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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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Nuclear weapons treaty talks make progress

Updated 1 April 2017

Negotiations at the United Nations which could lead to a global ban on nuclear weapons conclude today (Saturday 1 April). While the UK Government is staying away and the British media is – so far – taking little interest, Quaker Tim Wallis reports here his daily highlights.

Nuclear ban treaty talks begin

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New call to ban fracking in Scotland

Updated 9 May 2017

Quakers in Britain are urging the Scottish Government to ban fracking and unconventional gas and oil extraction. In a response to the government's public consultation, Quakers are calling for bold steps to tackle climate change by supporting renewable, efficient energy instead.

New call to ban fracking in Scotland

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Welcoming new MPs

Updated 9 June 2017

One of the newly elected MPs in the hung parliament will give a keynote address next month at Quakers' Yearly Meeting Gathering.

Welcoming new MPs

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Moved by faith to stop global arms fair

Updated 1 September 2019

This week the global arms trade comes to London. At DSEI, arms companies sell weapons of death and destruction, repression and injustice, to military delegations. Thousands of protestors, including hundreds of Quakers, will be there, to stop the arms fair.

Moved by faith to stop global arms fair

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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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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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World Refugee Day: plea to give sanctuary to child refugees

Updated 20 June 2020

Quakers are among more than 250 faith leaders who have written an open letter to the Prime Minister, asking him to commit to offering child refugees a safe route to asylum in the UK.

World Refugee Day: plea to give sanctuary to child refugees

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Quaker statement on potential Israeli annexation of the West Bank

Updated 2 July 2020

Amid uncertainty around threatened Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank, Quaker Peace & Social Witness has joined American Friends Service Committee and Friends Committee on National Legislation to express their deep concern. They say annexation would make permanent a system of inequality and would deny justice to Palestinians whose rights have already been violated.

Quaker statement on potential Israeli annexation of the West Bank

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No Arms Trade in Telford, say local Quakers

Updated 4 February 2025

Six people, including four Quakers, have been charged following a protest at a defence fair in Telford on 1-2 November.

No Arms Trade in Telford, say local Quakers