27th May 2022

Quakers mark ‘EU military drift’

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers gathered this week to discuss concerns about Europe’s new defence strategy, which includes increased spending.

27th May 2022

Home office urged to help Russian pacifists

by Rebecca Hardy

Offering asylum to Russian pacifists will help halt the war in Ukraine, a leading pacifist group has said.

27th May 2022

Freedom from Torture auction raises £7,500

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker-supported charity Freedom from Torture has raised £7,500 auctioning the work of the the late Iraqi artist Ausama al Khalil. The designer and painter was a survivor of…

Yearly Meeting (YM), 2022
27th May 2022

Yearly Meeting (YM), 2022

by Joseph Jones
Hitchin Friends reveal peace sculpture
20th May 2022

Hitchin Friends reveal peace sculpture

by Rebecca Hardy
Quakers speak out on cost-of-living crisis
20th May 2022

Quakers speak out on cost-of-living crisis

by Rebecca Hardy
20th May 2022

Living Witness hosts climate gathering

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker charitable trust Living Witness has organised a summer gathering aimed at unifying action on the climate crisis. The ‘All Change! Making paths on shifting ground’…

20th May 2022

Put peace at the heart of education, say Friends

by Rebecca Hardy

A new report from Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) shines a light on how peace education in schools can tackle problems ranging from mental health challenges to violence.

20th May 2022

Quaker on prison remand for breaking injunction

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker has been imprisoned on remand for breaking a protest injunction.

Quakers lead musical protest against HSBC
13th May 2022

Quakers lead musical protest against HSBC

by Rebecca Hardy
13th May 2022

Friends pledge $500,000 in slavery reparations

by Rebecca Hardy

A US Quaker Meeting has said that it plans to give $500,000 as reparations to black neighbours over the next decade.

13th May 2022

Quakers work to house more refugees

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers have been asked if they can sponsor a seventeen-year-old boy from Ukraine. A trusteee of the Friend, Peter Kennedy from Aberdeen Meeting, put out the call in the Edinburgh…