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Nuclear weapons treaty talks make progress

Updated 1 April 2017

Negotiations at the United Nations which could lead to a global ban on nuclear weapons conclude today (Saturday 1 April). While the UK Government is staying away and the British media is – so far – taking little interest, Quaker Tim Wallis reports here his daily highlights.

Nuclear ban treaty talks begin

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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Updated 17 February 2020

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

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Quakers call for bold national climate policy

Updated 11 October 2018

Quakers in Britain and Friends World Committee for Consultation are today (8 October) bringing together faith leaders and representatives from the Buddhist, Brahma Kumaris, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim and Quaker communities for an interfaith celebration of sustainable living. They are meeting as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C delivers a sharp message that the world must act now to avoid climate catastrophe. .

Quakers call for bold national climate policy

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Moved by faith to stop global arms fair

Updated 1 September 2019

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

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World Refugee Day: plea to give sanctuary to child refugees

Updated 20 June 2020

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

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Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021 moves online

Updated 4 March 2021

Covid-19 has led to many changes. This summer, around two thousand Quakers expected to spend a week together for worship and business. Now the pandemic has led to Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021 happening online.

Yearly Meeting Gathering moves online

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Preparing for Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021

Updated 27 May 2022

More than one thousand Quakers have booked their places for Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG) next month, for time to share Quaker faith and fellowship.

Preparing for Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021

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Quakers consider living equality and truth in a time of crisis

Updated 30 July 2021

Yearly Meeting Gathering is well underway for more than 2,000 Quakers in Britain. They will be considering racial justice, climate justice and social inclusion. Already some stirring and sensitive sessions have set the scene for this three-week festival of faith and fellowship.

Quakers consider living equality and truth in a time of crisis

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Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Updated 5 August 2021

Seventy six years ago, atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Thousands perished in these attacks, and countless others continued to suffer from the consequences of the bombings. This week and next Quakers are joining with others to remember the victims of this devastating violence, and to recommit to work for nuclear disarmament.

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki