Images of refreshment and renewal, prompted by a reference to the famous Roman baths, were raised in a short presentation promoting the 2014 Yearly Meeting Gathering of Friends to…
Woodcraft Folk, the national children’s charity, has pledged to campaign to get the military out of schools. At their recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) the charity voted…
Delicious cakes and morning tea were on the table in the new Garden Lounge at Woodbrooke on Friday 5 May as Kath Russell, head of centre development at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study…
At the recent Spring gathering of the Quaker Lesbian and Gay Fellowship (QLGF) Michael Hutchinson challenged members to focus on the future without forgetting the past.
A campaign to keep Quaker social reformer Elizabeth Fry on the £5 bank note is gaining momentum.
The Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice has been given a grant from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust. The pilgrimage, which is modelled on the Olympic torch relay…
Some ninety Friends, from seventeen Local Meetings across central southern England, gathered on 27 April, in Bournemouth, to hear Geoffrey Durham speak.
This year Christian Aid Week will be urging the British public to ‘bite back at hunger’. Christian Aid Week runs between 12-18 May and will highlight the problem of…
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