Friends House is to host an open panel debate on 17 October about ‘Church Investment: witness or whitewash?’ during National Ethical Investment Week, which runs from 13 to 19…
Organisations and partners representing millions of people across the globe have issued an open letter challenging the world’s governments, financial institutions and church…
Banbury Meeting’s second annual sustainability forum has been hailed as a great success. The clerk to Banbury Meeting, Judith Mason, said the forum was attended by over…
Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) has encouraged Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees to give up BYM’s investment in fossil fuels. The recommendation reflected a groundswell…
The decision made in April 2011 to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories continues to prompt challenging questions for Friends in Britain, Meeting for…
‘We find ourselves utterly at odds with the priorities in our society which deny the full human potential of millions of people in this country. That denial diminishes us…
Probation Service Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) has requested advice from Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) following receipt of a minute that set out a concern over…
The re-introduction of a quota to Meetings was rejected by Friends at Meetings for Sufferings (MfS). Britain Yearly Meeting trustees had concluded that a re-introduction of…
A Yearly Energy Survey (YES) is being developed to provide a ‘simpler and more robust’ tool to monitor energy use.
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