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• Welcome for new Churches Together in England general secretary

  10 November 2021

  Quakers in Britain welcome the appointment by Churches Together in England of a new General Secretary. Bishop Mike Royal will take up the position in March 2022 when Rev Dr Paul Goodliff retires.

• Faith groups to hold a vigil for loss and damage finance at COP26

  9 November 2021

  On Wednesday 10 November, Quakers and Buddhists, people of all faiths and none, are holding a vigil for people around the world who are bearing the brunt of climate breakdown, to keep the issue of finance for 'loss and damage' on the COP26 agenda. The candlelit vigil will be outside the exit of the restricted Blue Zone of the UN climate talks – COP26 – in Glasgow at 5.30pm.

• Speaking out for climate justice

  4 November 2021

  On the opening day of COP26, an interfaith gathering began with stirring prayers for courage as representatives of all faiths and none, declared their common commitment to climate justice.

• Remembering for peace

  4 November 2021

  On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 the guns fell silent and World War I ended. More than 100 years later, at 11.00am on 11 November, the nations will pause to remember. In silence and hope.

• Faith leaders unite against Policing Bill

  27 October 2021

  Quakers in Britain have co-convened a joint faiths and beliefs letter calling on the government to rethink the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

• Israeli government's attacks on six Palestinian civil society groups must be resisted

  26 October 2021

  The Israeli government has declared six Palestinian civil society groups as “terrorist organisations". In a statement released today sixteen UK-based humanitarian, development, human rights and faith organisations – including Quakers in Britain – have condemned the move.

• "Our faith does not permit us to stand by": Quakers' statement ahead of COP26

  21 October 2021

  Quakers in Britain are calling for just solutions to the climate crisis and encouraging Friends to join the global day of action on Saturday 6 November, in a statement published in advance of the UN COP26 climate negotiations.

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