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• Quakers welcome return of ancestral Naga remains

  11 November 2026

  Quakers have welcomed the return of ancestral Naga remains, including human skulls, from an Oxford museum to the Naga people of north-east India.

• Love our neighbours: Quaker call for climate justice at COP31

  10 November 2026

  Quakers believe that every person has that of God in them and that we are all equal. That we have a duty to love our neighbours around the world and protect the earth we share. The climate crisis is upon us; there is no time left for avoidance or delay.
  

• Quakers to unveil draft of new book of discipline

  3 November 2026

  Quakers will have their first chance to hold the new book of discipline in their hands at this month's Yearly Meeting (YM) session, to be held in London and online.

• Budget ignores climate emergency, Quakers say

  28 October 2026

  The Chancellor's budget fails to deliver the investment needed to tackle the climate emergency, while protecting increased military spending, Quakers in Britain have said.

• Quakers urge courage as global climate meeting suspended

  27 October 2026

  Quakers at the United Nations have urged countries to show courage and find compromise after a major climate science meeting was suspended without a budget deal.

• Landmark study challenges Quakers on enslavement

  26 October 2026

  Quakers in Britain are being challenged to rethink their history in a major new theological study examining how their faith helped justify enslavement.

• Quakers lament government approval of Jackdaw gasfield

  21 October 2026

  Quakers in Britain said they lament the government's decision to approve drilling at the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea.

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