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April 19, 2020

Quakers furlough staff to protect jobs and services

Britain Yearly Meeting, the national organisation of Quakers in Britain, has furloughed a significant number of staff in response to the Coronavirus pandemic.
August 6, 2019

Remembering lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Memorial events are planned across the UK for Hiroshima Day on 6 August and Nagasaki Day on 9 August.
November 17, 2018

Kindertransport survivors call for routes to sanctuary for child refugees

Survivors of the KIndertransport operation urge the government to provide more routes to sanctuary for child refugees.
January 7, 2018

'No safe hands for unsafe weapons', say Nobel Peace Prize winners and activists

An international gathering of Nobel Peace Prize winners and peace activists met in Friends House, London last week to face a challenge: how to get nuclear states on side with the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty.
July 31, 2017

The Quaker Tapestry: a 'modern masterpiece' of storytelling

The famous Quaker Tapestry is a modern stitched masterpiece in storytelling. Part of it is being exhibited in Friends House in London. It was last in the capital over 20 years ago.
May 21, 2017

Quakers mark an anniversary in Friends House

Quakers in Britain are marking the first Yearly Meeting in Friends House, London, which was held ninety years ago..
April 3, 2017

Friends House celebrates sustainable business success

Carbon Smart has awarded Friends House, the central offices of Quakers in Britain, with a Gold Certification for reducing its carbon footprint by 29 per cent since 2009. Numerous green initiatives in Friends House led to this achievement, including using 100 per cent renewable energy and a zero waste to landfill policy.
August 22, 2016

Echo chamber: breaking the cycle of violence

Beekeepers and market gardeners, university lecturers, teachers and men who left school aged twelve, doctors, printers and politicians, were conscientious objectors in World War I. Their courage – and the global plight of COs today – has inspired an art exhibition in London, set in a chamber resembling a WWI field tent made of bandages.
August 11, 2016

Exhibition marks century of conscientious objection

The Echo Chamber, a sound and photography exibition marking 100 years of conscientious objection, is to be held at Friends House in London.
May 6, 2016

Friends House garden transformed

The newly re-landscaped garden at Friends House is a welcoming space for reflection, say Quakers in Britain. With planting and design inspired by a poem by Waldo Williams, it speaks of Quakerism, of peace, equality, simplicity and truth.