Billions needed for climate loss and damage, say Friends
14th December 2023

Billions needed for climate loss and damage, say Friends

'Funding must be new and additional, not taken from development aid or priorities such as health and education.'…

by Rebecca Hardy

19th October 2023

EAPPI volunteers safely home

by Rebecca Hardy

‘The whole EAPPI family share concern for their seven staff still on the ground in Israel and Palestine, as well as desperate sadness for those caught up in the conflict’, said Britain Yearly Meeting.

19th October 2023

Quakers flag state of UK prisons

by Rebecca Hardy

'One in ten prisons in England and Wales are barely fit for purpose and should be shut down if alternative buildings can be found.' Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons.

19th October 2023

Sexual assaults at army training college

by Rebecca Hardy

‘The appalling reports from the Army Foundation College highlight what we already know, that younger recruits are more at risk from the culture of military life.'

17th October 2023

Asylum-seeking children ‘frightened’ by age tests

by Rebecca Hardy

Government paper reveals that biological assessments to clarify age potentially expose children to harmful ‘ionising radiation’

17th October 2023

Historic Farfield Meeting House faces ‘uncertain future’

by Rebecca Hardy

‘Our small group – Friends of Farfield – may have to take over responsibility for the building.'

Bayard Rustin film due this year
17th October 2023

Bayard Rustin film due this year

by Rebecca Hardy
17th October 2023

Quaker housing charity talks to Edinburgh Quakers

by Rebecca Hardy

‘There are brilliant charities out there creating housing and we would like to support more of them.'

17th October 2023

Friends highlight green-washing ‘carbon offsets’

by Rebecca Hardy

'More than ninety per cent of the credits offered did not represent real carbon reductions.'

17th October 2023

Harrow Friends fund generators in Ukraine

by Rebecca Hardy

An example of ‘what can be achieved when minds are focussed and efforts pooled’.

17th October 2023

Lords throws out Public Order Bill proposals

by Rebecca Hardy

‘This is a crucial time to influence MPs to keep the positive changes that peers have made.’

Quaker-raised Bonnie Raitt wins thirteenth Grammy
17th October 2023

Quaker-raised Bonnie Raitt wins thirteenth Grammy

by Rebecca Hardy
12th October 2023

Quakers highlight Alternative Security Review

by Rebecca Hardy

Quaker-backed ‘worry box’ survey found ‘a country deeply concerned about the viability of its planet’.