11th July 2014

AVP international gathering in Ireland

by Tara Craig

More than 160 delegates from forty countries are gathering in Maynooth in Ireland from 13 to 19 July for the International Gathering of the Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP).…

11th July 2014

JRF supports new journalism prize

by Tara Craig

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is supporting a new prize for in-depth journalism. ‘The Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils’ will be awarded for the first…

11th July 2014

Bootham students work in Quaker burial ground

by Tara Craig

On Tuesday 1 July some 400 Bootham School students, aged between eleven and eighteen, took part in a ‘whole school service day’. Inspired and organised by history teacher and…

11th July 2014

QSA gains Living Wage Foundation certification

by Tara Craig

Quaker Social Action (QSA) has gained the Living Wage Foundation’s certification. This means that every member of the east London charity’s staff, including contracted workers,…

4th July 2014

Three Westminster Friends receive honours

by Tara Craig

Three members of Westminster Meeting, London, featured in the recent birthday honours list. Michael Bartlet, lately parliamentary liaison secretary for the Religious Society of…

4th July 2014

FWCC meets in Moyallon

by Tara Craig

Sixteen representatives of the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) took part in a residential meeting at The Moyallon Centre in Northern Ireland last week. The centre…

4th July 2014

Quakers reject Trident Commission recommendations

by Tara Craig

Quakers in Britain strongly disagree with the conclusion of a report published this week that says the UK should retain its nuclear deterrent. The report by the independent…

Friends General Conference Gathering underway
4th July 2014

Friends General Conference Gathering underway

by Tara Craig
27th June 2014

Quakers return to Crewe after 90 years

by The Friend Newsdesk

Regular worship among Friends in the Crewe and Nantwich area has moved back to Crewe for the first time since 1922.  Meetings for Worship take place at the Coppenhall…

Blue plaque unveiled
27th June 2014

Blue plaque unveiled

by The Friend Newsdesk
27th June 2014

Film launch at Friends House

by The Friend Newsdesk

A new film that highlights a growing concern among young people about the promotion of military activities in schools is to be launched at Friends House on the evening of 26…