18th March 2016

Campaigners launch TTIP prayer pack

by Tara Craig

Campaigning organisation Global Justice Now has developed a prayer pack for those concerned about the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

18th March 2016

Shed man recognised

by Tara Craig

The Friend who founded the UK Men’s Sheds Association has been named a ‘point of light’ by prime minister David Cameron. Mike Jenn of Friends House Meeting established the…

Quaker philanthropist commemorated on stamp
18th March 2016

Quaker philanthropist commemorated on stamp

by Tara Craig
BBC film in Friends House
18th March 2016

BBC film in Friends House

by Tara Craig
18th March 2016

Website relaunch

by Tara Craig

The Quaker Concern Over Population (QCOP) has relaunched its website. QCOP’s new site offers a wide range of resources, including sections on women and population, consumption…

Leaveners look to past to inform future
18th March 2016

Leaveners look to past to inform future

by Tara Craig
18th March 2016

New project on Quakers and the first world war

by Tara Craig

A Quaker academic is to examine the effects of the first world war and its aftermath on the attitudes, activities and theology of the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.

Lunchbreak flashmob
11th March 2016

Lunchbreak flashmob

by Tara Craig
Quaker Service names new operations manager
11th March 2016

Quaker Service names new operations manager

by Tara Craig
11th March 2016

Conscientious objectors to be honoured in Hitchin

by Tara Craig

A new peace garden in the grounds of Hitchin Meeting House will honour conscientious objectors, among others. Friends have been planning the garden for more than a year. They…

11th March 2016

Let’s go fly a kite

by Tara Craig

The annual ‘Fly Kites Not Drones’ weekend will take place between 19 and 21 March to coincide with the Afghan New Year.

11th March 2016

Friends debate money in Bangor

by Tara Craig

Sue Holden of Wensleydale Meeting and Tony Weekes of South Belfast Meeting spoke at a public meeting at Bangor University in Wales on Thursday 3 March.