25th February 2022

Juliet Prager leaves BYM post

by Rebecca Hardy

Juliet Prager, the deputy recording clerk of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) since 2013, will be leaving her post at the end of May.

25th February 2022

Woodbrooke considers way forward

by Rebecca Hardy

Woobrooke has said that it will no longer be offering bed and breakfast as it is not financially viable. A statement from the centre says: ‘While the Woodbrooke Centre has…

Anti-frackers welcome Lancashire site shutdown
18th February 2022

Anti-frackers welcome Lancashire site shutdown

by Rebecca Hardy
18th February 2022

Friends urged to lobby on health bill

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers are being urged to write to their MPs about the new Health and Care Bill.

18th February 2022

The Retreat commits to public consultation

by Rebecca Hardy

The Quaker-founded mental health institute The Retreat, York, has agreed a formal contract on the sale of its forty-acre Heslington Road site to developers the PJ Livesey Group.

18th February 2022

New LDW for East Midlands

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has announced that a new Local Development Worker (LDW) for the East Midlands region will start in spring. Sarah Shaw will serve Leicester, Notts and…

18th February 2022

JRF calls for urgent action on ‘deep poverty’

by Rebecca Hardy

Rising energy prices will ‘devastate’ the poorest families, the Quaker-founded Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has said.

On the record: Paul Parker, interviewed by Joseph Jones
11th February 2022

On the record: Paul Parker, interviewed by Joseph Jones

by Joseph Jones
Friends bring light to Cambridge
11th February 2022

Friends bring light to Cambridge

by Rebecca Hardy
11th February 2022

Quaker ‘Insulate Britain’ activist charges dropped

by Rebecca Hardy

A Quaker Insulate Britain activist had his charges of contempt of court quashed last week when a judge decided that he had not broken the government’s M25 injunction last autumn.

11th February 2022

Quakers take next steps for anti-nuclear ban

by Rebecca Hardy

A Yorkshire Quaker organised a local event last month to mark the anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

11th February 2022

Launch of ‘Black Quaker Lives Matter’ film festival

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in the US have welcomed a new ‘Black Quaker Lives Matter’ film festival this month, celebrating the lives and contributions of people of colour. The American Friends…