York’s new Jewish Community will open its doors, or rather those of Friargate Meeting House, to local people, on Friday 27 February.
The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) recently recognised two new groups of Quakers.
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…
Women around the world will join together in prayer on Friday 6 March.
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…
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.
Friends are being called to join the Time to Act on Climate Change march that is being held in London on 7 March. The march will bring people together on the streets of London to…
Rowena Loverance, assistant clerk of Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR), spoke to their annual report. She explained that QCCIR reports to Meeting for…
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