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Quakers join first global week of action for peace and climate justice
25 September 2024
Quakers in Britain are uniting with peace and climate justice movements worldwide to highlight the connections between their causes.
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Just Stop Oil sentences too harsh, Quakers and others say
23 July 2024
Quakers have joined more than 1,100 lawyers, academics and celebrities in calling for an urgent meeting with the attorney general to discuss the “injustice" of lengthy sentences for peaceful protest.
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Quakers call on UK to pay fair share of climate finance
13 June 2024
As leaders of the world's richest countries meet at a G7 meeting in Italy, Quakers are urging them deliver new, adequate climate finance to developing countries.
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Scottish faith leaders unite for climate action
15 May 2024
Quakers in Scotland gathered with 30 others, including faith leaders, scientists, and conservationists last week to collectively declaring the moral and scientific imperative to tackle the climate crisis.
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Stop tinkering with tax rates and offer real reform to address poverty, charities tell Government
6 March 2024
As the Government announces a 2p cut in national insurance in its 2024 budget, Quakers have joined 90 other organisations in calling for real tax reform.
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Quakers host major climate justice festival
26 February 2024
Friends House, the home of Quakers in Britain, played host to a major climate justice festival in London this weekend, with speakers including Mikaela Loach, Mick Lynch and Naomi Klein.