An exhibition entitled ‘Making Connections: a Journey of Transformation’ was launched at Friends House on 4 May. It features a series of narrative paintings by Jill Green, of…
The government’s draft air quality plan has been branded ‘woefully inadequate’ by Friends of the Earth.
Three Eva Koch Scholars will spend six weeks at the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre between July and August exploring subjects and issues of relevance and importance to Friends in…
Members of London Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) protested outside Lockheed Martin’s offices on Lower Regent Street, London on 27 April.
The decision to call a general election has stopped work on the Prisons and Courts Bill. This ‘resets the clock on much needed prison reform plans and creates uncertainty about…
Quakers across Britain are engaging with the general election, called for Thursday 8 June. The campaign is an opportunity to highlight Quaker concerns, particularly on important…
Families and children with an accompanying adult will be welcomed to a day visit at Friends House on Friday June 2.
Lancaster University and the Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre have teamed up again to offer a free online course exploring the beginnings of Quakerism as it emerged in seventeenth…
From 20 to 23 April, Friends joined four days of action on military spending organised by the Global Campaign on Military Spending (GCOMS).
Cuts to legal aid for prisoners are unlawful because they are inherently unfair, the Court of Appeal ruled earlier this month in its judgement on a legal challenge brought by the…
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