The five-year vision for Quakers in Britain is being developed and will be set out in a new long-term framework document for 2015-20.
Artistic Friends have a dream – that one day they will be able to enjoy seeing displays of art in Friends House.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust has announced significant changes to its grant-making priorities for the next five to ten years. The funding for projects in the…
The 2014 Swarthmore Lecture, it has just been announced, is to be given by the Quaker author and academic Ben Pink Dandelion and will explore the theme of ‘transformation’.
Quaker author and peace campaigner Diana Francis is to be one of the speakers at a conference on militarisation to be held at Friends House on 19 October.
Wanstead Quakers have launched The Fair Penny Campaign in response to a Friend’s concern about inequality. The campaign encourages the public to pledge their willingness to pay…
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…
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