Latest News

QSA wins major charity award

06 December 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

A prestigious Guardian Charity Awards for 2012 was this week given to Quaker Social Action.  It is a huge achievement for the charity, which is based in east London, and director Judith Moran was delighted. She said: ‘This is fantastic news for us because each year the Guardian chooses five...

Read more

Advocacy post in Scotland

06 December 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Friends in Scotland will link with Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) in helping Quakers play a more effective advocacy role in the country.

Read more

Quaker statement on Gaza

FREE 22 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Quakers in Britain have called for an immediate end to the use of force by all parties in Gaza.  A statement, signed by Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, was sent to William Hague, foreign secretary, and to the Israeli embassy and the Palestinian embassy in London...

Read more

Inter Faith Week challenge to build friendships

22 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 1 comment | 1 comments

David Urquhart, bishop of Birmingham, has issued a community challenge for national Inter Faith Week urging people of different faiths to build friendships and challenge stereotypes.

Read more

Prisons Week 2012

22 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Prisons Week 2012, which runs between 18 and 24 November, will be highlighting important issues of concern to prisoners in all parts of Britain.

Read more

Catholic Church endorses Living Wage

22 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

The Catholic Church has endorsed the Living Wage ahead of the forthcoming Church of England debate on the subject.

Read more

Charity highlights tax dodging

22 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Christian Aid has urged the government to help Pakistan boost its disastrously low tax revenues by breaking down global financial secrecy and helping the country get information on Pakistani citizens’ accounts in Britain and other tax havens.

Read more

Quakers join John Lewis protest

22 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Banners from the protest | Photo courtesy of Citizens UK.

A group of Quakers took part last Saturday in nonviolent protests at some John Lewis stores in Britain.  They were raising concerns, as customers, about the exclusion of cleaners from the John Lewis ‘partnership model’ and challenging the store’s reputation as one of the country’s leading ethical...

Read more

Meeting in Ethiopia

15 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

A Scottish Quaker intends to introduce the Quaker way of worship to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.  Peter Cheer, a member of Perth Meeting East Scotland, who is currently on a Voluntary Service Overseas assignment in Ethiopia, plans to hold a Quaker Meeting for Worship in Addis.

Read more

Report highlights concern in Colombia

15 November 2012 | by The Friend Newsdesk | 0 comments

Plans for a massive expansion of Colombia’s mining industry could have serious implications for human rights violations, environmental damage and lost tax revenues, a new report warns.

Read more