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Quakers concerned by Home Secretary’s inflammatory rhetoric and failures in the asylum system
3 November 2022
Quakers are writing to the Home Secretary to express concern that the 'hostile environment' of dangerously over-crowded immigration centres and demonisation of migrants in parliament is fanning the flames of hate.
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Quakers reach out for co-operation on truth and integrity
4 October 2022
Quakers concerned about the decline of integrity in public life and beyond have released a declaration, asking others to work with them.
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Peace Education teaching pack awarded major prize
18 July 2022
A Peace Education Network teaching pack, designed and produced by Quakers in Britain, has been chosen by teachers for a major award.
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Quakers call for de-escalation in Ukraine-Russia conflict
22 February 2022
Even at this late stage, where an intensification of violence seems increasingly likely, Quakers in Britain call on all parties to the Ukraine-Russia conflict to redouble their efforts to build peace.
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Welcome for new Churches Together in England general secretary
10 November 2021
Quakers in Britain welcome the appointment by Churches Together in England of a new General Secretary. Bishop Mike Royal will take up the position in March 2022 when Rev Dr Paul Goodliff retires.
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Remembering for peace
4 November 2021
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, the nations will pause to remember. In silence and hope.