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• Civil society leaders issue warning on proroguing parliament

  29 August 2019

  Quakers in Britain have joined a host of civil society leaders, warning that proroguing parliament risks eroding democratic accountability. They have signed up to a joint statement led by ACEVO, the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations.

• Remembering lives lost at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  5 August 2019

  Two atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 killed and maimed many thousands of people. This week the overwhelming devastation is being commemorated with vigils, prayers, peace walks and a determination to work for peace. Quakers around Britain will be among many remembering the lives lost.

• Happy anniversary! Landmark decision on marriage celebrated

  31 July 2019

  This week marks 10 years since Quakers in Britain decided to campaign for same-sex marriage so that marriages of all committed Quaker couples be prepared, celebrated, witnessed, recorded and reported to the state.

• Faith leaders urge new Prime Minister to offer more refugees sanctuary

  26 July 2019

  Quakers are among more than 100 signatories to an open letter to the new prime minister, Boris Johnson, urging him to make a lasting commitment to welcome refugees.

• Church leaders question a no-deal Brexit

  24 July 2019

  Representatives of seven Christian denominations – including Quakers in Britain ─ have written an open letter to the new Prime Minister expressing concern that failing to agree a deal on Brexit will “hit those held back by poverty very hard indeed".

• New education pack on peacebuilding in Palestine and Israel

  26 June 2019

  Quakers in Britain are launching a new education pack to help young people learn about the impact of conflict and stories of peacebuilding in Palestine and Israel.

• Mass lobby urges action on climate

  26 June 2019

  More than 100 Quakers from England, Scotland and Wales came to Westminster today to take part in The Time is Now, a mass lobby of parliament urging MPs to take action on climate crisis and environmental breakdown. Faith representatives ─ including a former archbishop and a young Quaker ─ addressed the gathering.

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