Our project Peacemakers share their annual report for 2025: 2025 has been a significant year for Peacemakers, marked by both growth and transition. We delivered 52 programmes, reaching 1,421 children and young people and training 575 school staff through peace Read More …
Four Cotteridge Friends reflect on their experiences of Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM), held from 1st – 4th May 2026: I’m an old Quaker – both in terms of age and having been a Quaker all my life. However, I didn’t Read More …
Roger Matthews reflects on recent Themed Worship on “truth”: Every fifth Sunday, Stratford Quakers hold a Themed Meeting for Worship. For a Themed Meeting for Worship, Friends are encouraged to read and think about a chosen theme ahead of the Read More …
A Pre-Yearly Meeting Get Together is happening Saturday 20 June 2026 at Central Manchester Quaker Meeting House – booking deadline this Sunday 14th June. This will be a chance to get together ahead of Yearly Meeting (happening at Kings House, Read More …
Susan Seymour (a member of the Britain Yearly Meeting Reparation Working Group) reviews the film Becoming Benjamin Lay, as well as other recent work on this radical prophet who was disowned but is now being reclaimed. If you have visited Read More …
Refugee Week (15 – 21 June 2026) is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. It includes World Refugee Day on 20th June, and Sanctuary Sunday on 21st Read More …
An invitation from the Bat Conservation Trust for Quaker Meetings to collaborate with NightWatch for Sacred Places this summer. At NightWatch, we empower city dwellers to connect with each other, discover hidden nocturnal nature they share their neighbourhoods with, and Read More …
Stuart Masters shares some of his experience of how Quakers today are shaped by the past – and might still turn things upside down. In the recent Swarthmore lecture, I explored how the complex mix of characteristics visible in the Read More …
Note the change of dates over the summer, and join in! Do you feel that action for peace and social justice is needed in our world, but are unsure where to begin? Or perhaps you are already taking action with Read More …
Friends in Central England joined Quakers and other across Britain to craft baby items, to campaign against the arms trade. Pete Doubtfire, of our project Peace Hub, reflects on this creative approach to a difficult topic. Over the past few Read More …