This lovely reflection on our epilogues was recently published on the QiB blog, written by our Friend Matt Alton ❤️

"This war was not inevitable. It was a calculated choice by people with power who believe that might is right. Our experience of God teaches us that this is wrong." @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk explains why we need to keep saying no to war. www.quaker.org.uk/blog/don-t-b...

Margaret Fell was a key figure in the early Quaker movement. For #InternationalWomensDay, Rhiannon Grant reflects on women's religious leadership and Margaret Fell's 'Women's Speaking Justified' https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/women-s-preaching-still-justified

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

You may have noticed that our name has changed! Following discernment at our recent meeting in York, we have changed our name to Young Friends in Britain. It will take a while for all of our social media channels, website, etc to be updated, (which is why our logo is still YFGM!)

LAST CHANCE: Young leaders are invited to apply to QUNO Geneva's Summer School program. Engage with international affairs and bring Quaker values to the global stage! quno.org/newsroom/app...

Registration is now open for our January planning weekend in Lancaster. Please register no later than the 26th of December so our logistics committee know how many people to expect! Click here for more information and to register: yfgm.quaker.org.uk/yfgm-plannin...

Registrations for October YFGM have now closed as we are at capacity! If you missed signing up there is a wait list you can join here.

6 days left to register, if you haven’t already!

Registration is now open for our next YFGM weekend in Liverpool! Looking forward to seeing your lovely faces. yfgm.quaker.org.uk/liverpool-yf...

It’s time to resist the DSEI arms fair. This week, Quakers will join activists of all faiths and none in challenging the arms dealers who profit from death and destruction. Find the full information from Quaker Roots here:

Had an article published in the #Quaker magazine "the Friend." I really hope that Quakers in Britain can be the safe space for trans folk that it's always been for me as a gay guy. thefriend.org/article/look... #LGBT+ #theology

📣 New video! Today we are looking at Quakerism and the Trans community! HUGE thanks to @markdruss.bsky.social for looking at this for me. Any errors completely my own!

Are you aged 18-35 and interested in connecting with others Young Adult Friends around the world, or know someone who is? The World Executive Committee for Young Adult Friends (WECYAF) is holding an international meeting for worship on Sunday 17 August. Find out more youngquakers.world/worship/

"Starvation and humanitarian aid have been weaponized by the Israel-US-backed GHF, while Israel ices out #UNRWA," the aid agency with "the single longest successful food operation on the planet." Aid workers must be allowed to do their jobs +save lives now. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Really happy to help get these stories out into the world. Even as Friends have gotten better at copping to our slave past, we’ve often ignore the active resistance of those we enslaved.

Quakers have a long history of campaigning for reform of the criminal justice system. This new report draws on the work of Quakers, and other Christian groups, to call for the gov to recognise and fund faith-based work and to build a justice system rooted in compassion, responsibility and repair.

The future recognition of Palestine is one step, but the UK must act now to end this inhumanity. Recognition must happen immediately, alongside an urgent set of policies to bring an end to the genocide in Gaza. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

In our consultation response we called for the guidance to be changed to uphold the rights and dignity of everyone, including trans and non-binary people. We are committed to building a loving and welcoming community for all. Read more on our website: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

We are proud to join almost 30 ✝️☪️✡️🕉️🕍⛪ faith leaders leaders urging the government to raise public funds by taxing polluters and extreme wealth in the run up to COP30. 🙏💚@taxjusticeuk.bsky.social‬ @makepolluterspay.bsky.social‬ @climatejusticeuk.bsky.social‬ www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

We have deep concerns about government plans to designate Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. Nonviolent protest, and even acts of vandalism, should not be labelled as terrorism. Civil disobedience has been a powerful force for positive social change. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

"Even though it is a simple summary of Christian teaching, the command 'Love your neighbor' has become something urgent, as the principalities and powers seem so out of step with it." www.friendsjournal.org/love-your-ne...

As we watch with horror the latest escalation in the Middle East between Israel and Iran, we call upon all parties to remember that war is not inevitable. We urge the UK government to honour its commitment to work towards de-escalation and peace in the region. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Registration is now open for our planning weekend in Doncaster, from the 5th-7th of September. Please note the change of date! yfgm.quaker.org.uk/yfgm-plannin...

Lancashire Quakers have acknowledged their role in enslavement—a vital step in national Quaker work on reparations. Together, we seek to build just, healing communities for the future. 🌱👇 #TruthAndRepair #Quakers 🔗 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

PinkNews offers a quote from a Friend: “The rights and inclusion of people belonging to our communities and using our buildings are not, and should not be, just about toilets... We will continue to work to make our corner of the Commonwealth of Heaven on Earth a more welcoming and accessible place.”

We need to heed the promptings of love and truth in our hearts and speak up now. We believe that genocide is underway in Gaza. We use this word with the aim of opening eyes, minds and hearts. We use it in the deep hope that the actions it describes will stop. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Shared on behalf of YAF gathering:

We have evidence of mass forced hunger. We have evidence of mass forced displacement. We have evidence of mass killings. We have evidence of mass atrocities. Stop all UK support for Israel's violence in Gaza. Stop all UK arms exports to Israel immediately. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

From anti-advocacy clauses in government contracts to the Public Order Act, there's a worrying trend in the UK for peeling away long-established mechanisms for holding the powerful to account. @rcquaker.bsky.social calls for a change in attitude. www.civilsociety.co.uk/voices/paul-...

Hi Friends! welcome to the official BlueSky page of YFGM. We are a gathering of young Quakers (between 18-35) who meet three times a year in meeting houses across the UK to share worship, community time, and to learn from each other. For more information you can visit our website: