8th August 2025

Eightieth anniversary of atomic bombings

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers around the country are marking the eightieth anniversary year of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week. Commemorative events are being held across the UK,…

8th August 2025

Southport Friends remember stabbing victims

by Rebecca Hardy

Southport Meeting House joined other places of worship last week to mark the first anniversary of the knife attack in which three young girls were killed. Across the town, churches…

Friends urge peace after Ukraine visit
1st August 2025

Friends urge peace after Ukraine visit

by Rebecca Hardy
1st August 2025

Friends host ‘Green Feasts’ for Quaker Week

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Vegan Witness (QVW) is inviting all Meetings across the UK to have a ‘Green Feast’ as a part of Quaker Week this year. 

1st August 2025

BYM speaks on Civil Society Covenant

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has welcomed a new agreement aimed at improving how government works with faith groups, charities and community organisations.

1st August 2025

Quaker burial ground vandalised

by Rebecca Hardy

The seventeenth-century Quaker burial ground at North Walsham has been damaged and turned into a makeshift campsite.

1st August 2025

Nuclear weapons expected at RAF Lakenheath

by Rebecca Hardy

The RAF base at Lakenheath is preparing to receive nuclear weapons, according to the Lakenheath Alliance for Peace (LAP).

Quaker scroll returned to China
25th July 2025

Quaker scroll returned to China

by Joseph Jones
25th July 2025

Quakers join interfaith warning on climate ‘backsliding’

by Joseph Jones

Three Quaker organisations have endorsed a call to action on climate, from the Interfaith Liaison Committee (ILC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 

25th July 2025

Ukrainian Friend tells BBC of conscientious objection difficulties

by Joseph Jones

A Quaker in Ukraine has told the BBC of his difficulties in refusing to join the country’s army.

25th July 2025

Tapestry Museum wins tourism award

by Joseph Jones

The Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal has been awarded Cumbria Tourism’s ‘Small Visitor Attraction of the Year’.

25th July 2025

Friends to perform at Edinburgh Fringe

by Joseph Jones

Two Friends will appear at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe next month, in a three-week ‘explosion of creative energy from around the globe’.