3rd June 2022

Yearly Meeting 2022: Session 5 - Action: Learning uncomfortable lessons & taking forward our witness

by Joseph Jones

Appropriately, after the tough last session, Session Five looked at Action: Learning uncomfortable lessons and taking forward our witness. With elders again calling for ministry,…

3rd June 2022

Yearly Meeting 2022: Session 7 - Our all-age community, Closing session

by Joseph Jones

Opening the final Session Seven, Siobhán Haire offered some reflections of her own. ‘I feel we’ve made progress, it feels tangible… I have sat at this table and at a desk in…

Friends raise more funds for Ukraine
27th May 2022

Friends raise more funds for Ukraine

by Rebecca Hardy
27th May 2022

Quaker ‘Just Stop Oil’ protestor released

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker imprisoned on remand for breaking a protest injunction was released last week.

27th May 2022

The Retreat marks Quaker heritage

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends in the York area have requested more events to showcase the Quaker heritage of the mental health institute The Retreat.

27th May 2022

Quakers mark ‘EU military drift’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers gathered this week to discuss concerns about Europe’s new defence strategy, which includes increased spending.

27th May 2022

Home office urged to help Russian pacifists

by Rebecca Hardy

Offering asylum to Russian pacifists will help halt the war in Ukraine, a leading pacifist group has said.

27th May 2022

Freedom from Torture auction raises £7,500

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker-supported charity Freedom from Torture has raised £7,500 auctioning the work of the the late Iraqi artist Ausama al Khalil. The designer and painter was a survivor of…

Yearly Meeting (YM), 2022
27th May 2022

Yearly Meeting (YM), 2022

by Joseph Jones
Hitchin Friends reveal peace sculpture
20th May 2022

Hitchin Friends reveal peace sculpture

by Rebecca Hardy
Quakers speak out on cost-of-living crisis
20th May 2022

Quakers speak out on cost-of-living crisis

by Rebecca Hardy
20th May 2022

Living Witness hosts climate gathering

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker charitable trust Living Witness has organised a summer gathering aimed at unifying action on the climate crisis. The ‘All Change! Making paths on shifting ground’…