Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has highlighted a United Nations report saying the UK should curb racist hate speech by politicians and public figures.
The Peace Museum in Bradford has reopened at a new site, four years after it closed at the start of the Covid lockdown. Its new location in Salts Mill, in Saltaire, includes a new…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) is calling on the government to restore the right to protest and freedom of speech. In a letter to Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, Paul Parker,…
Barnt Green Quakers opened their Meeting house last month for an interfaith event to ease tensions after riots across the UK. Around fifty walkers – including Christians,…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) staff met with Barclays Bank representatives last month. The meeting was about the bank’s financial relationships with companies supplying military…
Quaker Social Action (QSA) has called for ‘a kitchen-first approach’ for people within the asylum system.
Pardshaw Quakers are planning to develop the Pardshaw Quaker Centre (PQC) for ‘peace, retreats and affordable accommodation’.
Wells-next-the-Sea Meeting celebrated the 400th anniversary of George Fox’s birth last month with music and a Quaker Tapestry exhibition.
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