16th November 2018

White poppy sales break all records

by Rebecca Hardy

Sales of white poppies in 2018 are the highest they have ever been since their launch in 1933 – despite a barrage of criticism in the media.

16th November 2018

Mental health and young people

by Rebecca Hardy

Seventy friends gathered at the ‘Mental Health and Young People’ day in Birmingham, organised by the Quaker Mental Health Forum. The day at the Priory Rooms on 3 November…

16th November 2018

Conscientious objectors on DVD

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Service Memorial Trust (QSMT) has released a DVD containing interviews with world war two members of the Friends Ambulance Unit (FAU) and Friends Relief Service (FRS).…

9th November 2018

Support for climate ‘civil disobedience’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers are upholding Friends’ decisions to take part in a campaign of civil disobedience as part of their witness against climate change. Several Friends took part in the…

Swarthmore lecturer 2019 announced
9th November 2018

Swarthmore lecturer 2019 announced

by Rebecca Hardy
White poppies on display
9th November 2018

White poppies on display

by Rebecca Hardy
9th November 2018

Children take part in ‘Remembrance for Peace’ events

by Rebecca Hardy

Eight hundred children will be descending on Friends House in London on 9 November to take part in activities to mark the centenary of the Armistice. The day, which is part of the…

9th November 2018

QSA’s ‘Capital Ring’ raises £4,000

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Social Action (QSA) has announced that its ‘Step By Step’ walk around London’s ‘Capital Ring’ has raised more than £4,000 so far for people struggling with poverty.

9th November 2018

MP’s Quaker heritage

by Rebecca Hardy

Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire has spoken out at a Quaker Socialist Society event about her Quaker heritage and its effect on her politics. At Bristol Central Meeting House on…

2nd November 2018

Quaker housing project in line for Guardian award

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker Social Action (QSA) housing project for young carers has been shortlisted for a national award organised by the Guardian newspaper. The Tower Hamlets-based ‘‘Move On…

2nd November 2018

Asylum seekers need to work, say BYM in Daily Telegraph letter

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined a call for a change in the law to allow newly arrived asylum seekers the right to work in the UK after six months. In a letter published in…