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• Sharing Quakers' view on marriage

  21 May 2020

  An imam, a bishop and a Quaker had plenty to say on the hot topic of marriage, on a BBC Radio 4 programme broadcast this week.

• Pandemic exacerbates inequalities

  11 May 2020

  Quakers in Britain have joined more than 30 other organisations in calling for a green and just recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Support for new ways of working

  30 April 2020

  The joint BYM/Woodbrooke project to radically reshape support for Quaker communities took a significant step forward this week with news of more local development workers and a key hub office in Leeds.

• Quakers join calls for a liveable income for all

  30 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain have written to the Prime Minister asking him to ensure no one is left without a liveable income during the Covid-19 crisis.

• Quakers welcome Supreme Court appeal ruling on ethical investments

  29 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain today welcome the UK Supreme Court's ruling affirming the right of local authorities to make ethical choices in their pension investments.

• Quakers furlough staff to protect jobs and services

  17 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain's national organisation – Britain Yearly Meeting has furloughed a significant number of staff in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The lockdown measures introduced in the UK and other countries to contain the outbreak have severely reduced its income and limited the scope for delivering many aspects of its work.
  

• Prisoners at risk in pandemic

  9 April 2020

  The number of people in detention needs to be reduced significantly because it is not possible in these settings to follow government advice on COVID-19, say Quakers in Britain. Unprecedented government action is needed to save lives.

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