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Quaker composer premieres new choral work exploring shadow of torture
11 November 2022
Leading composer Sally Beamish's new work, 'A Knock on the Door', uses two choirs representing detainees and interrogators, to explore how torture damages all involved.
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Quakers concerned by Home Secretary’s inflammatory rhetoric and failures in the asylum system
3 November 2022
Quakers are writing to the Home Secretary to express concern that the 'hostile environment' of dangerously over-crowded immigration centres and demonisation of migrants in parliament is fanning the flames of hate.
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Quakers reach out for co-operation on truth and integrity
4 October 2022
Quakers concerned about the decline of integrity in public life and beyond have released a declaration, asking others to work with them.
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Peace Education teaching pack awarded major prize
18 July 2022
A Peace Education Network teaching pack, designed and produced by Quakers in Britain, has been chosen by teachers for a major award.
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Quakers call for de-escalation in Ukraine-Russia conflict
22 February 2022
Even at this late stage, where an intensification of violence seems increasingly likely, Quakers in Britain call on all parties to the Ukraine-Russia conflict to redouble their efforts to build peace.
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Welcome for new Churches Together in England general secretary
10 November 2021
Quakers in Britain welcome the appointment by Churches Together in England of a new General Secretary. Bishop Mike Royal will take up the position in March 2022 when Rev Dr Paul Goodliff retires.