Blog
A place for insight, analysis and action.
-
22 January 2026
Understanding gender diversity in our meetings
by Rhiannon Grant
How can Quaker meetings welcome and support people who are trans or gender nonconforming? Rhiannon Grant reflects on a recent paper which can help.
-
13 January 2026
Challenging antisemitism: a new guide for Quakers
by Oliver Robertson
A guide for Quakers on challenging antisemitism launched this week. Oliver Robertson explains why this was needed.
-
26 November 2025
The government’s new asylum policy: a weapon of mass distraction
by Grace Da Costa
Grace Da Costa challenges the government's new asylum reforms, and shares some actions we can take to call for a more inclusive and humane asylum system.
-
4 June 2024
Deepening community and building spiritual connections
by Oliver Robertson
Oliver Robertson reflects on what it means to 'be yourself' in a Quaker meeting and how this can impact someone's relationship with God.
-
30 May 2024
Reparations reflections: reading into the silence
by Susan Seymour
Susan Seymour reflects on two passages from Helen Minnis's 2022 Swarthmore Lecture, Perceiving the temperature of the water.
-
18 April 2024
Reparations reflections: truth and reconciliation
by Ann Morgan
Ann Morgan reflects on a passage from Ros Martin's book Before I am rendered invisible: resistance from the margins.
-
5 March 2024
Why being an LGBTQ+ ally matters
by Alison Tarpey-Black
Planning for Pride events is in full swing. Alison Tarpey-Black shares what it means to have support from allies.
-
4 October 2023
Reparations: addressing harm and restoring right relationships
by Ginny Baumann
As Quakers consider next steps on reparations, Ginny Baumann of Streatham and Brixton Meeting suggests we address the harms we have inherited alongside working to be 'good ancestors' on the decisive issue for our times: climate justice.
-
7 September 2023
Taking my seat again: four years being Churches Together in England's 'Empty Chair' President
by Hannah Brock Womack
Having come to the end of her four-year term as Fourth President, Hannah Brock Womack shares her experience of being prevented from taking up the role for being married to woman.
-
19 July 2023
Reparations: learning from Jamaican experience
by Siobhan Haire
Siobhán Haire shares some reflections on meeting with the Churches' Reparations Action Forum.
