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• Kindertransport survivors call for routes to sanctuary for child refugees

  15 November 2018

  In the chaotic months before the outbreak of World War II, Jewish people were in desperate need of help to escape German-occupied Europe. Quakers were among those who responded, creating the Kindertransport to bring children to safety and persuading the government to amend visa requirements. Today, some of the survivors are urging the UK government to provide more routes to sanctuary for child refugees.

• Remembrance is just the beginning

  9 November 2018

  Upwards of half a million children were brought together this week to be inspired by peace. On the centenary of the armistice to end World War I, they reflected on the losses of war, determined to build a century of peace.

• Young people make their remembrance about peace

  1 November 2018

  The centenary of the armistice that ended World War I is a poignant moment. As the world pauses, a national project, INSPIRE, will engage thousands of children in remembrance and in peacebuilding.

• Asylum seekers need to work, says coalition

  24 October 2018

  Quakers in Britain this week joined a large coalition of charities, faith groups, businesses and unions calling for a change in the law to allow asylum seekers the right to work six months after they have arrived in the UK.

• Quakers call for end to gagging clauses

  19 October 2018

  In a letter to The Times this week, Quakers joined with civil society leaders to call for an end to the use of anti-advocacy clauses in government contracts.

• New film takes stand against militarism

  17 October 2018

  War School, a provocative film launched this week, is set to challenge the British government's attempt to entice children into support for war.

• Children show they can resolve conflicts

  9 October 2018

  A team of ten and eleven year olds will be among the prize winners at the National Mediation Awards 2018, being held tonight (Tuesday 9 October) in London's prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Centre in Westminster.

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