13th August 2021

Village honours green Friend

by Rebecca Hardy

A Northumberland village has paid tribute to a Quaker who helped foster community relations. Local people planted a flower bed in Shilbottle in honour of Mike McPhun, who lived in…

13th August 2021

BYM drops term ‘net-zero’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Britain no longer use the term ‘net zero’ in advocacy and campaigning work, a staff member has said.

13th August 2021

Quaker role in racism report

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) and Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) have contributed to a new United Nations report into systemic racism.

Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), 2021
6th August 2021

Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), 2021

by The Friend staff: Rebecca Hardy, Joseph Jones and Elinor Smallman.
Friends pilgrimage for COP 26
6th August 2021

Friends pilgrimage for COP 26

by Rebecca Hardy
6th August 2021

Quakers lobby against Yemen arms sales

by Rebecca Hardy

The Scottish Quaker parliamentary engagement officer Andrew Tomlinson is urging Friends to support a parliamentary motion on the Yemen crisis: The motion submitted by Alex Rowley…

6th August 2021

Romford Quakers plant seeds for Hiroshima Day

by Rebecca Hardy

Romford Friends marked Hiroshima Day by planting seeds from a ginkgo biloba tree that survived the atomic bomb blast in 1945.

6th August 2021

Quakers highlight vision for climate talks

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) has released a video based on a climate workshop it held this summer. The presentation on YouTube outlines the importance of the COP26…

6th August 2021

Chichester Friends host Philip Gross workshop

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker poet Philip Gross ran a workshop last month with Chichester Friends as part of the Chichester Festival. The two ‘Words and Silence’ sessions on 3 July also included…

Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), 2021: Fringe and preparatory events
6th August 2021

Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG), 2021: Fringe and preparatory events

by The Friend staff: Rebecca Hardy, Joseph Jones and Elinor Smallman.
30th July 2021

Quakers lobby for ‘climate income’

by Rebecca Hardy

Milton Keynes Quakers are celebrating their council’s decision to call on the government to consider the merits of introducing a ‘climate income’.

30th July 2021

Cuba Meeting speaks on embargo and violence

by Rebecca Hardy

Cuba Yearly Meeting has issued a statement after thousands of Cubans took to the streets, driven by food shortages, high prices and other anti-government grievances.