23rd November 2012

Catholic Church endorses Living Wage

by The Friend Newsdesk

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

23rd November 2012

Charity highlights tax dodging

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

Quakers join John Lewis protest
23rd November 2012

Quakers join John Lewis protest

by The Friend Newsdesk
16th November 2012

Meeting in Ethiopia

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

16th November 2012

Report highlights concern in Colombia

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

White poppy events in Wales
16th November 2012

White poppy events in Wales

by The Friend Newsdesk
16th November 2012

Waldo Williams

by The Friend Newsdesk

The distinguished Welsh Quaker poet Waldo Williams was the subject of a special Remembrance Day programme on BBC Radio Wales.  The programme used extracts from a talk given…

16th November 2012

Quarterly Coup

by The Friend Newsdesk

The Friends Quarterly, sister publication of The Friend, has managed something of a journalistic ‘coup’ in featuring an article by Justin Welby in the current edition. …

Peace Centre demolished
9th November 2012

Peace Centre demolished

by Symon Hill
9th November 2012

Concern over Cameron’s Gulf visit

by The Friend Newsdesk

The visit this week by David Cameron to the Gulf to promote arms sales has been criticised by pacifists and campaign organisa-tions opposed to the arms trade.  The prime…

Home Office set to deport transplant patient to Nigeria
9th November 2012

Home Office set to deport transplant patient to Nigeria

by Clare Sambrook
9th November 2012

Circles broadcast appeal postponed

by The Friend Newsdesk

The charity appeal for Circles of Support and Accountability, to have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 4 November, has been postponed.  The appeal was to have been…