20th May 2022

Put peace at the heart of education, say Friends

by Rebecca Hardy

A new report from Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) shines a light on how peace education in schools can tackle problems ranging from mental health challenges to violence.

20th May 2022

Quaker on prison remand for breaking injunction

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker has been imprisoned on remand for breaking a protest injunction.

Quakers lead musical protest against HSBC
13th May 2022

Quakers lead musical protest against HSBC

by Rebecca Hardy
13th May 2022

Friends pledge $500,000 in slavery reparations

by Rebecca Hardy

A US Quaker Meeting has said that it plans to give $500,000 as reparations to black neighbours over the next decade.

13th May 2022

Quakers work to house more refugees

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have been asked if they can sponsor a seventeen-year-old boy from Ukraine. A trusteee of the Friend, Peter Kennedy from Aberdeen Meeting, put out the call in the Edinburgh…

13th May 2022

Quakers discuss plans for George Fox’s 400th birthday

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends came together last month to share ideas on how Quakers can celebrate George Fox’s 400th birthday in 2024. The co-founder of Quakerism was born in July 1624 in…

13th May 2022

Friends rally for ethical investment

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have said that the government is trying to silence the ethical investment movement with a controversial ‘anti-boycott bill’.

William Penn room renamed after Benjamin Lay
6th May 2022

William Penn room renamed after Benjamin Lay

by Rebecca Hardy
6th May 2022

Quakers ‘devastated’ by final police bill vote

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said it is ‘devastated’ that the House of Lords has voted through the final measures of the controversial Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts…

6th May 2022

Friends condemn plans to send refugees to Rwanda

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have slammed government plans to send refugees to Rwanda. The proposals have also been heavily criticised by Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, who called them…

6th May 2022

BYM appoints new deputy recording clerk

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has appointed Siobhán Haire to be its new deputy recording clerk.

6th May 2022

Mount School defends hosting army recruiter

by Rebecca Hardy

The Mount School has spoken out over criticisms that it invited army staff to talk during the school’s careers week. Some Quakers have expressed disquiet over the invitation,…