‘At a time when global need is rising and funding is falling, this year’s appeal is more vital than ever,’ …
by Rebecca Hardy
Quakers have rejected new government proposals that would make settlement more difficult for asylum seekers, describing them as ‘inhumane, divisive and unworkable’.
Questions have been raised about the leadership of a Quaker former governor of a youth detention centre.
The Quaker Universalist Group will explore how music and sound ‘connect us to the soul of the universe’ at its annual conference next year.
The Quaker Tapestry in Cumbria is to close next month. Trustees made the announcement last week saying the much-loved Kendal institution would close from 13 December.
A ninety-year-old Quaker skydived for charity last week.
Quakers joined others in urging COP30 to confront the climate impact of war and military spending.
The Quaker philanthropist Elizabeth Cadbury has been awarded a blue plaque at a Birmingham school she opened 119 years ago.
Senior figures in the Green Party voiced their support for white poppies during Remembrance last week.
Coventry Quakers supported a peace lecture on domestic abuse earlier this month.
The Quaker-founded Wandsworth Prison Welfare Trust (WPWT) is launching a Christmas appeal to provide men leaving HMP Wandsworth this winter with warm clothes.
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