6th March 2015

Friends to host hustings

by Tara Craig

Quakers will host hustings with the main political parties in the approach to the general election. Hustings will take place around Britain, including at Friends House in London.…

27th February 2015

Friends make history in Scotland

by Tara Craig

The first same-sex marriage carried out by a recognised church in Scotland was recently celebrated by Edinburgh Friends. Mark Bitel and Tony Gross were married on Valentine’s Day…

27th February 2015

QARN considers the plight of asylum seekers

by Tara Craig

More than fifty Friends and others gathered from 6 to 8 February for a conference organised by the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) in partnership with the Woodbrooke…

Friends to take part in Burghfield lockdown
27th February 2015

Friends to take part in Burghfield lockdown

by Tara Craig
27th February 2015

Jewish Community to hold interfaith service in Meeting house

by Tara Craig

York’s new Jewish Community will open its doors, or rather those of Friargate Meeting House, to local people, on Friday 27 February.

Status change for QCP
27th February 2015

Status change for QCP

by Tara Craig
27th February 2015

Quakers in Bohol and Bologna recognised

by Tara Craig

The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) recently recognised two new groups of Quakers.

27th February 2015

Campsfield House

by Tara Craig

The Friend reported on 21 November 2014 that Oxford Quakers were among more than twenty local organisations opposing the proposed expansion of Campsfield House Immigration Removal…

27th February 2015

Women’s World Day of Prayer

by Tara Craig

Women around the world will join together in prayer on Friday 6 March.

Friends and Global Divestment Day
20th February 2015

Friends and Global Divestment Day

by The Friend Newsdesk
20th February 2015

Mary’s Joy postponed

by Tara Craig

Jeanmarie Simpson’s touring production of Mary’s Joy has been postponed. The American actress and playwright arrived at Heathrow Airport on Friday 13 February from Montreal to…

20th February 2015

Ukraine peace efforts

by The Friend Newsdesk

Quakers in Britain have welcomed the work of German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president François Hollande in helping to broker a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.