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…

Friends support ‘fair deal’ for John Lewis cleaners
2nd November 2012

Friends support ‘fair deal’ for John Lewis cleaners

by The Friend Newsdesk
2nd November 2012

Socially useful banking

by The Friend Newsdesk

We need to rediscover the social usefulness of banks. This was one of the messages heard at the Occupy sponsored talk and discussion entitled Socially Useful Banking on Monday 29…

2nd November 2012

EU complicit

by The Friend Newsdesk

QPSW has joined with twenty-two other non-governmental organisations across Europe to launch a report, entitled Trading Away Peace: How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli…

2nd November 2012

Junior Yearly Meeting 2013

by Raymond Mgadzah

The location and dates of Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) for 2013 have been announced.  The gathering is to be held at the Pioneer Centre near Kidderminster from 6 to 10 April.

2nd November 2012

Farewells at Woodbrooke

by The Friend Newsdesk

Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham will be without three popular figures this time next year.

Quakers march against cuts
26th October 2012

Quakers march against cuts

by The Friend Newsdesk
26th October 2012

‘Talking Friends’ goes digital

by The Friend Newsdesk

‘Talking Friends’ after many years of producing recordings in cassette format, has gone digital to improve its service to their subscribers.  Talking Friends (TF) is a…

26th October 2012

Quakers urged to support petition

by The Friend Newsdesk

Friends have been urged to support a popular on-line petition that asks the government to review the cuts that have been made to the benefits and services provided to disabled…

Census protester discharged
26th October 2012

Census protester discharged

by The Friend Newsdesk