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

Friends shine light on water pollution
12th October 2023

Friends shine light on water pollution

by Rebecca Hardy
12th October 2023

Rwanda plan risks PTSD for soldiers

by Rebecca Hardy

‘The Human Rights Act has an appendix excluding serving members of the armed forces from some of the clauses.'

12th October 2023

Quiz for Prisons Week

by Rebecca Hardy

‘The idea of the quiz is for QICJ members to have a tool to raise awareness in their various Meetings of facts relating to prisons during Prisons Week.'

BYM backs witness for Trudi Warner
5th October 2023

BYM backs witness for Trudi Warner

by Rebecca Hardy
5th October 2023

Friends hold Quaker Week climate vigils

by Rebecca Hardy

‘Our children and grandchildren will ask us what we were doing as our government turned their backs on climate commitments.'

5th October 2023

Quakers renew calls to ‘Stop Ecocide’

by Rebecca Hardy

'In recent months we have seen the horrific consequences of failing to protect the natural world.'

5th October 2023

New custodians for Quaker memorial

by Rebecca Hardy

‘The custodianship of the memorial has passed to Staffordshire Area Meeting, which originally initiated the concern, and welcomes its return.’

5th October 2023

Cambridge Quakers honour Elizabeth Fry

by Rebecca Hardy

'The 1823 Gaol Act, which Elizabeth Fry was involved in, mandated sex-segregation of prisons and female warders for female inmates to protect them from sexual abuse and harassment.'

Quakers push peace education in Scotland
28th September 2023

Quakers push peace education in Scotland

by Rebecca Hardy
28th September 2023

‘Make Polluters Pay’, say Friends

by Rebecca Hardy

'Quaker MP Ruth Cadbury and other MPs commended BYM on its climate and peace work in the first ever parliamentary debate on climate loss and damage this month.'

28th September 2023

Friends back climate trial protestors

by Rebecca Hardy

‘The only sensible conclusion is that they are trying to bully people into silence. It is our responsibility as Quakers to defend the right which the Quakers of the past won for all of us.’

28th September 2023

EarthQuaker magazine relaunches

by Rebecca Hardy

‘Our intention is that EarthQuaker will be a community space for Quakers engaging with climate and ecological crisis. It should enable Friends engaged in different ways to share experiences, spiritual insights and learning.'