Friends at Britain Yearly Meeting were urged to take part in the ‘faith pilgrimage for justice’ next month in support of the Occupy movement. The pilgrimage is being…
Quakers in Britain have resolved to work with others to ‘achieve a better economic system’. The commitment goes further than a decision taken last year, when Friends…
A highlight of the Kindlers interest group on Saturday was the launching of Answering that of God: Discovering Spirit Within by Peter Parr, the fourth booklet in the current…
Two out of every five Quaker Meetings have measured their carbon footprint and are ready to reduce it. The news was warmly welcomed on Saturday by Jamie Wrench of the Minute 36…
A new initiative to promote peace work in primary schools was introduced to Friends at an interest group on Sunday at Britain Yearly Meeting.
The case against two Quakers who boycotted last year’s census because it was run by an arms company has been dramatically dropped by prosecutors. John Marjoram of Stroud…
Baron Shutt of Greetland, the only Quaker in the government, has stepped down as Liberal Democrat chief whip in the upper chamber of Parliament on reaching the age of seventy.
Quakers have been urged to give a few pounds to make the case for equality in an innovative way. The Spirit Level, a book that shows ‘why more equal societies almost always do…
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