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Stop tinkering with tax rates and offer real reform to address poverty, charities tell Government
As the Government announces a 2p cut in national insurance in its 2024 budget, Quakers have joined 90 other organisations in calling for real tax reform.
Stop tinkering with tax rates and offer real reform to address poverty, charities tell Government
Quaker Year of Climate Learning empowers environmental action
Quakers in Britain's year of exploring faith and climate justice has given participants a comprehensive grounding, fostering avenues for collective action.
Quaker Year of Climate Learning empowers environmental action
British and US Quakers hold silent worship outside one of world's biggest investors in coal
Quakers on either side of the Atlantic held a public act of prayer outside Vanguard buildings today, 7 October, asking financial giant to abandon fossil fuels.
British and US Quakers worship outside Vanguard buildings, asking financial giant to abandon fossil fuels
Pandemic exacerbates inequalities
Quakers in Britain have joined more than 30 other organisations in calling for a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quakers join call for a green and just recovery from pandemic
Quakers host Greta Thunberg and support climate activists
Swedish climate activist and Nobel Prize nominee Greta Thunberg today urged everyone to listen to scientists and face the crisis of climate change. She was welcomed to Friends House by young Quakers.
Quakers host Greta Thunberg and support climate activists
Facing power and privilege
A 1,200 strong gathering of Quakers in London has shared their hopes and fears about the plight of the planet and how power and privilege prevent effective work for justice.
Facing power and privilege
Quakers call for bold national climate policy
Quakers in Britain and Friends World Committee for Consultation are today (8 October) bringing together faith leaders and representatives from the Buddhist, Brahma Kumaris, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and Quaker communities for an interfaith celebration of sustainable living. They are meeting as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C delivers a sharp message that the world must act now to avoid climate catastrophe. .
Quakers call for bold national climate policy
Faiths urge governments to act on climate change
Around 240 eminent faith leaders and representatives from 44 countries have delivered the COP22 Interfaith Climate Statement to United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, at the UN climate change negotiations in Marrakesh. Quakers in Britain, Friends World Committee for Consultation and Quaker United Nations Office are among the signatories.
Faiths urge governments to act on climate change