6th April 2012

Meeting for Sufferings: Indefinite detention of migrants and asylum seekers

by Trish Carn

Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) ‘expressed its outrage at this disgraceful practice’. Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) is asked to produce a statement of behalf of MfS…

6th April 2012

Meeting for Sufferings: Public statement on economic equality

by Trish Carn

A statement on economic equality has been received from Quaker Peace & Social Witness. This is in response to Meeting for Sufferings (MfS), which minutes, in part: ‘We are…

6th April 2012

Meeting for Sufferings: BYM trustees report

by Trish Carn

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…

Art world compromised
30th March 2012

Art world compromised

by Symon Hill
30th March 2012

Quaker Meetings at Aldermaston

by Symon Hill

Quakers holding Meeting for Worship at the Aldermaston nuclear base have received an unusually positive response from its employees.

Economic justice at Lancaster
30th March 2012

Economic justice at Lancaster

by Symon Hill
30th March 2012

Quakers at Buckingham Palace

by The Friend Newsdesk

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…

30th March 2012

Alcohol pricing welcomed

by Symon Hill

Quakers have welcomed government plans for alcohol pricing – but urged them to set a higher minimum price than they have suggested.

Woodbrooke expansion
16th March 2012

Woodbrooke expansion

by Symon Hill
16th March 2012

Olympic partner pays poverty wages

by Symon Hill

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,…

16th March 2012

Friends nominate Hawa Abdi for the Nobel Peace Prize

by Trish Carn

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…

Fothergill remembered
16th March 2012

Fothergill remembered

by The Friend Newsdesk