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Issue 16: October 2017 – Quaker Inclusion Issue

One of the most striking points to come out of the 2017 Yearly Meeting Gathering was a statement made by Tim Gee in the Gorman lecture on the lack of inclusion and diversity within British Quakerism. Tim said that UKIP candidates were more ethnically diverse then British Friends. We asked for the figures he based […]

Issue 15: May 2017 – Building Bridges Issue

With Brexit, the rise of the far-right across Europe, Trump’s election, escalating inequality and the continuing refugee crisis, we are now in a world where walls are being built between peoples, both metaphorically and literally. The politics of division, embodied in nationalism and isolationism, are the path many governments, including our own, are heading down. […]

Issue 14: February 2017 – the relationships issue

In this issue: Why get married? young Quaker views Our close relationships – articles and opinion on siblings, polyamory and being single And, if you don’t want to read about relationships… Beccy Talmy explores the Quaker       Business Method and our Equality Testimony. We hope you enjoy it! Read the relationships issue here.

Issue 13: October 2016 – the community issue

In this Community Issue … an update from the Younger Quaker Worship Group in London on their one-year anniversary; what happens when individual conscience and community discernment clash; a personal account of one YFGMer’s experience in the Findhorn community in Scotland. We hope you enjoy the issue!  

Issue 11: Feb 2016

In this issue of The Young Quaker… Remember that time when we all went to Peru? Quakers from around the world all met in Peru for the Friends World Committee for Consultation.  Tas shares his pics, Kristin shares her thoughts and Jenny shares her diary from the week. Rici reports from Meeting for Sufferings where […]