1st November 2024

Plaque for Leeds Quaker abolitionists

by Rebecca Hardy

A blue plaque has been installed at the former home of two Quaker abolitionists to mark Leeds’ anti-slavery links.

1st November 2024

BYM aligns with International Court of Justice on Palestine

by Rebecca Hardy

Following a decision made by Meeting for Sufferings (MfS) last month (see 25 October), Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has aligned itself with International Court of Justice (ICJ)…

1st November 2024

Friends back new homelessness report

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Asylum Refugee Network (QARN) has highlighted a new report examining the experiences of homelessness among people refused asylum in London.

Nobel Peace Prize for Hibakusha
25th October 2024

Nobel Peace Prize for Hibakusha

by Rebecca Hardy
25th October 2024

QSA backs Challenge Poverty Week

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Social Action (QSA) ran a drop-in ‘Festival of Cookies’ last week, to target digital exclusion for Challenge Poverty Week England and Wales. A digital ‘cookie’ is a…

25th October 2024

Friends call for end to two-child cap

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers were among 175 signatories from churches urging the chancellor to scrap the two-child limit in social security payments.

25th October 2024

George Fox remembered in Scotland

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in Edinburgh heard about George Fox’s first steps into Scotland this month, almost 370 years after he was banished. 

25th October 2024

Malton Meeting celebrates 200 years

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends celebrated the 200th anniversary of Malton Meeting House this month by welcoming local residents to share stories of their town.

Quakers assist in river water quality testing
18th October 2024

Quakers assist in river water quality testing

by Rebecca Hardy
18th October 2024

Meeting for Sufferings: October afternoon session

by Joseph Jones

Roles and responsibilities Clerk Robert Card admitted that the afternoon agenda for Meeting for Suffering’s October session had become a little ‘jazzy’, given the morning’s…

18th October 2024

Welsh Friends explore flood defences

by Rebecca Hardy

Aberystwyth Meeting welcomed the public to explore local peacebuilding in the context of climate breakdown last week. The event on 12 October aimed to look at ‘how international…

18th October 2024

Quaker-inspired concerts for peace

by Rebecca Hardy

An international bassoonist is performing a series of fundraising concerts inspired by Quaker peace work.