Latest News
Christian unity experienced
Several Quaker Meetings have welcomed worshippers from local churches in celebration of the week of Prayer for Christian Unity. In a number of towns, united worship was held at a different place of worship on each day of the week, which ran from 18-25 January.
Swiss banks criticised
Friends in Geneva have strongly criticised Switzerland’s banking and financial systems. Geneva Monthly Meeting said that institutions in their city are responsible for ‘acute social and economic difficulties now experienced around the world’.
Warning issued against ‘vulture funds’
Two years after a successful campaign against ‘vulture funds’, the NGO, Jubilee Debt Campaign, has warned that the European debt crisis will give them a new opportunity to take advantage of poverty.
Anglicans inspired by Quakers
Anglican environmentalists say they are inspired by the example of British Quakers in divesting from the multinational oil firm BP. They have launched the ‘Good Steward’ campaign to call on the Church of England to follow suit.
Quakers and ‘Occupy’
Quakers in Bristol and London have offered their support to members of ‘Occupy’ camps who are facing eviction. Bristol Cathedral have begun legal action to attempt to evict occupiers from cathedral-owned land. A court in London is expected to rule this week on the City of London’s request...
Ulster Quakers respond
Friends in Northern Ireland are working together to produce a Quaker response to the NI Executive’s new Draft Programme for Government 2011 – 2015.
QCEA lambasts arms exports report
The Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has described the European Union’s (EU) latest report on arms exports as ‘too late and incomplete’. The report on European arms exports for 2010 was released almost a year after the period it covers, on Friday 30 December 2011. QCEA last week joined ten other...
Citizens UK launches agenda
Quakers are getting ‘much more involved’ in Citizens UK, according to the organisation’s director, Neil Jameson. This week the group launched a ‘citizens’ agenda’ ahead of the London elections in May. Citizens UK is an alliance of civil society organisations, including faith groups, schools, trades unions and community...
Death and dying
Quakers in Leeds are organising a conference to address ‘Death and Dying – the last taboo’. The conference will explore the ethical, spiritual and legal concerns around end-of-life care and assisted dying’. It will be held in Leeds on 12 May.
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
A number of Meetings are planning to open their doors to members of local churches as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity from 18 to 25 January. In several towns, there will be prayers for unity in a different place of worship each day. Quaker Meetings including Kings...