6th June 2025

Quakers back ‘No to Annexation’ campaign

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends are supporting an international campaign highlighting ‘the growing risk of annexation in the West Bank’.

6th June 2025

Lancaster Friends start monthly vigil

by Rebecca Hardy

Lancaster Friends started a monthly silent vigil in solidarity with the earth last month. The thirty-minute witness in Lancaster’s market square will be held on the third Sunday…

6th June 2025

Hereford Meeting spotlights local Quaker history

by Rebecca Hardy

Hereford Friends held a history symposium last month as part of a local history festival.

Friends witness for UK’s coastal future
30th May 2025

Friends witness for UK’s coastal future

by Rebecca Hardy
30th May 2025

Westminster raid sparks call for review

by Rebecca Hardy

Twenty UK faith organisations have sent an open letter to Keir Starmer, prime minister, about the police raid at Westminster Meeting. 

30th May 2025

New resource for handling conflict

by Rebecca Hardy

A group of Friends has launched a website aimed at supporting Quakers with conflict within their own communities. The new resource is the work of Restoring Relations, a small team…

30th May 2025

FWCC EMES gathers in Poland

by Rebecca Hardy

Nearly eighty Friends gathered in Poland this month for the annual meeting of Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC)’s Europe and Middle East Section (EMES).

30th May 2025

Further NFPB resources launched

by Rebecca Hardy

The Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) has offered some ‘discussion points’ to support its recently-published Responses to War book.

Tapestry museum calls for wedding photos
23rd May 2025

Tapestry museum calls for wedding photos

by Rebecca Hardy
23rd May 2025

Friends mark CO Day

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers up and down the country attended ceremonies to mark this year’s International Conscientious Objectors (CO) Day. 

23rd May 2025

Quaker Meetings help tackle loneliness

by Rebecca Hardy

US Friends have highlighted how Quaker Meetings can help tackle the growing problem of loneliness.

23rd May 2025

Invest in renewables not carbon capture, says BYM

by Rebecca Hardy

The government should focus on proven renewable energy solutions, rather than carbon capture, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said.