Quaker Action on Alcohol and Drugs (QAAD) has welcomed the government’s decision to reduce the maximum fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) stake from £100 to £2, but says…
A number of Bath friends are supporting a Bath Interfaith Group initiative to mark the seventieth anniversary of the Windrush migration.
Quaker Housing Trust (QHT) is contributing towards the funding of a ‘recovery and transition hub’ for women who have experienced domestic abuse.
A book telling the story of the life of Quaker surgeon Joseph Lister has received widespread literary acclaim.
The Quaker Arts Network (QAN) have said that their membership is on the increase. More than 300 people, including poets, musicians, actors and artists, are now members of the…
The Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) is one of thirty organisations that have signed an open letter to the foreign secretary Boris Johnson that calls on the UK to take action on…
Three Friends engaged in bold acts of protest this month as witness to their Quaker peace testimonies. Sam Walton, from South London Area Meeting, was thrown out of the BAE Systems…
Quaker Social Action (QSA) representatives attended the University Hospitals of the North Midlands (UHNM) conference in Stoke last week in a bid to push their new in-house training…
Tottenham Quakers presented a play based on a real asylum seeker’s story as part of their commitment to welcome people needing sanctuary. The Bundle, performed by the Journeymen…
Tim Gee, of the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network, shared the Sanctuary Everywhere Manifesto with Christian Today magazine.
The group of Quakers taking part in a national cycle ride from Swarthmoor Hall to Ten Downing Street hope more Friends will join those already participating.
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