3rd June 2022

Launch of new climate justice course

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting and Woodbrooke have launched a new course about the climate crisis.

Annual talk back at Adderbury
3rd June 2022

Annual talk back at Adderbury

by Rebecca Hardy
3rd June 2022

350 years of Quakerism in Carolina

by Rebecca Hardy

North Carolina Friends are celebrating the 350th anniversary of Quakerism in the state this year.

3rd June 2022

Yearly Meeting 2022: Session 2 - Learning, waiting, changing

by Joseph Jones

In Session Two, entitled Faith: Learning, waiting, changing, ministry was to be called by elders, to allow the clerks to concentrate elsewhere. Siobhán Haire read Qfp 26.70:…

3rd June 2022

Yearly Meeting 2022: Session 4 - BYM Trustees’ Report

by Joseph Jones

In Session Four, Friends received and considered a report of the work of BYM trustees. After a reading from the Testimony to the Gace of God as shown in the life of Lea Adonis…

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.