'The climate crisis is not simply an environmental challenge but a profound social one.'…
by Rebecca Hardy
Bristol Quakers have apologised for their role in trafficking enslaved African people. More than half a million people were forcibly carried across the Atlantic in Bristol ships.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has called on the new prime minister to place ‘peace, equality and climate justice’ at the centre of government policies.
The organisers of the Quaker peace walk have invited readers of the Friend to join the September gathering. Steve Day, co-organiser of the vigil, said: ‘We are now seven months…
Around 180 Friends from roughly twenty countries are attending a Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) gathering next month.
Central England Quakers (CEQ) are celebrating Birmingham City Council’s vote to keep its City of Sanctuary status after a Reform bid to end it.
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) joined nearly twenty organisations calling on incoming prime minister Andy Burnham to take urgent action on Palestine.
Around seventy Friends gathered at Friargate Meeting House in York last month to explore the theme of Living our Peace Testimony. Organised by Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB),…
Quakers are to host workshops at a vegan gathering this summer. Organisers of the Great Vegan Gathering (28-31 August) in London have confirmed a series of workshops focusing…
The part-Quaker-founded Climate Majority Project (CMP) highlighted the power of ‘silent majorities’ during last month’s Climate Action Week.
Parliamentarians are continuing to demand an investigation into illegal military transfers from the UK to Israel.
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