Quakers and other peace campaigners have condemned government plans to deploy the armed forces to tackle refugees in the English Channel.
Around one third of members of the Quaker-founded Penn Club have transferred to its new home at the Royal Foundation of St Katharine. The historic Bloomsbury club was forced to…
Quakers in St Andrews have planted two ornamental trees in a local park as a living witness to the imperative to tackle climate injustice.
Quaker involvement in international moves to ban child soldiers was highlighted in the press this month, when Ulverston Friends wrote about the Peace Testimony.
Peace campaigners, including Quakers, are celebrating the news that Elbit Systems UK has sold part of its business in Oldham. Protestors claim that the Elbit Ferranti factory…
Friends were among those who gathered last week in one final push against the controversial policing bill.
The Quaker-managed Bernhard Baron Cottage Homes is welcoming Local Meetings back to its grounds after celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary late last year. The centre near…
A new youth worker has been recruited for Quakers in Yorkshire.
A Quaker chaplain for Wandsworth Prison has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours 2022 list.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has appointed two new local development workers (LDWs) to start early in the year. These are Ruth Audus and Melanie Thomas.
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