A Quaker-supported programme in Gaza has started ‘open days’ to help traumatised children in three kindergartens.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has developed resources to aid Quakers in the upcoming 2024 general election.
Edinburgh Meeting House is returning as a venue for this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
The Quaker Peacemakers charity has launched a free pack to help schools become more peaceful. The move, designed to coincide with International Day of Living Together in Peace, is…
A Quaker funding group set up after Ukraine was invaded has donated more than €24,000 in just over two years. The Central European Yearly Meeting Funding for Ukraine Group (FUG)…
Quakers have urged Barclays Bank to stop investing in companies supplying arms to Israel.
The Quaker Arts Network (QAN) will be making an appearance at the Greenbelt festival over the August bank holiday this year, for the first time.
Quakers heard from an Israel peace activist this week at International Conscientious Objectors (COs) Day.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined a parliamentary discussion on suspending arms exports to Israel last week.
Quakers are calling for a major international financial overhaul to help tackle the climate emergency. This includes ‘debt cancellation, tax justice and shifting of finance flows…
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