At least sixteen Quakers were arrested at a protest against the decision to ban the group Palestine Action (PA). Around 1,500 people attended the Parliament Square protest on 7…
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) in Geneva has appointed Laurel Townhead as its new director.
The Quaker Peacemakers organisation has become a national charity dedicated to providing peace education across England.
The Ramallah Friends School in the West Bank has been left shaken and fearful after the Israeli army carried out an incursion near the school gates.
This year’s Quaker Truth and Integrity Award will go to both Peter Wilmshurst and Phil Laurie.
Quaker Social Action (QSA) is raising awareness of street homelessness with a music event on a London bookshop barge. The event on 6 September comes as the number of people…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has urged Friends to contact their MPs to help prevent the ‘burial’ of a viable Palestinian state.
Friends heard new Quaker guidance on how to organise locally-based walking tours at the latest Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) gathering. The resource, described by Dixe Wills,…
Two Quaker European groups are coming together to plan an all-age gathering next year.
The library at Friends House in London hosted the George Padmore Institute (GPI) last month as part of the Black Lives Matter UK’s Festival of Collective Liberation 2025. Over…
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