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• Quakers join calls for a liveable income for all

  30 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain have written to the Prime Minister asking him to ensure no one is left without a liveable income during the Covid-19 crisis.

• Quakers welcome Supreme Court appeal ruling on ethical investments

  29 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain today welcome the UK Supreme Court's ruling affirming the right of local authorities to make ethical choices in their pension investments.

• Quakers furlough staff to protect jobs and services

  17 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain's national organisation – Britain Yearly Meeting has furloughed a significant number of staff in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown measures introduced in the UK and other countries to contain the outbreak have severely reduced its income and limited the scope for delivering many aspects of its work.
  

• Prisoners at risk in pandemic

  9 April 2020

  The number of people in detention needs to be reduced significantly because it is not possible in these settings to follow government advice on COVID-19, say Quakers in Britain. Unprecedented government action is needed to save lives.

• Church leaders united in response to Covid-19

  6 April 2020

  Paul Parker, the Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain, with Church leaders from denominations across Britain and Ireland, have today issued this statement.

• Quakers change plans for Yearly Meeting Gathering

  3 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain have postponed their 2020 Yearly Meeting Gathering. The ongoing public health situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, very sadly, makes it impossible to bring 2,000 people together for this event.

• Quakers #SafeAtHome

  2 April 2020

  As the Coronavirus spreads across the world, the Quaker community is responding with love, prayer and action.

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