5th September 2014

First world war drama at Jordans

by Tara Craig

Jordans Meeting House in Buckinghamshire is the setting for a community theatre performance next week that tells the story of Friends in the first world war. ‘This production is…

5th September 2014

World Quaker Day

by Tara Craig

The first World Quaker Day will take place on 5 October, the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) has announced. FWCC is inviting every Quaker Meeting and Church,…

5th September 2014

Lobbying Act prompts decision at Friends House

by Tara Craig

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees are being asked to decide whether BYM should register with the Electoral Commission as a non-party campaigner. The move is a response to the…

5th September 2014

Change in status for Q&B

by Tara Craig

The Quakers and Business Group (Q&B), formerly a registered charity, although unincorporated, has become a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). The group stressed that…

Meeting houses open to public
5th September 2014

Meeting houses open to public

by Tara Craig
Quaker school pioneers Passivhaus design
30th August 2014

Quaker school pioneers Passivhaus design

by Tara Craig
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