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• Judicial review examines right to ethical investments (updated 22 June)

  14 June 2017

  Quakers in Britain are supporting a judicial review being brought today (Wednesday 14 June) before the UK courts against the government's controversial new guidance banning local councils from making ethical choices in their pensions investments.

• Welcoming new MPs

  9 June 2017

  One of the newly elected MPs in the hung parliament will give a keynote address next month at Quakers' Yearly Meeting Gathering.

• Negotiations on a nuclear test ban treaty

  7 June 2017

  This month negotiations on a nuclear test ban treaty resume at the United Nations in New York. The UK government is not attending.

• Interfaith dismay over US president’s "reckless declaration"

  8 June 2017

  Quakers in Britain have signed up to a joint interfaith letter, deploring the United States president's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
  

• Building a culture of sanctuary in Refugee Week

  31 May 2017

  Quakers in Britain have announced a packed programme of events to mark Refugee Week (19–25 June), exploring the role of culture in shaping attitudes to newcomers.

• Fundraising for Yearly Meeting bursaries

  28 May 2017

  A cycling expedition is being planned to raise money for bursaries to enable Quakers to attend Yearly Meeting Gathering, especially younger Quakers.

• Standing in solidarity against violence

  24 May 2017

  Quakers in Britain join the international community in condemning the attack on Manchester Arena.

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