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• Quaker peace education expert keynote speaker at university symposium

  13 July 2022

  Ellis Brooks, peace education co-ordinator at Quakers in Britain, addressed teachers, academics and peace educators at the University College London symposium on July 7 on the importance of peace education.

• Honour COP26 climate pledges, Quakers and other Scottish faiths insist

  12 July 2022

  Quakers have joined faith communities across Scotland in writing to UK Government Minister Alok Sharma, asking for a meeting to discuss progress made since COP26 was held in Glasgow in 2021.

• Quakers oppose re-opening of immigration detention centre

  12 July 2022

  Quakers in Oxfordshire are campaigning against the re-opening of a notorious immigration detention centre.

• Quakers call for truth and integrity in public life as PM resigns

  7 July 2022

  This change in political leadership is an opportunity for the country to restore the essential values of truth and integrity in public life, say Quakers in Britain.

• New protest restrictions come into force

  28 June 2022

  Protestors should beware of new measures in England and Wales under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 that were enacted on 28 June 2022.

• New bill to undermine human rights in the UK

  22 June 2022

  Quakers in Britain will oppose new legislation to repeal the current Human Rights Act. This move would weaken human rights for everyone in the UK.

• Diversity report continues process of learning and change

  14 June 2022

  Quakers in Britain made a commitment at Yearly Meeting to becoming an anti-racist church and the organisation's trustees are committed to making the workplace more inclusive. As part of this programme, external consultants have delivered an audit of how it performs on equity, diversity and inclusion.

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