Young soldiers recruited from disadvantaged backgrounds are much more likely to return from war with mental health problems than other troops, says a new report published by human…
Nicola Sleap has been appointed as researcher to a new PhD research project into twentieth century Quaker business history. The project is the first PhD to be funded by the…
Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting was among the twelve senior representatives from churches and Christian organisations in the United Kingdom who, on 24…
On Remembrance Sunday, 10 November, Bradford Meeting and other concerned groups are organising two events as the start of their commemoration of the onset of the first world war.
Nothing but trouble has come from market fundamentalism, professor Mary Mellor told Newcastle Friends at a public meeting of their Economic Justice Group on 24 October. ‘This…
Newcastle doesn’t have a lot of job opportunities. What incentive is there for a government to put in more job opportunities if the way they are going to recruit their army is…
Friends in the south-west have highlighted a concern about the future of Religious Education (RE) in schools in England. The issue was raised in a public meeting on…
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.
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…
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…
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