Jonathan Fox, clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) trustees, reported on their work. He mentioned four topics: the refurbishment of the Large Meeting House; the priority to…
Quakers holding Meeting for Worship at the Aldermaston nuclear base have received an unusually positive response from its employees.
A group of Quakers were among the ‘privileged bodies’ invited to give an address to Elizabeth Windsor on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee. The ceremony was held at…
Quakers have welcomed government plans for alcohol pricing – but urged them to set a higher minimum price than they have suggested.
The ‘official sportswear partner’ of the London Olympics has been accused of paying poverty wages. Adidas factories in Bangladesh employ people paid just nine pence an hour,…
The American Friends Service Committee has nominated the Somali physician Hawa Abdi for her provision of medical care and refuge to all – regardless of their clan, religious or…
LEAP Confronting Conflict has celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. The charity works with young people and adults to manage conflict and prevent violence in young…
Worldwide 555 million women go hungry – making up sixty per cent of the world’s hungry people. That’s the estimate of the World Development Movement (WDM), who published the…
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