31st March 2023

QCEA highlights climate breakdown and militarism

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has launched a new report Storytelling from the Frontlines: Forefronting the voices of communities most affected by militarism and the…

31st March 2023

Friends criticise immigration bill

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has backed criticisms of the government’s controversial immigration bill, urging it to be withdrawn.

31st March 2023

Quakers lobby Labour Party on democracy and justice

by Rebecca Hardy

If elected, Labour must focus on prevention, rehabilitation, and restorative justice to repair the criminal justice system, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said.

31st March 2023

BYM Quaker speaks about pacifism on BBC radio

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers were invited to speak about pacifism this month on BBC Radio 4.

Manchester Quakers hear about racism in the NHS
24th March 2023

Manchester Quakers hear about racism in the NHS

by Rebecca Hardy
24th March 2023

Friends speak out against hike in military spending

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have criticised the government for pledging to increase military spending by £11bn over the next five years.

24th March 2023

London Quakers host ‘Climate Fresk’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers took part in a climate justice gathering last month at Friends House in London.

24th March 2023

Cockermouth Friends witness for peace for Ukraine

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Cockermouth held a vigil to mark the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine.

24th March 2023

Quaker researches food and climate conversations

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker and Eva Koch Scholar Naomi Richards has researched how ‘meetings for nourishment’.can facilitate conversations on the climate crisis.

Quakers offer ‘Loyal Address’ to the king
17th March 2023

Quakers offer ‘Loyal Address’ to the king

by Rebecca Hardy
17th March 2023

The Retreat outlines Quaker heritage plans

by Rebecca Hardy

The Retreat has outlined its heritage plans for the Heslington Road site as the final stages of the planning approvals process approaches. The site was put up for sale in late 2022…

17th March 2023

Quaker pamphlet to counter militarisation

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has produced a pamphlet after its research found widespread targeting of schoolchildren by the armed forces and arms companies. This has been sent to…