14th April 2023

BYM ‘disappointed’ by UK net zero strategy

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has expressed ‘profound disappointment and concern’ that the revised net zero strategy announced on 30 March provides ‘so little of what is…

14th April 2023

Quakers launch ‘listening space’

by Rebecca Hardy

Friends from Central England joined the first Quaker Listening Space last month, hosted by the Quaker group Restoring Relations.

14th April 2023

Quaker lockdown group meets for the first time

by Rebecca Hardy

Twenty-nine people from a Quaker group formed in lockdown came to meet together in person for the very first time at the Quaker Glenthorne Guest House and Conference Centre last…

7th April 2023

QUNO speaks at IPCC climate talks

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers were an integral part of a global scientists’ report last month, which delivered a ‘final warning’ on the climate crisis.

7th April 2023

Speaking out on Ofsted

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker peace education team has spoken out about the work of Ofsted following outcries over a Berkshire headteacher who took her own life after her school’s stressful…

7th April 2023

Glenthorne Quakers support refugees

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker-supported project providing short respite breaks for asylum seekers and refugees continues to grow.

Canterbury Friends’ Covid memorial
7th April 2023

Canterbury Friends’ Covid memorial

by Rebecca Hardy
7th April 2023

Woodbrooke prepares anthology of memories

by Rebecca Hardy

Woodbrooke trustees have opened an email address to collect stories from Friends, with the aim of creating an anthology of memories. The move follows the announcement that the…

Blue plaque for Hilda Cashmore
31st March 2023

Blue plaque for Hilda Cashmore

by Rebecca Hardy
31st March 2023

QCEA highlights climate breakdown and militarism

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) has launched a new report Storytelling from the Frontlines: Forefronting the voices of communities most affected by militarism and the…

31st March 2023

Friends criticise immigration bill

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) has backed criticisms of the government’s controversial immigration bill, urging it to be withdrawn.

31st March 2023

Quakers lobby Labour Party on democracy and justice

by Rebecca Hardy

If elected, Labour must focus on prevention, rehabilitation, and restorative justice to repair the criminal justice system, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said.