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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Around the world this week, ceremonies will mark the anniversaries of the first atomic bombs dropped in Japan in 1945. Quakers will be among those remembering lives lost.
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nuclear weapons ceremony criticised
The decision to hold a service at Westminster Abbey to mark fifty years of constant patrol by the UK's nuclear submarines is being deeply criticised by Quakers in Britain.
Nuclear weapons ceremony criticised
Quiet simplicity of meeting houses celebrated
When Quakers built Hertford Meeting House in 1670 they were more likely to be persecuted than praised for their style of building. This week it is one of 17 Quaker meeting houses to be listed or upgraded and preserved for the nation by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on the advice of Historic England.
Quiet simplicity of meeting houses celebrated
Call for government rethink on punitive education
Quakers in Britain are challenging government plans which could emphasise punishments in Britain's classrooms. Instead, Quakers urge a restorative approach, saying that head teachers cannot simply force peace on schools; they need to equip children and young people to be peacemakers.
Call for government rethink on education
Moved by faith to stop global arms fair
This week the global arms trade comes to London. At DSEI, arms companies sell weapons of death and destruction, repression and injustice, to military delegations. Thousands of protestors, including hundreds of Quakers, will be there, to stop the arms fair.
Moved by faith to stop global arms fair
Arrests as arms fair set-up is delayed
Many hundreds of Quakers were among people of faith who for nine hours brought to a halt the set-up in London of one of the world's largest arms fairs.
Arrests as arms fair set-up is delayed
Communities of colour are over-policed and under-protected
The Coronavirus Act gives police powers to detain anyone they think might be infectious. A group of human rights, racial equality, community, faith and health organisations – including Quakers – say the police powers granted to enforce lockdown are disproportionately impacting people of colour.
Communities of colour are over-policed and under-protected
World Refugee Day: plea to give sanctuary to child refugees
Quakers are among more than 250 faith leaders who have written an open letter to the Prime Minister, asking him to commit to offering child refugees a safe route to asylum in the UK.
World Refugee Day: plea to give sanctuary to child refugees
Global call for ban on nuclear weapons
As the 75th anniversary approaches of atomic bombs being dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Quakers in Britain are joining events to mark the devastation and to urge the government to work for a global ban on nuclear weapons.
Global call for ban on nuclear weapons
Swarthmore Lecture moves online
The 2020 Swarthmore Lecture, part of the work of Woodbrooke and a key feature in the life of Quakers in Britain, will be delivered online on Saturday by social scientist, writer and broadcaster, Tom Shakespeare.
Swarthmore Lecture moves online