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• Quakers support Labour’s pledge to end new fossil fuel projects

  5 June 2023

  Quakers have joined 139 other organisations in writing to Keir Starmer to support Labour's world-leading pledge to end new oil and gas projects.

• Every school in Britain should have peer mediators, Quakers say

  31 May 2023

  Following widespread success, Quakers want every school in Britain to have a team of peer mediators ready and able to resolve conflict.

• Coalition of Quakers and others win major campaigning award

  25 May 2023

  Quakers in Britain are delighted to have won a major campaigning award alongside other organisations for their work as part of the Police Bill Alliance.

• Quakers urged to attend extra session of annual gathering

  24 May 2023

  Quakers from across Britain are welcome to join an extra session of Yearly Meeting on 1 July online and in person at Friends House.

• Public Order Act becomes law

  17 May 2023

  A new law making it even harder to protest peacefully has been approved by parliament despite opposition from Quakers and other groups.
  

• Quakers stand up for vital legal precedent established in 1670 Quaker trial

  17 May 2023

  Twenty-four ordinary people have successfully protested outside a court to remind jurors of their right to make decisions according to their conscience.

• European and Middle Eastern Quakers uphold each other at a time of war

  16 May 2023

  Quakers from across Europe and the Middle East gathered in Birmingham this month to share worship and work done, and to build a loving community.

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