15th May 2015

New film highlights Ebola stigma

by Tara Craig

The stigma experienced by Ebola sufferers is the subject of a new film by Purple Field Productions (PFP). The film, which follows on from Ebola is Real, released last year, hopes…

15th May 2015

Yorkshire Friends surprise The Retreat

by Tara Craig

More than 120 Yorkshire Quakers met at The Retreat last month, prompting staff at the York mental health hospital to hunt for extra chairs. Quakers in Yorkshire meet every quarter,…

The Mount names new principal
15th May 2015

The Mount names new principal

by Tara Craig
15th May 2015

New light at Bull Street

by Tara Craig

The main Meeting house at Birmingham Bull Street will benefit from a £20,000 lighting upgrade. The project will be carried out over the summer.

15th May 2015

Swarthmore College declines to divest

by Tara Craig

Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, despite a vigorous student protest, has announced that it will not divest from funds involved in the extraction of fossil fuels. The…

Britain Yearly Meeting 2015
8th May 2015

Britain Yearly Meeting 2015

by Reporting by Tara Craig, Roland Carn, Elinor Smallman and Ian Kirk-Smith
Britain Yearly Meeting 2015: Special interest groups
8th May 2015

Britain Yearly Meeting 2015: Special interest groups

by Reporting by Tara Craig, Roland Carn, Elinor Smallman and Ian Kirk-Smith
Mansfield trail celebrates Quaker links
1st May 2015

Mansfield trail celebrates Quaker links

by Tara Craig
1st May 2015

New charge challenged

by Tara Craig

QARN, the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network, is calling on Friends to help it challenge the government over new charges for renewing discretionary leave to remain status for asylum…

1st May 2015

BYM overflow room introduced

by Tara Craig

Sessions at Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) will this year be relayed via an audiovisual link to an overflow room in Friends House. The initiative is one of a number that have been…

1st May 2015

Plight of migrants raised

by Tara Craig

Paul Parker, recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting, has written to the prime minister to express Quakers’ concern at the plight of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean.

1st May 2015

Young people explore life’s challenges

by Tara Craig

The problems of identity and stereotyping were among those addressed at a Quaker event in Huddersfield on 19 April when forty young people met to share and discuss the issues they…