12th May 2023

BYM shortlisted for campaigning award

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has been shortlisted for a major campaigning award as part of the Police Bill Alliance.

12th May 2023

Quaker London history walk returns

by Rebecca Hardy

A popular guided walk highlighting Quaker history in the heart of London’s financial district will return this month, thanks to a Hertfordshire Friend.

12th May 2023

QCEA prioritises ‘migration and peace’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has chosen migration and peace as a key strand of its work for 2023-2024. According to its latest Around Europe newsletter: ‘Migration…

12th May 2023

Quakers lobby MPs on prison sentences

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) and Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) briefed MPs ahead of a debate on indeterminate sentences last week. The debate on 27 April followed a conclusion…

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 1 - Opening session
5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 1 - Opening session

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones
US Friends support Vanguard arrestees
5th May 2023

US Friends support Vanguard arrestees

by Rebecca Hardy
Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 2 - Releasing Energy and Revitalising Quaker Communities
5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 2 - Releasing Energy and Revitalising Quaker Communities

by Rebecca Hardy, Elinor Smallman, Joseph Jones
5th May 2023

Quaker presence at LGBT+ service

by Rebecca Hardy

Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, said that he was ‘moved to tears’ at a memorial service last week, held to remember LGBT+ people who’ve been harmed or…

5th May 2023

Lloyd’s urged to stop insuring fossil fuels

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined other faith groups to urge Lloyd’s of London to do more to tackle climate change.

5th May 2023

Banbury Quakers celebrate beech tree

by Rebecca Hardy

Banbury Friends have been celebrating the life of a beech tree which graced their garden for over 150 years, but recently had to be felled.

5th May 2023

Woodbrooke partners with Glenthorne

by Rebecca Hardy

Woodbrooke is developing a partnership with Glenthorne Guest House and Conference Centre, with two residential retreats already planned this year.

5th May 2023

Yearly Meeting 2023: Session 3 - Looking at Central Committees

by ‘We are a people … forever in transition. To be faithful is to be open to change’

Session Three looked specifically at Quaker Central Committeees – the bodies appointed by Meeting for Sufferings to shape the work carried out centrally for and on behalf of…