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Quaker communities news

Banbury Quakers and Meeting House becoming more inclusive

Updated 29 January 2024

Banbury meeting have recently built an accessible toilet to make their building more welcoming and inclusive.

Banbury Quakers and Meeting House becoming more inclusive

Quaker communities news

Pendle Hill Quakers share their history to celebrate George Fox’s 400th

Updated 13 June 2024

Quakers in the north-west of England, the birthplace of Quakers, are sharing their landscape with others around the globe as they celebrate one of the 400th birthday of one of their founders, George Fox's.

Pendle Hill Quakers share their history to celebrate George Fox’s 400th

Our stories

Taking action against Whitehaven coal mine

Updated 1 July 2024

Maggie Mason from Kendal and Sedbergh Area Meeting discusses the legal action against Whitehaven coal mine and the work which led her there.

Taking action against Whitehaven coal mine

Action

Peacebuilding and nonviolence

Updated 3 March 2025

Quaker work on peacebuilding and nonviolence supports and accompanies communities in conflict.

Peacebuilding and nonviolence

Quaker communities news

5 Take-aways from George Fox 400

Updated 24 March 2025

In 2024, Quakers around the world marked the 400th anniversary of the birth of George Fox, the best known of early Quakers. Celebrating the life of one man was a challenge to the Quaker testimony to equality, so focus was on the significant contribution he and others made to the beginnings of the Quaker movement. It was a chance to look back at how the religion started and celebrate the continued work of Quakers around the world for peace, truth and justice.

5 Take-aways from George Fox 400

News

Conscientious objection: 100 years on

Updated 9 December 2022

In the midst of World War I, as conscription came into force, Quakers worked with parliament to ensure men had the right to refuse to kill. In 1916, with the Military Service Act, Britain became the first country to give legal recognition to individual conscience, now enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

A 100 years of Conscientious Objection to military service

News

Mass rally says No to Trident

Updated 12 September 2016

Quakers from all round Britain were among thousands protesting at the weekend against the renewal of Trident. They urged MPs to seek the moral courage to get rid of Trident.Quakers have long opposed nuclear weapons and its representative body in 1955 said: “To rely on the possession of nuclear weapons as a deterrent is faithless: to use them is a sin".

March against Trident renewal

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Celebrating sustainable Quaker business success

Updated 31 March 2017

Carbon Smart has awarded Friends House, the central offices of Quakers in Britain, with a Gold Certification for reducing its carbon footprint by 29 per cent since 2009. Numerous green initiatives in Friends House led to this achievement, including using 100 per cent renewable energy and a zero waste to landfill policy.

Celebrating sustainable Quaker business success

News

Talks edge towards a nuclear-free world

Updated 17 February 2020

There are high expectations that historic talks at the United Nations in New York will lead to a world free of nuclear weapons. Tim Wallis, Peace and Disarmament Programme Manager, is observing and reports here his daily highlights. A decision is expected by Friday lunchtime, EDT (maybe 6pm GMT).

Updated: Talks begin towards a nuclear-free world

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Marking the Balfour Declaration centenary

Updated 31 October 2017

This year marks historic anniversaries in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration conveying British support for a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine; 50 years since the start of the Israeli military occupation of Palestine; and 10 years since the beginning of the blockade of Gaza.

Reflecting on Balfour Declaration centenary