Quakers in Britain have issued a statement welcoming the opportunity to register their premises for civil partnerships from next week.

Quakers in Britain have joined millions of others across the country in objecting to unjust government cuts that hit the most vulnerable.

Children whose parents are in prison will today address a meeting of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva.

Quakers around Britain will be speaking about their convictions and lifestance during the fifth national Quaker Week, 1-9 October 2011.