Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has highlighted a new strategy launched by a Home Office-funded charity.
York Quakers held a silent peace vigil last week in the middle of the city.
More than 115,000 asylum seekers will be trapped in ‘permanent limbo’ by the end of the year, due to the recently-passed Rwanda Act, the Refugee Council said.
The Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) has highlighted the Global Days of Action on Military Spending.
Quakers in North Wales have officially recognised their online worship group as a Local Meeting (LM). The North Wales Online Meeting is the first online Local Meeting in Britain…
Quakers from around the world took part in a day of fasting this month, in solidarity with people in Gaza.
Following concerns from within Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) about inviting Jeremy Corbyn to speak at Friends House during Yearly Meeting, the Quaker Socialist Society (QSS) has…
Four hundred people gathered earlier this month to discuss the vision and strategy needed to transform the climate action scene. Quaker Rupert Read, last year’s Salter Lecturer,…
Secondary schools in England are being offered a funded opportunity to develop peer-led conflict resolution by Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM). Schools with a sixth form are invited…
The number of people experiencing homelessness rose last autumn for the second year running, Quaker Social Action (QSA) has said.
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