Quakers have joined faith communities across Scotland in asking Alok Sharma, COP26 president, to discuss progress made since the COP26 in Glasgow.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has briefed key parliamentarians on the Public Order Bill, which is currently going through parliament.
A Quaker history group, which formed this year, discussed the life of the US Quaker ecumenist Douglas Van Steere this month, describing him as a ‘driving force’ behind modern…
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court (PCSC) Bill will push the prison system to breaking point, the Quakers in Criminal Justice group has said.
A new prime minister is an opportunity for the country to restore ‘the essential values of truth and integrity in public life’, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) announced, on the…
A school set up with the help of Estonian Quakers for war refugees has offered places to nearly 1,600 students.
Scotland is not doing enough to meet its climate targets, Andrew Tomlinson, parliamentary engagement officer for Quakers in Scotland, has said.
The Northern Friends Peace Board has highlighted a new database which has revealed a number of unreported drone strikes.
Friends started the afternoon session reflecting on Yearly Meeting (YM) 2022, particularly its decision to make reparations for Quaker involvement in the transatlantic slave trade,…
As part of BYM trustees’ report, Friends heard about a consultation that BYM had done with staff members over equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
Friends also considered the future of Woodbrooke, which was another item at the meeting of BYM trustees. Caroline Nursey said: ‘Woodbrooke trustees are now clear that Woodbrooke…
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