Esther Leighton, a disabled Friend living in Cambridge, has taken legal action against several businesses in the Mill Road area of the city after they repeatedly ignored requests…
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has launched a new briefing paper for Friends: Protecting refugees and migrants under the New York Declaration: challenges and opportunities…
The legacy and lessons to be learnt from the business practices of Friends in the past was the subject of a lively event held recently at Northumbria University.
A new group for business leaders who are committed to working in sustainable ways, both in the UK and globally, has been launched by Christian Aid.
A new information board has been made for the George Fox birthplace monument at Fenny Drayton in Leicestershire.
CND is inviting Friends to join a march in London on Saturday 4 March to promote spending on the NHS rather than Trident missiles.
This year’s Public Lecture at Ireland Yearly Meeting (IYM) will be given by Rachel Bewley-Bateman, former clerk of IYM and of the Friends World Committee for Consultation Europe…
Gretchen Castle, general secretary of the Friends World Committee for Consultation, will lead a discussion on the nature of God at the General Meeting for Scotland in Edinburgh on…
The work of conscientious objectors in the second world war will be highlighted at an event in March at the National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Alrewas in Staffordshire. The event…
The Bamford Quaker Community is hosting a retreat on Green Spirituality in late March.
The Quakers & Business Spring Gathering this year will explore the Quaker Business Method – but with a twist.
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