Many Quakers across Britain are taking part in activities to mark the seventh annual Quaker Week, from Saturday 28 September to Sunday 6 October. Outreach events have been…
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,…
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