Sufferings heard that the aim of Yearly Meeting Gathering 2017, to be held in Warwick 29 July – 5 August, was to ‘create an inclusive, warm and loving atmosphere’ that would…
This week the High Court in London has been hearing a judicial review into the legality of UK arms exports to Saudi Arabia for use in the ongoing bombing of Yemen.
Scottish Friend Alastair McIntosh was a speaker at the annual Féile Bríde peace conference held in County Kildare in Ireland on 4 February.
Faith and science communities met earlier this week at Friends House in London as Quakers set out to build communication and support between them. Two interfaith luncheons were…
A record number of people, 119, killed themselves in prisons in England and Wales last year, according to official data published by the Ministry of Justice.
Five peace activists were found guilty on 26 January in Reading Magistrates’ Court of wilful obstruction of the highway.
A London Friend was arrested at a BAE site in Lancashire on 29 January.
This year’s Quaker United Nations Summer School will take place in Geneva from 2-14 July.
Campaigning organisation Fly Kites not Drones is asking Friends in Britain to take part in a day of action against armed drones on 19 March.
The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) have made a written submission concerning forced migrants to the Home Affairs Select Committee on an effective immigration policy and…
South East Scotland Area Meeting is now an accredited Living Wage employer.
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