15th April 2022

Edinburgh Meeting seeks charities for festival

by Rebecca Hardy

Edinburgh Friends are looking for charities to host theatre performances at their venue this summer during the Edinburgh Festival. The shift away from profit-making theatre groups…

15th April 2022

Former recording clerk talks on hosting refugees

by Rebecca Hardy

Gillian Ashmore, a former recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), spoke on radio last month about her experience of hosting refugees.

15th April 2022

Quaker Mount School hosts army recruiter

by Rebecca Hardy

The Mount School in York, which is a Quaker Recognised Body, has hosted a military recruiter as part of its Careers Week.

15th April 2022

Friends urged to ‘keep up pressure’ on policing bill

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends are being urged to continue lobbying against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which has been going back and forth between the House of Commons and House of…

15th April 2022

New BYM department

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has set up a new department called Quaker Church Affairs.

Manchester urged to ditch fossil-fuel pensions
8th April 2022

Manchester urged to ditch fossil-fuel pensions

by Rebecca Hardy
8th April 2022

Estonia Friends raise funds for more AVP

by Rebecca Hardy

The Tallinn Friends Group have said they want to expand the Alternative to Violence Project (AVP) seminars that they already run in Estonia to local Russians.

8th April 2022

Friends discuss equality and inclusion within Quakerism

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) staff member Edwina Peart spoke more about diversity, inclusion and equality in the Society of Friends at a Woodbrooke event last month.

8th April 2022

Edinburgh Meeting hosts new play on Hiroshima

by Rebecca Hardy

Edinburgh Meeting House will host a new play by the Quaker playwright Michael Mears when it transforms into ‘Venue 40’ for the city’s famous festival this summer.

8th April 2022

Quakers sponsor video on ethical workplace behaviour

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quakers and Business (Q&B) group is sponsoring a team of three young people to make a video on workplace behaviour. Q&B will use the video ‘Hostile Work…

1st April 2022

Friends in fourteen-day fast against fossil fuels

by Rebecca Hardy

Two Quakers took part in a fourteen-day vigil and fast to raise awareness of the climate crisis.

1st April 2022

BYM joins call for no new oil and gas plans

by rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined calls for Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to rule out new UK oil and gas developments as the UK moves away from Russian energy.