Quakers have backed a report claiming that the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Act is limiting the charity sector’s ability to…
Britain Yearly Meeting has said it is ‘appalled’ that the UK government abstained from a recent UN Human Rights Council vote to establish an independent Commission of Inquiry…
Two Quakers spoke at the Hay Festival last month: leading scientist Jocelyn Bell Burnell and novelist Sally Nicholls described how their Quaker faith has informed their lives and…
A computer drop-in centre set up and run by Cornwall Friends has reported ‘huge concern’ about the switch to Universal Credit.
quakers were among pacifists and anti-militarists from around Britain who attended the annual conference of the Peace Pledge Union (PPU).
Friends joined a demonstration in London to mark on 15 May to show solidarity with people in Gaza. Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) has also urged Friends to contact their…
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