An Iraqi paediatrician is petitioning the World Health Organisation (WHO) to release research findings on the increase in birth defects in the country’s hospitals.
Better collaboration between the EU and UN could lead to a stronger international society, says Judith Kirton-Darling, confederal secretary to the European Trade Union…
‘“It’s the Society of Friends; we’re mates so you can meet me there!” Not the usual response to: How did you become a Quaker? But we were not in a usual situation, as…
The clear decision of the UK parliament to reject military intervention in Syria has been welcomed by Friends House in London. Paul Parker, recording clerk of Quakers in…
A Friend will be travelling around the country during the next eighteenth months highlighting issues relating to money and the current financial system.
Southport Quakers have launched a competition for the best five hundred word essay on the subject of peace written by young people studying at Key Stage 4 and 5. The Dorothy…
Quakers will be part of a peace witness at the Burghfield nuclear warheads factory in Berkshire on Monday 2 September. A group of protesters intend to nonviolently blockade…
A strong appeal to the British government to refrain from military action in Syria has been made of behalf of Quakers in Britain. A statement signed by Paul Parker,…
An exhibition of panels from the Quaker Tapestry is being held at one of the most iconic locations of peace witness in Britain. The National Needlework Archive, which will…
A local charity that was set up to raise money to replace a statue of Quaker Alfred Salter that was stolen in 2011 has been boosted by a donation of £5,000 by Ladbrookes.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called for an immediate end to UK arms sales to Egypt, following the recent wave of violence in the country. Arms exports to Egypt…
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