Pilgrimage reaches Scottish parliament
7th June 2013

Pilgrimage reaches Scottish parliament

by The Friend Newsdesk
7th June 2013

Peer quotes from Quaker publication

by The Friend Newsdesk

An influential Quaker publication from the 1960s was quoted in the House of Lords debate, earlier this week, on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill.

7th June 2013

Major work at Westminster Meeting

by The Friend Newsdesk

Friends visiting central London this summer will have a chance to see the interior of King’s College Chapel.

Britain Yearly Meeting 2013: News in Brief
31st May 2013

Britain Yearly Meeting 2013: News in Brief

by The Friend
Gerald Hewitson delivers Swarthmore Lecture
31st May 2013

Gerald Hewitson delivers Swarthmore Lecture

by Elinor Smallman
31st May 2013

All Age Worship

by Elinor Smallman

Friends of all ages came together in an unprogrammed Meeting for Worship for the first time in the Large Meeting House on Sunday.  Meeting began with a Friend reading God’s…

31st May 2013

Facts on film

by The Friend

Friends continue to embrace the benefits of new technology and to explore imaginative new ways of presenting information.  The presentation of the centrally managed work of…

31st May 2013

Canterbury Commitment Group

by Roland Carn

There were helpful presentations from Quaker Peace & Social Witness, the Quaker Council for European Affairs, the Quaker United Nations Office and Living Witness at a special…

31st May 2013

Low carbon: What’s working for you?

by Roland Carn

We look on games as just fun pastimes, but increasingly games are used for serious education and training. We were reminded at the special interest group on Sunday that Monopoly…

31st May 2013

Exploring mental health in Meetings

by Elinor Smallman

Many special interest groups at Yearly Meeting were full to overflowing.  Those who met on Saturday to talk about mental health in Meetings filled the seats, sat on the floor…

31st May 2013

Bubbles

by The Friend

Bubbles were in the air at Yearly Meeting on Monday morning.  In the ‘As Led’ session a Friend spoke of her concern over the ‘bubble’ of Friends associated with…

31st May 2013

Twenty years of working for peace

by Caroline Humphries

Rhiannon Redpath and Owen Everett invited Friends to join them in celebrating twenty years of the Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) peaceworker scheme with an interactive…