7th February 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: New trustees at Joseph Rowntree Foundation

by The Friend

Two new faces will be joining as trustees of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Friends were told at Meeting for Sufferings in the afternoon session.  The search group – three…

7th February 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: YMG 2014 clerks

by The Friend

The Committee on Clerks will bring forward the following names for nomination to Yearly Meeting Gathering in Bath:

Meeting for Sufferings: Fair wealth T-shirts
7th February 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: Fair wealth T-shirts

by The Friend
7th February 2014

Meeting for Sufferings: Quaker UN Committe

by The Friend

A change has been made in the way in which people are appointed to the Quaker United Nations Committee.  Following the 2012 review of the relationship between the Quaker…

Journey Home at the Geffrye Museum
31st January 2014

Journey Home at the Geffrye Museum

by Ian Kirk-Smith
31st January 2014

Lobbying Bill: call for changes

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Christian Aid chairman Rowan Williams has called on the government to make changes to the Lobbying Bill. Civil society groups, including the Religious Society of Friends, have…

31st January 2014

Peace activists on trial

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The trial of five peace activists who were arrested at the London Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEi) 2013 exhibition last September takes place on Monday 3 and…

31st January 2014

A Testament of Devotion

by Ian Kirk-Smith

A new Spanish translation of Thomas Kelly’s A Testament of Devotion has been welcomed by Robin Mohr, executive secretary of the Section of the Americas of Friends World…

24th January 2014

Group buying power supports renewable energy

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Friends House in London and thirty-seven Quaker Meeting houses have joined the Renewable Energy Group Buying Initiative (REGBI) scheme, which was launched on 16 January.  The…

Newtown report
24th January 2014

Newtown report

by Ian Kirk-Smith
24th January 2014

Poll favours remembrance

by Ian Kirk-Smith

The British public strongly prefer a solemn remembrance of the lives lost in the first world war to a centenary commemoration that places a central emphasis on Britain’s…

24th January 2014

­­Quaker Food Choice project launched

by Ian Kirk-Smith

Quaker Concern for Animals has teamed up with Quakers and Business Group to launch a new project called Quaker Food Choice.