Quakers have joined other faith groups in calling for compassion and justice in the wake of the Metropolitan Police-related fatal shooting of Chris Kaba this month.
A group of US Friends has issued an ‘urgent call to action’ about what it sees as the undermining of Quaker testimonies in wider society.
Quakers are continuing to urge the government to drop its plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.
More than sixty Friends issued a rousing call to action to ‘open ourselves to this pregnant sense of the present’ after attending a three-day gathering aimed at tackling the…
Quakers are honouring the 250th anniversary of John Woolman’s death with silent witness in the City of London.
Action must be taken to reverse ‘the decline in standards in public life’ if parliament and our democracy are not to be undermined, Quaker Ruth Cadbury told other MPs at a…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has written to the new prime minister Liz Truss urging her to focus on three priorities: climate justice and cost of living; peace; and truth and…
Anti-fracking campaigners in Lancashire have said they will bring back protests if the government pushes ahead with plans to reintroduce fracking.
Quakers up and down the country are getting ready to hold vigils for the international Loss and Action Day – standing in solidarity with those living with the worst impacts of…
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