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• Telling stories of courageous Quakers in World War I

  26 October 2015

  The white feather diaries goes live on Monday 26 October. Published by Quakers in Britain, daily posts on White Feather Diaries website (website no longer available) feature five Quakers who bring alive their courage and the cost of following their conscience as the horror of World War I envelops their lives.

  Diarists tell the stories of conscientious objectors who said No to war.

• White poppies and remembrance

  19 October 2015

  In the run up to Remembrance Day Quakers, along with many others, will be wearing white poppies. Some choose to wear both red and white poppies.

• Quakers take action against military drones

  1 October 2015

  In national Quaker Week, Quakers in Britain are protesting against the use of military drones. Saying that all life is sacred, Quakers hold that drones devalue human life and undermine international law.

• Sharing faith adventurously in Quaker Week

  22 September 2015

  In Quaker Week (3-11 October) Quakers around Britain will find simple and imaginative ways to share and deepen their faith.

  Sharing personal faith journeys is a key element of the week. Follow us on Twitter @BritishQuakers.

• Welfare reform will hit the poorest hardest

  11 September 2015

  Quakers in Britain was one of 20 organisations who signed a letter in The Daily Telegraph today outlining our concerns on welfare reform. Parliament is currently considering the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, which proposes a raft of further cuts to our social security system.

• Quakers urgently call for safe paths for refugees

  5 September 2015

  The representative body of Quakers in Britain, Meeting for Sufferings, has made the following statement in reaction to the unfolding refugee crisis.

• Our faith in the future

  1 September 2015

  Meeting for Sufferings, the representative body for Quakers in Britain, meets on Saturday. Named after its original purpose of recording the sufferings of Quakers imprisoned and tortured for their faith, 'Sufferings' meets six times a year. One hundred Quakers, from the north of Scotland to west Cornwall, gather in the Quaker central offices in London to discern national Quaker work.

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