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Quakers press for housing justice

Updated 2 December 2016

Soaring house prices, welfare cuts and loss of social housing have sparked a housing crisis. For Quakers at Yearly Meeting it was a hot topic and now they are questioning peers who are beginning a line by line examination of The Housing and Planning Bill in the House of Lords. Quakers in Britain say this Bill is a missed opportunity for the government to reduce inequality in the housing system. Instead it will increase inequality between those who are home-owners and those who are not.

Quakers press for housing justice

Army increases recruitment of minors

Updated 1 December 2016

New figures out this week show that 24 per cent of British Army recruits are child soldiers. This is despite public opposition from Quakers and many others who are campaigning to raise the age of enlistment.

Army increases recruitment of minors

Petition questions militarism in Scottish schools

Updated 14 November 2016

Quakers in Scotland and ForcesWatch presented a petition to The Scottish Parliament on Thursday (15 September) calling for greater scrutiny, guidance and consultation on armed forces visits to schools in Scotland.

Petition questions military visits to schools

1915 a turning point in Quaker history

Updated 10 November 2015

New resources from Quakers in Britain draw parallels between Quaker work for peace in 1915 and today. The Testimony, is a fictional newspaper inspired by Quaker activities in World War I, while Remembering for Peace is a new assembly outline to encourage children to think about the impact of war and ways of remembering for peace.