25th October 2013

Remembrance Day lecture

by The Friend Newsdesk

Alastair McIntosh, the Quaker campaigner and author, is to give the Movement for the Abolition of War (MAW) annual lecture at the Imperial War Museum on Sunday 10 November.

25th October 2013

Rainbows within rainbows

by The Friend Newsdesk

The theme for the most recent gathering of the Quaker Lesbian Group, held at Leicester Friends Meeting House in late September, was ‘Rainbows within Rainbows’. It was explored…

18th October 2013

Faith groups take Lobbying Bill fight to the Lords

by Caroline Humphries

Quakers are working with other faith groups to oppose the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill (known as the ‘Lobbying Bill’) as…

18th October 2013

Witness or whitewash?

by Caroline Humphries

Friends House is to host an open panel debate on 17 October about ‘Church Investment: witness or whitewash?’ during National Ethical Investment Week, which runs from 13 to 19…

18th October 2013

Call for decisive action on corruption

by The Friend Newsdesk

Organisations and partners representing millions of people across the globe have issued an open letter challenging the world’s governments, financial institutions and church…

18th October 2013

Banbury hosts sustainability forum

by Raymond Mgadzah

Banbury Meeting’s second annual sustainability forum has been hailed as a great success.  The clerk to Banbury Meeting, Judith Mason, said the forum was attended by over…

New Peace Trail
18th October 2013

New Peace Trail

by The Friend Newsdesk
Outreach in Wimborne
18th October 2013

Outreach in Wimborne

by The Friend Newsdesk
11th October 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Call for fossil fuel disinvestment

by Caroline Humphries

Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) has encouraged Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees to give up BYM’s investment in fossil fuels.  The recommendation reflected a groundswell…

11th October 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Friends develop dialogue

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The decision made in April 2011 to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories continues to prompt challenging questions for Friends in Britain, Meeting for…

11th October 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Responding to government cuts

by Caroline Humphries

‘We find ourselves utterly at odds with the priorities in our society which deny the full human potential of millions of people in this country. That denial diminishes us…

11th October 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Area Meeting Concerns

by Caroline Humphries

Probation Service  Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) has requested advice from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) following receipt of a minute that set out a concern over…