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• New Chair of Charity Commission must not be politicised

  5 October 2021

  Quakers in Britain are joining other civil society members in a move to ensure the appointment of a new Chair of the Charity Commission is not politicised.

• Quakers welcome new CTBI General Secretary

  30 September 2021

  Nicola Brady has been appointed General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. She succeeds Bob Fyffe and takes up the post in January.

• New Director for QUNO - New York

  30 September 2021

  The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and the Quaker United Nations Committee - New York have announced that Sarah Clarke will be the new Director of Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) New York, from 1 November.

• Quakers open new Yorkshire Centre

  22 September 2021

  For the first time in maybe 100 years, Quakers in Britain have a new base for national Quaker work outside London. The new base is in Leeds.

• Global peacebuilders call on governments to invest in peace

  21 September 2021

  Amid pandemic and climate crisis, more than 200 peacebuilding organisations have issued a joint statement calling on governments to work for peace. Quakers in Britain have signed alongside Quaker United Nations Office and American Friends Service Committee. The statement asserts that peace is not an add-on: peace is the way.

• Quakers join international action for climate loss and damage

  16 September 2021

  Quakers in Britain will join partner organisations in launching the new Make Polluters Pay campaign as part of the first ever international Loss and Damage Awareness Day on Thursday 23 September.

• Quakers protest against the arms trade

  16 September 2021

  Dozens of Quakers headed for London this week to join protestors against the world's largest arms fair. Hundreds from peace movements held vigils to protest, their banners saying: “War starts here".

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