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News Release - Church leaders: “Benefit cap will make the UK a darker, less humane place for us all.”
31 January 2012
News Release - Quakers’ annual Lecture to focus on human rights
27 January 2012
Large Meeting House - Public consultation open evenings
26 January 2012
House of Lords rejects challenge to civil partnerships
16 December 2011
News Release - Faith bodies urge Lords to reject challenge to civil partnerships
13 December 2011
Tax Justice - petition
5 December 2011
News release: Quaker comment on civil partnership regulations
2 December 2011
Tuesday 22 November BBC 2 9pm When Bankers were Good
23 November 2011
News Release - Quakers express support for Occupy London
17 November 2011
Fri 18 Nov - Channel 4 - Friend interviewed about involvement with Occupy LSX
16 November 2011
Sun 13 Nov - BBC Radio Wales All Things Considered - Quakers and Remembrance
12 November 2011
6 Nov 2011 BBC Radio Shropshire - Pause for thought: red and white poppies
9 November 2011
Churches ask Chancellor to "Close the Gap"
31 October 2011
Quakers oppose unfair Government cuts
5 October 2011
2 Oct BBC Radio Devon - Gerald Conyingham "Making peace a way of life"
1 October 2011
2 Oct BBC Radio London - Geoffrey Durham
1 October 2011
Guardian Comment is Free: The Quakers: a religion Richard Dawkins could sign up to
29 September 2011
Quakers mark historic peace anniversary
28 September 2011
Quakers consider economic justice
21 September 2011
BBC R3 - Quakers Don't Sing
30 August 2011
Alliance of Religions and Conservation headline Quaker commitment to becoming a low carbon society
17 August 2011
'Listen to them Breathing' - BBC R4 programme on Quaker Poets
15 August 2011
News release: Low carbon future for Quakers
6 August 2011
Churches submission to independent commission on UK nuclear weapons policy
1 August 2011
Press pack for Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011
28 July 2011
News release: Quakers consider economic justice
22 July 2011
Quakers plan inspiring refurbishment for Friends House
11 July 2011
Quakers welcome consultation on civil partnerships
23 June 2011
Quaker and author Alastair McIntosh on Prayer for the Day BBC R4 from 18 June
21 June 2011
News Release: Quakers welcome rights for army recruits
20 May 2011
News Release: Quakers seek care for young army recruits
16 May 2011
News Release: Quakers and Unitarians call for a change to the Armed Forces Bill
15 April 2011
7 April 2011 - Jewish Chronicle on Quaker ban on settler goods
8 April 2011
Quakers to boycott products from Israeli settlements
5 April 2011
Sun 27 Mar BBC Local Radio - Quaker concerns for Libya
26 March 2011
News release: Quaker concerns for Libya
24 March 2011
11 March Britain's child soldiers - The Guardian - Michael Barlet of QPSW
14 March 2011
Gov't Equalities Office video including interview with Helen Drewery of QPSW
17 February 2011
17 Feb Gov't Equalities Office press release includes Quaker comment on civil partnerships
17 February 2011
News release - Quakers welcome government move on civil partnerships
17 February 2011
16 February 8.00pm - BBC R4 - Moral Maze - Michael Bartlet interviewed on marriage
16 February 2011
13 Feb 6.30pm - C4 news - Helen Drewery (QPSW) on Equality Act
13 February 2011
News release - Quaker comment on Equality Act
13 February 2011
Sunday 13 February - BBC Radio Cornwall - Michael Bartlet on a change to the law on the Armed Forces
11 February 2011
News release - Quakers discuss Israeli settlement products
9 February 2011
News release - Quakers urge change to the law on Armed Forces
7 February 2011
News Release - Palestinian children record life in their village
7 February 2011
News Release - Head of Communications leaves Quaker post
26 January 2011
Quakers mark anniversary of Peace Declaration
21 January 2011
Local BBC Radio stations - Under 18s in the armed forces
19 January 2011
News Release - Quakers push for recruitment age to be raised
11 January 2011
Geoffrey Durham on Good Morning Sunday BBC R2
21 December 2010
BBC Radio 4: Jennifer Kavanagh guest on show about philanthropy
17 December 2010
London Quaker on BBC R4 - discussion on whether faith inspires philanthropy
16 December 2010
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire Paul Parker on his appointment
10 December 2010
Appointment of Recording Clerk
6 December 2010
News Release: New Recording Clerk urges Quakers to speak out on equality
4 December 2010
BBC R4 Start the Week - interview with Quaker, Deborah Cadbury
2 November 2010
BBC R4 Something Understood: Conscientious objectors - Leicester Friend interviewed
2 November 2010
News release: Quakers question the age of responsibility
9 October 2010
Geoffrey Durham: Book launch
7 October 2010
BBC Radio 2 - Geoffrey Durham on what it means to be a Quaker
1 October 2010
Becoming Friends: new handbook
29 September 2010
News Release: Sharing faith in Quaker Week 2 to 10 October
27 September 2010
Churches form coalition at party conferences
20 September 2010
Quakers ask for priorities in Millenium Development Goals to fight poverty
8 September 2010
Supporting Local Initiatives project
6 September 2010
Non-Quakers value and fund Quaker work
20 August 2010
All age conference: Peace & Social Witness
16 August 2010
Hiroshima A-bomb Exhibition in the media
6 August 2010
Quaker Recording Clerk leaves office
3 August 2010
CND and Quakers commemorate bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
30 July 2010
Listening to survivors to commemorate Hiroshima
29 July 2010
Drawing inspiration from India’s landless
29 July 2010
Michael Bartlet's article on Britain's child soldiers
12 July 2010
Yearly Meeting: Quakers consider political processes
20 May 2010
Michael Bartlet in The Guardian online Comment is Free
18 May 2010
Website restructure
15 May 2010
Malvern Gardening Show includes Quaker garden
22 April 2010
Christian leaders back call for the UK to lead on a ‘Robin Hood’ tax
15 April 2010
Quakers welcome decision on civil partnerships
7 April 2010
Jocelyn Bell Burnell on BBC4 Beautiful Minds
6 April 2010
Quakers in the Church Times on the Equality Bill
31 March 2010
BBC R4 Woman's Hour Quaker interview
31 March 2010
Daily Telegraph on the Third Reading of the Equality Bill
25 March 2010
BBC Radio Cornwall interviews Marigold Bentley about Bertha Bracey and Kindertransport
18 March 2010
Channel 4 15th March: Secret Millionaire features a Friend
15 March 2010
Quaker Kindertransport involvement posthumously awarded - BBC Radio Cornwall interview
10 March 2010
BBC Radio Cambridge interview on Quaker support for Equality Bill Amendment
10 March 2010
Quakers welcome debate on equality
7 March 2010
Equality Bill amendment - round-up of press and online news
3 March 2010
Civil partnerships - joint letter from Quakers, Unitarians and Liberal Judaism - The Guardian
1 March 2010
Equality Bill amendment discussion on BBC R4 Sunday programme
1 March 2010
BBC Radio Scotland - Thought for the Day
26 February 2010
Coverage of the Equality Bill in the media
24 February 2010
Quakers join Aldermaston blockade - 12th Feb
13 February 2010
Radio 4 + Radio Northants - Holocaust memorial
27 January 2010
Quakers welcome debate on same sex marriages
25 January 2010
Quakers on BBC radio (about Cadbury and Quakers in business)
25 January 2010
BBC website - How did Quakers conquer the British sweet shop?
25 January 2010
BBC Radio 4 - 31 Dec - Thought for the Day
21 December 2009
BBC1 Fern Britton meets Sheila Hancock - 20 Dec
17 December 2009
BBC Radio 4 Word of Mouth - 29 Dec & 4 Jan - Silence
2 December 2009
BBC Radio Surrey - 30 Nov - Outreach
27 November 2009
BBC R4 - item about Cadburys and Quakers in business
16 November 2009
Radio 4 - Saturday Live - conscientious objectors
6 November 2009
Many Heavens - coverage on radio and the web
2 November 2009
Quakers host multi-faith event on climate change
23 October 2009
Quaker mentioned in Archbishop's lecture
19 October 2009
Catherine James on S4C
19 October 2009
Sheila Hancock encourages Quakers to speak out
7 October 2009
Quaker Week in the media
7 October 2009
Guardian - Alastair McIntosh on the Zero Growth conference
7 October 2009
URC Reform magazine on Quaker decision on same sex marriages
7 October 2009
ITV1 London - 28 Sep - 'Just wars' and Afghanistan
25 September 2009
BBC Radio Cambridge - 27 Sep - Quaker Week
25 September 2009
Quakers share their faith in third national Quaker Week
24 September 2009
Reshaping the economy to preserve people and planet
18 September 2009
BBC local radio - Sun 13 Sept - Cadbury & Quakers
11 September 2009
BBC Radio 4 - 11 Sep - Thought for the Day
11 September 2009
Giant ‘peace mural’ painted by Greenbelt visitors
2 September 2009
Christian peacemakers bring their message to Greenbelt
18 August 2009
Audio from Colin Billett on Radio York
18 August 2009
Bristol Quaker interviewed on YMG on BBC radio across the UK
3 August 2009
BBC Radio Cambridge interview on Yearly Meeting Gathering
3 August 2009
QPSW's Helen Drewery on BBC Radio Ulster
3 August 2009
Press coverage on Quakers and same sex marriage
3 August 2009
Yearly Meeting Gathering on BBC Radio 4 Today programme
3 August 2009
Quakers consider committed relationships
31 July 2009
BBC Radio York: YMG on committed relationships
31 July 2009
Radio 4 Today Prog: YMG on committed relationships
31 July 2009
Quakers interviewed on BBC Radio 4
28 July 2009
Guardian Face to Faith piece on Quakers
28 July 2009
Quakers discuss same-sex partnerships at Yearly Meeting Gathering
28 July 2009
Quaker on Fourth Plinth
17 July 2009
A Friend in Wales' pilgrimage to YMG
10 July 2009
Event at Friends House on 9th July
3 July 2009
Quakers win Good Egg Award
1 July 2009
Unarmed Forces Day - BBC radio interviews
1 July 2009
Quakers call for Unarmed Forces Day
1 July 2009
29 May - BBC R2 D Gee - recruitment and armed forces
4 June 2009
3 April - BBC Radio Somerset - G Conyngham on nonviolent protest
2 April 2009
Quakers mark Kindertransport anniversary
24 November 2008
5 Nov - C4 - on WW1 - The Men Who Wouldn't Fight
7 November 2008
Quakers talk about First World War poetry on BBC Radio Scotland
5 November 2008
Quakers in the New Statesman online
5 November 2008
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre new website
3 November 2008
Quakers share their faith adventurously
23 September 2008
Sunday programme 14th September
14 September 2008
Carbon neutral Quaker cottage
14 September 2008
Listen again to Circles interview on BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme
21 June 2008
Circles UK gets national press coverage - 19th June
18 June 2008
Quaker interview on Radio Cambridge about Elizabeth Fry
19 May 2008
Quaker skeletons laid to rest
12 May 2008
Mountain on BBC2 featuring interviews with Quakers (filmed at Briglatts)
11 May 2008
Press release - Quaker comment on Diego Garcia arrests
25 April 2008
Prayer of the day - Radio 4
29 March 2008
Press release - Quaker comment on Diego Garcia arrests
12 March 2008
10th December: Nobel Peace Prize - 60 year anniversary
10 December 2007
9th October: Jeremy Vine show (Radio 2) - Circles of Support and Accountability
8 October 2007
Carlisle Quakers on BBC1's Mountain
30 July 2007
Circles of Support - Radio 4
1 April 2007
BBC News website - How anti-slavery Quakers invented the modern campaign
22 March 2007
BBC Radio London piece about Quakers, meetings and abolition
19 March 2007
Songs of Praise and the Bicentenary of Abolition
16 March 2007
Pioneering Quaker project wins community award
14 March 2007
Quakers take action against government nuclear arms plans
14 March 2007
Heaven and Earth tv programme: 11th March
7 March 2007
New Recording Clerk
27 February 2007
Thought for the day - Quakers
26 February 2007
Testimonies Toolkit Launched
23 February 2007
Radio programme about slavery
14 February 2007
First Post article on Circles of Support & Accountability
1 February 2007
Middle East Yearly Meeting cancelled
10 September 2006
Current crisis in Israel and Lebanon: How you can help
10 August 2006
Guardian G2 11/07/2006 - Article about Circles of Support & Accountability
10 July 2006
Quaker peacemaker on Radio 4 - 30th Jan
30 January 2006
New events and activities for 2006
27 January 2006
Quaker art and artists were discussed on BBC Radio 4's Sunday Programme
12 December 2005
Quakers Appeal for the Release of Christian Peacemakers Held Captive
8 December 2005
Israel/Palestine: Ecumenical Accompaniers appointed for 2006
29 November 2005
Radio 4's 'Sunday Programme' featured a Quaker response to Preventing Extremism Together
11 November 2005
Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) returns
10 October 2005
Children and Young People's Appeal
14 September 2005
Building Safer Communities - Circles of Support and Accountability Expanding
21 July 2005