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• Quakers oppose Armed Forces Day in Falmouth

  26 June 2023

  Quakers and other peace groups united against Armed Forces Day in Falmouth this weekend with a peace parade and vigils.

• Investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr receives first Quaker truth award

  22 June 2023

  The inaugural Quaker Truth and Integrity Award has been awarded to investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr.

• Protect the right to boycott unethical companies, Quakers urge MPs

  21 June 2023

  Quakers have joined nearly 70 civil society organisations in calling on MPs to reject the government's controversial anti-boycott bill, tabled this week.

• Quakers discuss reparations and restorative justice with Jamaican Christians

  19 June 2023

  Jamaican church leaders visited Friends House in Euston this week to discuss reparations for the transatlantic slave trade with Quakers.

• Quakers ask Lords to block "back door" attempts to shut down protest

  13 June 2023

  Quakers have joined 48 other organisations in calling on peers to reject “extreme and chilling" government measures.

• Major UN Committee calls for end to UK military recruitment of children

  6 June 2023

  United Nations child rights experts have called on the UK to stop recruiting children into the armed forces.

• Quakers support Labour’s pledge to end new fossil fuel projects

  5 June 2023

  Quakers have joined 139 other organisations in writing to Keir Starmer to support Labour's world-leading pledge to end new oil and gas projects.

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