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• Faith leaders urge new Prime Minister to offer more refugees sanctuary

  26 July 2019

  Quakers are among more than 100 signatories to an open letter to the new prime minister, Boris Johnson, urging him to make a lasting commitment to welcome refugees.

• Church leaders question a no-deal Brexit

  24 July 2019

  Representatives of seven Christian denominations – including Quakers in Britain ─ have written an open letter to the new Prime Minister expressing concern that failing to agree a deal on Brexit will “hit those held back by poverty very hard indeed".

• Mass lobby urges action on climate

  26 June 2019

  More than 100 Quakers from England, Scotland and Wales came to Westminster today to take part in The Time is Now, a mass lobby of parliament urging MPs to take action on climate crisis and environmental breakdown. Faith representatives ─ including a former archbishop and a young Quaker ─ addressed the gathering.

• New education pack on peacebuilding in Palestine and Israel

  26 June 2019

  Quakers in Britain are launching a new education pack to help young people learn about the impact of conflict and stories of peacebuilding in Palestine and Israel.

• Moving in a new direction

  21 June 2019

  Trustees of Britain Yearly Meeting and Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre have this week agreed to work together to radically change the way the two organisations support Quakers across Britain.

• Victory for campaigners over arms sales to Saudi Arabia

  20 June 2019

  Quakers in Britain welcome the legal decision that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen are unlawful and applaud the dedicated work of Campaign Against Arms Trade taking this through the courts.

• Seeing signs of hope in a fragile world

  29 May 2019

  An exploration of how privilege and power may get in the way of effective work for justice sparked intensely moving and reflective ministry, as 1,200 Quakers gathered for Yearly Meeting (YM) this week.

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