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Beyond the Paris climate talks

Updated 30 November 2015

Quakers want justice for those affected by climate change. The poorest are often the hardest hit by shifts in the climate. Globally they have less access to energy.Led by their belief in equality, Quakers in Britain campaign for everyone to have access to affordable energy that does not harm the planet. This weekend, ahead of the Paris climate summit, Quakers will join thousands across the world on the People's March for Climate, Justice and Jobs, They will call for climate justice.

Beyond the Paris climate talks

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Inspired by faith

Updated 14 November 2016

World Quaker Day on Sunday 2 October brings together the global Quaker community – and falls in the ninth British Quaker Week. Quaker meetings around England, Scotland and Wales are opening their doors with a warm welcome, offering music and art, drama and discussion, worship and witness.

Inspired by faith

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Climate activists say 1.5° to stay alive

Updated 21 November 2017

Quakers in Britain are calling on the government to face up to the UK's full obligations to tackle climate change.

Climate activists say 1.5° to stay alive

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Peacebuilding is everyone's business, say Quakers

Updated 6 April 2018

Relations around the world are becoming tenser. An exciting new Quaker resource offers realistic steps towards creating lasting peace.

Peacebuilding is everyone’s business, say Quakers

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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Updated 17 February 2020

Around the world this week, ceremonies will mark the anniversaries of the first atomic bombs dropped in Japan in 1945. Quakers will be among those remembering lives lost.

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Quiet simplicity of meeting houses celebrated

Updated 30 May 2019

When Quakers built Hertford Meeting House in 1670 they were more likely to be persecuted than praised for their style of building. This week it is one of 17 Quaker meeting houses to be listed or upgraded and preserved for the nation by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England.

Quiet simplicity of meeting houses celebrated

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Arrests as arms fair set-up is delayed

Updated 5 September 2019

Many hundreds of Quakers were among people of faith who for nine hours brought to a halt the set-up in London of one of the world's largest arms fairs.

Arrests as arms fair set-up is delayed

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Remembering for peace

Updated 9 December 2022

On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns fell silent and World War I ended. More than 100 years later, at 11.00am on 11 November, people across the nations will again stand silently. Pausing for two minutes to reflect.

Remembering for peace

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Communities of colour are over-policed and under-protected

Updated 5 June 2020

The Coronavirus Act gives police powers to detain anyone they think might be infectious. A group of human rights, racial equality, community, faith and health organisations – including Quakers – say the police powers granted to enforce lockdown are disproportionately impacting people of colour.

Communities of colour are over-policed and under-protected

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Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021 moves online

Updated 4 March 2021

Covid-19 has led to many changes. This summer, around two thousand Quakers expected to spend a week together for worship and business. Now the pandemic has led to Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021 happening online.

Yearly Meeting Gathering moves online