17th October 2025

Meeting for Sufferings: October’s residential, part two (Saturday & Sunday)

Joseph Jones reports on Meeting for Sufferings' October residential…

by Joseph Jones

17th October 2025

Quakers warn against new protest powers

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has warned that new government plans to tighten protest laws even further are ‘not only unnecessary but dangerous’.

17th October 2025

Settle Quakers raise money for Palestine

by Rebecca Hardy

Settle Quakers hosted a fundraising exhibition for projects with children in Gaza and the West Bank. ‘The Flower Show’ included works donated by thirty-six artists from…

17th October 2025

Truro Friends mark 200th anniversary

by Rebecca Hardy

Truro Friends are celebrating the 200th anniversary of their Meeting house this month.

17th October 2025

Wandsworth Friend performs to hibakusha

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker actor Michael Mears performed his pacifist play to three atomic-bomb survivors in Hiroshima.

Lewes Friends support prisons
17th October 2025

Lewes Friends support prisons

by Rebecca Hardy
Friends welcome fracking ban promise
10th October 2025

Friends welcome fracking ban promise

by Rebecca Hardy
10th October 2025

Quakers offer solidarity after synagogue attack

by Rebecca Hardy

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) issued a statement in response to the antisemitic attack of a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur last week. ‘We offer our love, support and…

10th October 2025

Quakers join call to close foreign bases

by Rebecca Hardy

Quakers in Yorkshire supported a global call to close foreign military bases this week.

10th October 2025

Quakers cleared of ‘locking on’ charges

by Rebecca Hardy

Four Quakers were among fifteen climate protesters cleared of charges that they were planning to ‘lock on’ at the UK’s largest power station, Drax, last August.

10th October 2025

BBC echoes Quaker Week theme

by Rebecca Hardy

The BBC Daily Service explored the concept of ‘Love Your Neighbour’ last week, echoing the theme of Quaker Week and World Quaker Day.

Reclaim ‘radical roots’ for climate, church told
3rd October 2025

Reclaim ‘radical roots’ for climate, church told

by Rebecca Hardy