Latest News
Cumbrian Friends highlight educational concerns
Quakers in Cumbria are highlighting concerns about aspects of educational policy in England. Members of West Cumbria Area Meeting recently wrote a letter to publicise their concerns and circulated it to Friends in the region. There have been strong responses so far from more than twenty Area Meetings.
Pilgrimage reaches York
Pilgrims on the Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice, who are walking from Iona to London, have left Scotland and are now in the north of England. A visit to the crypt of historic Hexham Abbey in Northumberland was a recent highlight. They also took part in a service...
Sudbury re-opens after renovation
The historic Meeting house at Sudbury in Suffolk has re-opened after a long-delayed renovation. The Grade-II listed building was officially opened again on Saturday 15 June by Adrian Osborne, mayor of Sudbury, and Betty Scrivener, clerk of the Meeting. It now has an eye-catching new porch.
Origami pieces for peace
One thousand paper cranes have been made by Friends from Pickering and Hull Area Meeting to coincide with the centenary of the Northern Friends Peace Board. The crane (or tsuru) is a national symbol of longevity and luck in Japan. Legend promises that anyone who makes one thousand paper...
New development at Glenthorne
The new multi-purpose meeting room at the Glenthorne Quaker Centre in the Lake District has been completed. The design uses a ‘visual grammar’ of white walls, Lakeland slate roofs and green bargeboards of the main house to create a simple, attractive, structure that fits harmoniously into its rural setting.
Friends support Somali community in Muswell Hill
Friends in Muswell Hill Meeting in London are among local faith groups offering support in the wake of the recent burning down of the Somali Bravanese Welfare Centre. Muswell Hill Meeting is a member of the local Churches Forum that coordinated an immediate response to the fire. The Meeting...
Quaker Tapestry Museum reopens
The Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal Meeting house has re-opened its doors to the public and been given a new look. The museum was closed for five months for refurbishment after major damp problems were discovered in the building.
Friends support IF campaign
More than two hundred charities are supporting the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign. It urges world leaders, who gathered in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, this week for the G8 conference, to tackle the problem of global hunger. Friends travelled from all over Britain to attend the Big IF event...
Huddersfield Friends seek green light
Almost forty Meeting houses have expressed an interest in taking part in a green energy initiative being developed by Friends in Huddersfield. Meetings have been encouraged to jointly purchase renewable energy to help support the Quaker commitment to taking action on climate change.
A Friendly action in Cambridge
On the morning of Thursday 6 June four Friends from Cambridge Hartington Grove, Stevenage, Luton and Westminster took part in an imaginative action to support American campaigners who are highlighting the continued destruction of ecosystems in the Appalachian mountains by mountaintop removal coal mining.