10th January 2014

YM Gathering bookings open

by The Friend Newsdesk

Bookings for Yearly Meeting Gathering, to be held in Bath in August 2014, are now open.  Friends House have provided information on their website that gives background and…

10th January 2014

Appeal for school governors

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Up to one in four school governor positions is vacant in some schools in rural and deprived areas of England.  SGOSS – Governors for Schools, the educational charity, has…

13th December 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Quaker values in education

by The Friend

A major theme of Meeting for Sufferings, held on Saturday 7 December at Friends House, London, was that of ‘Quaker values in education’.  Friends were ‘making a start…

13th December 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Report of Britain Yearly Meeting trustees

by The Friend

Property dominated the report on the work of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees.  The report was given by the clerk of BYM trustees, Jennifer Barraclough. Having realised…

13th December 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: The Light

by The Friend Newsdesk

Friends at Meeting for Sufferings were told that a decision has been made to give an additional name to the Large Meeting House in Friends House.

13th December 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Tabular statement

by The Friend

Paul Parker, recording clerk for Britain Yearly Meeting, told Meeting for Sufferings how Friends House had responded to a request by Yearly Meeting 2013 to look at the tabular…

13th December 2013

Meeting for Sufferings: Canterbury Commitment Group interim report

by The Friend

The Canterbury Commitment Group presented their interim report. The group told Meeting for Sufferings that there had been widespread approval of the decision to publicly disinvest…

First Stephen Pittam awards given
6th December 2013

First Stephen Pittam awards given

by Ian Kirk-Smith
George Gorman lecturer 2014 announced
6th December 2013

George Gorman lecturer 2014 announced

by Ian Kirk-Smith
Vigil for climate justice
29th November 2013

Vigil for climate justice

by The Friend Newsdesk
29th November 2013

Death of two pioneers

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Frederick Sanger, the distinguished biochemist, and Grigor McClelland, a founding director of the Manchester Business School, have died.

29th November 2013

Scottish MPs back same sex marriage

by Caroline Humphries

Many Quakers in Britain warmly welcomed the recent overwhelming support of Scottish MPs for the new Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill.