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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.

• Faith leaders unite against Policing Bill

  27 October 2021

  Quakers in Britain have co-convened a joint faiths and beliefs letter calling on the government to rethink the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

• Israeli government's attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be resisted

  26 October 2021

  The Israeli government has declared six Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organisations". In a statement released today sixteen UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations – including Quakers in Britain – have condemned the move.

• "Our faith does not permit us to stand by": Quakers' statement ahead of COP26

  21 October 2021

  Quakers in Britain are calling for just solutions to the climate crisis and encouraging Friends to join the global day of action on Saturday 6 November, in a statement published in advance of the UN COP26 climate negotiations.

• New Chair of Charity Commission must not be politicised

  5 October 2021

  Quakers in Britain are joining other civil society members in a move to ensure the appointment of a new Chair of the Charity Commission is not politicised.

• Quakers welcome new CTBI General Secretary

  30 September 2021

  Nicola Brady has been appointed General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. She succeeds Bob Fyffe and takes up the post in January.

• New Director for QUNO - New York

  30 September 2021

  The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Quaker United Nations Committee - New York have announced that Sarah Clarke will be the new Director of Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) New York, from 1 November.

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