Quakers protest at arms fair
23rd September 2011

Quakers protest at arms fair

by Symon Hill
Update: The Quaker memorial
2nd September 2011

Update: The Quaker memorial

by Anthony Wilson
2nd September 2011

Gordon Barclay Vietnam Fund laid down

by The Friend Newsdesk

  The Gordon Barclay Vietnam Fund (GBVF) has been laid down.  Ratcliffe and Barking Monthly Meeting established the fund in 1968 when the Vietnam war was at its height…

2nd September 2011

The Themba Trust UK

by The Friend Newsdesk

  Trustees of the Themba Trust UK met recently and made the decision to dissolve the UK charity.  Themba in South Africa will be ten years old in February next year and…

When is enough enough?
19th August 2011

When is enough enough?

by Nigel Norie
19th August 2011

Riots: the challenge

by Eleanor Nesbitt

The morning of 10 August brought phone calls from anxious friends in India asking ‘How are you?’ Are you all right?’ One caller is a Tibetan woman in Dharamsala. Once she…

A powerful force for progress
12th August 2011

A powerful force for progress

by The Friend
Interfaith at YMG
12th August 2011

Interfaith at YMG

by The Friend
12th August 2011

Changes to Meeting for Sufferings

by The Friend

The decision to change the composition and size of Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) was one of the more significant ones made at Yearly Meeting Gathering.  The session, on…

12th August 2011

Economic justice

by The Friend

British Quakers have committed themselves to a statement describing the world’s economic system as unjust. The description appeared in a minute of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM)…

Peace 350
12th August 2011

Peace 350

by Symon Hill