4th March 2022

Harrow Meeting donate £1million David Crick legacy

by Rebecca Hardy

Harrow Meeting has discerned how to use the significant legacy of just under £1 million from former member of the Meeting David Crick. Following research by the Meeting’s…

4th March 2022

MPs urged to approve changes to police bill

by Rebecca Hardy

Eighty-one faith and belief leaders wrote jointly to MPs this week, ahead of final votes on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. As the Friend went to press, MPs debated…

Quakers celebrate LGBT history month
25th February 2022

Quakers celebrate LGBT history month

by Rebecca Hardy
25th February 2022

Quakers urge peace in Ukraine

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have spoken out about the situation between Russia and Ukraine. Philip Austin, convenor of the Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB), said: ‘This is a deeply worrying time…

25th February 2022

Bristol Peace Lecture draws inspiration from West Africa

by Rebecca Hardy

Bristol Quakers have chosen a sacred West African musical instrument to accompany this year’s annual Peace Lecture. The event next month will feature playwright and activist Ros…

25th February 2022

Juliet Prager leaves BYM post

by Rebecca Hardy

Juliet Prager, the deputy recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) since 2013, will be leaving her post at the end of May.

25th February 2022

Woodbrooke considers way forward

by Rebecca Hardy

Woobrooke has said that it will no longer be offering bed and breakfast as it is not financially viable. A statement from the centre says: ‘While the Woodbrooke Centre has…

Anti-frackers welcome Lancashire site shutdown
18th February 2022

Anti-frackers welcome Lancashire site shutdown

by Rebecca Hardy
18th February 2022

Friends urged to lobby on health bill

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers are being urged to write to their MPs about the new Health and Care Bill.

18th February 2022

The Retreat commits to public consultation

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker-founded mental health institute The Retreat, York, has agreed a formal contract on the sale of its forty-acre Heslington Road site to developers the PJ Livesey Group.

18th February 2022

New LDW for East Midlands

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has announced that a new Local Development Worker (LDW) for the East Midlands region will start in spring. Sarah Shaw will serve Leicester, Notts and…

18th February 2022

JRF calls for urgent action on ‘deep poverty’

by Rebecca Hardy

Rising energy prices will ‘devastate’ the poorest families, the Quaker-founded Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has said.