Friends in Bristol have backed a plan to address ‘an epidemic of homelessness fuelled by housing benefit cuts’.
The ‘real legacy’ of the London 2012 Olympics, according to groups campaigning on the ethics of the Games, could be militarism and a reduction in civil liberties.
Dutch Quakers are preparing to move beyond discussion of ‘just war’ with a weekend focused on ‘just peace’. This is the theme of Netherlands Yearly Meeting (NYM), taking…
Quakers and other peace activists have expressed their sadness at the death of Walter Wink, a leading Christian theologian and advocate of active nonviolence. He died on 10 May at…
A year-long part-time course for young adult Quakers will run for the first time from August 2012. The Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre in Birmingham, who have launched the scheme,…
A strong Quaker presence is anticipated next Tuesday at noon in Tavistock Square, London, to mark International Conscientious Objectors Day.
People in Palestine are about to receive a new form of international solidarity – through the power of song. Singer-songwriter Penny Stone, who attends Quaker Meetings in…
Every donation in Christian Aid Week will have double the usual effect – because the government will match the contributions of individual donors. The Department for…
A major British arms company was challenged to shift its business from weapons to renewable energy, putting their workers’ engineering skills to better use. That was the…
A Nobel Peace Prize winner visited Friends House on Monday and encouraged Quakers to keep campaigning for peace. Argentine activist Adolfo Perez Esquivel renewed his friendship…
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