LEAP Confronting Conflict has celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. The charity works with young people and adults to manage conflict and prevent violence in young…
Worldwide 555 million women go hungry – making up sixty per cent of the world’s hungry people. That’s the estimate of the World Development Movement (WDM), who published the…
Reform Jews have become the largest religious group in Britain to give their support to same-sex marriage – a role previously occupied by Quakers.
Quakers will continue a weekly Meeting for Worship on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral despite the eviction of the ‘Occupy’ camp. In an epistle produced on Sunday, they…
Pacifist campaigners have criticised parts of the media for repeatedly misusing the word ‘pacifism’. Members of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU) say that commentators frequently…
As the world marked International Women’s Day this week, a charity called for a renewed focus on the experience of women in war.
Quaker concerns over the impact that changes to legal aid will have on the poorest and most vulnerable in society have been echoed in the House of Lords.
Quakers from across Britain will soon be asked to consider supporting a ‘Citizen’s Income’. Friends in South East Scotland have resolved to raise the issue with Meeting for…
A Quaker-Managed project has given evidence to the European Council about the abuse of human rights in Palestine.
Thousands of migrant children are living ‘in the shadows of our communities’ as they suffer hunger, homelessness and sexual abuse. That’s the conclusion of a new report by…
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