Quaker Week Begins September 30
Posted on September 18, 2017In turbulent times: be a Quaker
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Countdown to General Election
Posted on April 24, 2017The general election is an opportunity to highlight Quaker concerns, particularly on important topics like nuclear weapons, immigration, climate change and human rights. (more)
Read full storyJoint letter to the Home Secretary from the Recording Clerk and four other church leaders
Posted on February 12, 2017We are dismayed to hear, through the announcement from the Immigration Minister this week, of our Government’s intention to suspend its programme of resettling unaccompanied minors in March 2017. We urge the Government to reconsider...
Read full storyMeeting for Sufferings statement on racist policies
Posted on February 6, 2017“We are a people that follow after those things that make for peace, love and unity” (Margaret Fell, writing to Charles II in 1660). Quakers in Britain see these values now under growing threat around...
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Posted on January 18, 2017Quakers in Britain have become the first major religious body to be awarded the Pay Compare Mark.
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Churches Demand End to Destruction in Aleppo
Posted on October 27, 2016Paul Parker, Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain said, “Quakers see the light of God in all people, wherever they live and whatever they believe. Every life lost through bombardment is a tragedy which can...
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Communities Workshop in Colchester
Posted on September 10, 2016Colchester Firstsite is hosting a Multifaith Communities workshop on Saturday, November 19, 2016. See the Flyer by clicking on the Link below. ds16_5366_multifaith_a5_flyer.
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..Crucial vote on 18 July..
Posted on July 14, 2016Quakers around Britain are lobbying their Members of Parliament today ahead of a crucial vote on 18 July on whether to replace all four Trident submarines, which carry the UK’s nuclear weapons system. The rest...
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Quaker Statement on EU Referendum
Posted on July 8, 2016There is now a great need for bridge building, .. Read More
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Peace, Equality, Simplicity, Truth
Posted on June 5, 2016A programme for more than 100 young people, from babies to teenagers, was part of Yearly Meeting 2016, bringing together 1,000 Quakers from around Britain, visiting Quakers from around the world and interfaith guests, included...
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