Friends have welcomed plans for new educational facilities at the Warrington Peace Centre in Cheshire. The centre was set up by the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation and named…
Quakers took part in a morning of resistance against the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president last week.
Quakers have been raising awareness of the achievements of the Fairtrade Foundation.
A Quaker theologian and historian spoke in a BBC podcast about Quaker history last month.
Quakers in Criminal Justice (QICJ) has urged the government to focus on reforming and rehabilitating offenders.
Quakers have welcomed the ‘crack of light’ in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) welcomed the commitments to: release hostages and political…
Friends supporting the Stonehenge Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists gathered at Salisbury Meeting House last month.
A Los Angeles Meeting is supporting people as wildfires devastate large parts of the county.
Quakers have been invited to help build a group meditation for world peace.
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