, has been shortlisted for a RIBA (Royal Institute of British…

27th March 2015

Quaker composer new Leaveners’ patron

by Tara Craig

Sally Beamish has joined Judi Dench, Ben Kingsley, Sheila Hancock and John Whitney as a patron of the Leaveners, the Quaker arts organisation. Sally is a composer and viola player.…

27th March 2015

Peace and justice campaigner charged

by Tara Craig

Keighley Friend Sylvia Boyes was imprisoned on 18 March for refusing to pay fines. The fines related to a protest against the DSEI (Defence and Security Equipment) arms fair in…

27th March 2015

Lecture series remembers Friend

by Tara Craig

A Yorkshire field society has named a new lecture series after a member of the Religious Society of Friends who died in 2013 at the age of ninety-three. Upper Wharfedale Field…