30th August 2014

New challenge for the Leaveners

by Tara Craig

The Quaker arts group the Leaveners has announced a new partnership with youth charity The Challenge. In the first of what will hopefully be a series of activities, twenty-four…

30th August 2014

QARN campaign for immigration detention time limit

by Tara Craig

The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) is campaigning for a time limit for immigration detention. In the year to the end of March 2014, 2,991 people were in detention in the…

Friends support Manchester Pride
30th August 2014

Friends support Manchester Pride

by Tara Craig
30th August 2014

Restoration work at Quaker burial ground in Wicklow

by Tara Craig

An Old Quaker graveyard in County Wicklow, Ireland, has been transformed by the efforts of a local heritage group with the support of Irish Friends.

Thirsk Friends highlight choice
22nd August 2014

Thirsk Friends highlight choice

by Tara Craig
Blackburn Quakers behind bars
22nd August 2014

Blackburn Quakers behind bars

by Tara Craig
22nd August 2014

New Zealand Quakers mark war anniversary

by Tara Craig

Friends recently took part in a series of peace vigils held across New Zealand. The events were organised by Peace Movement Aotearoa. Nine of the eighteen held across the country…

Northern Young Friends gather
22nd August 2014

Northern Young Friends gather

by Tara Craig
22nd August 2014

Welsh peace vigil condemns NATO event

by Tara Craig

Friends from Caerleon, Newport Meeting staged a peace vigil on 17 August, to protest against next month’s NATO summit. This will take place at Newport’s Celtic Manor Resort on…

Friends join scarf protest
15th August 2014

Friends join scarf protest

by Tara Craig
15th August 2014

Quakers call for action on Gaza

by Tara Craig

Against a backdrop of broken ceasefires and with almost 2,000 people dead, Quakers in Britain have released a statement calling for urgent action on Gaza. The Religious Society of…

Commemoration events
8th August 2014

Commemoration events

by Tara Craig, Ian Kirk-Smith and Elinor Smallman