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Friends gear up for extra YM session
Almost 500 Quakers from across Britain are already booked to attend the extra Yearly Meeting (YM) session on 1 July, online and in person, at Friends House.
Artist cites Quaker influence
A London Friend has spoken about the Quaker influence on her art as she prepares for an exhibition next month.
QSA highlights homelessness risk
More than 250,000 young adult carers require urgent government support, Quaker Social Action (QSA) has said.
Adderbury talk to explore reparations
Banbury and Evesham Quakers are focusing on reparations this month, as part of their annual public talk at the historic Adderbury Meeting House.
BYM backs Labour fossil fuel pledge
Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has joined 139 other organisations in writing to Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, to support a ‘world-leading’ pledge to end new oil and gas projects.
Friends welcome new Quaker walking guide
A guidebook detailing George Fox’s famous 1652 route across Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cumbria was celebrated this month at Swarthmore Meeting House.
Friends in Italy fight landslides
Two Quaker farmers are raising funds to counter damage caused by devastating, climate-related floods.
Call for peer mediators in every school
Every school in Britain should have peer mediators, Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) has said.
George Richardson Lecture
Friends gathered to hear theologian Rachel Muers discuss ‘The Seed and the Day of Small Things – finding power and powerlessness in Quaker theology’, for this year’s George Richardson Lecture.
Wandsworth prison charity launched
A new Quaker-backed charity to support people at Wandsworth Prison was publicly launched last month.