Church tells army to stop recruiting under-18s
The Church of Scotland has joined calls for the Ministry of Defence to raise the minimum army enlistment age to 18. The Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, convener of the Kirk’s church and society council, is...
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Quakers use group buying power to support renewable energy
A new scheme called the Renewable Energy Group Buying Initiative (REGBI) launches today (16 January 2014) to help Quaker meeting houses, churches and charities buy renewable energy collectively. The...
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Scotland’s first gay marriage could be held at end of July
Scotland’s first gay marriages could be held as early as July as part of a collaborative effort with Westminster, SNP ministers believe. The bill legalising gay marriage in Scotland is expected to be...
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Scotland’s same-sex marriage bill is passed
A bill which allows same-sex weddings to take place in Scotland has been passed by MSPs in the Scottish Parliament. MSPs voted by 105 to 18 in favour of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland)...
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Quakers welcome Scottish marriage equality
Quakers in Britain welcomed the overwhelming support given today by MSPs to the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill. This will allow Quakers to marry same-sex couples in Quaker meeting...
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Quaker astrophysicist who discovered pulsars to be first female president of...
The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland’s national academy of science and the arts, has appointed its first female president. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist credited with one of the...
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Church of England bishops do not speak for own flock on welfare, study suggests
Church of England bishops who criticise Government welfare cuts speak for only a small minority of their own flock, a landmark study on the attitudes of religious people suggests. Research by Prof...
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Quakers offer another view of World War I
Quakers in Britain release a free resource kit ‘Witnessing for Peace on the centenary of WWI’, telling the stories of the early stages of the war from a Quaker perspective. The kit contains a newspaper...
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‘White Feather Diaries’ reveal Quakers’ dilemmas in WWI
A Quaker online project serialising the diaries of five young people who lived during and opposed World War I goes live on 4 August. The White Feather Diaries will be launched when 2,000 Quakers attend...
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Quakers appoint a Scottish Parliamentary Engagement Officer
In the light of “significant and growing differences between the Scottish and Westminster parliaments”, Quakers in Britain have appointed an Edinburgh Parliamentary Engagement Officer. Mairi...
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Funeral Poverty – have your say on ‘fair funerals’ campaign
Fair Funerals Campaign Through its Fair Funeral Campaign, Quaker Social Action has been working in partnership with the Church of Scotland and others to raise awareness among the public, funeral...
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