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• Quakers join national call for UK leaders to defend human rights

  10 December 2025

  Quakers in Britain has joined over 180 organisations in urging the government to strengthen human rights protections as the UK marks Human Rights Day.

• Quakers back faith leaders’ response to new Child Poverty Strategy

  10 December 2025

  Quakers in Britain have joined UK faith leaders in welcoming the government's new Child Poverty Strategy, while warning that further action will be needed to deliver lasting change.

• Quaker’s stand for “No New Oil” continues despite harsh JSO sentence

  9 December 2025

  A Quaker who recently completed a 700-mile climate pilgrimage has said that continued commitment to “No New Oil" is all that matters in the face of a 26-month sentence.

• Quaker climate activist appeals conviction after judge threatens the jury

  2 December 2025

  A Quaker is appealing her climate conviction after a judge threatened the jury with contempt of court if they found defendants not guilty according to their conscience.

• Let’s build a fair and sustainable future, Quakers say as budget spares polluters and the super-rich

  27 November 2025

  Rooted in their commitment to equality and peace, Quakers say the government has missed a major opportunity to use this year's budget to make oil and gas giants pay for the climate damage they have caused.

• Quakers in Britain reject inhumane and divisive new asylum restrictions

  26 November 2025

  We are called to love our neighbour. Instead, the Home Secretary has announced further harsh restrictions on the right to sanctuary in the UK.

• Quakers call for peer mediation to be mainstreamed across schools in the UK

  25 November 2025

  Educators and policy makers should mainstream peer mediation, Quakers in Britain says following the publication of a new national report showing its positive impact.

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