Quaker Action on Domestic Violence (QADV) launched on 19 February, following a year of preparation. Director Kate Mellor told the Friend that the new charity came about as a…
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has issued a response to the government’s plans to ban local councils from making ethical choices in their pension investments and procurements.
A planned seven-storey hotel in central Exeter, if built, will ‘totally dominate the Meeting House and… invade the privacy of those wishing to use the building and the…
Four students from Earlham College, Indiana, an American university founded by Quakers, are visiting Quaker Social Action (QSA). Thea White, Kyra Williams, Hao Nguyen and Brittani…
Twenty five members of Quaker African Interest Group (QAG) met at the Priory Rooms in Birmingham on 20 February. The event was for both ‘old Africa hands’ and newcomers to the…
The Methodist Tax Justice Network (MTJN ) has launched a campaign against Mondelez UK, the owners of Cadbury. The move was prompted by the news that the company paid no corporation…
Britain Yearly Meeting has produced a guide to the Scottish parliamentary election, which will take place on 5 May. Topics addressed in the briefing include militarisation in…
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party and member of the Scottish parliament for Glasgow, delivered the third annual Joseph Rowntree Foundation and…
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