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Quaker witness at Burghfield
Quakers will be part of a peace witness at the Burghfield nuclear warheads factory in Berkshire on Monday 2 September. A group of protesters intend to nonviolently blockade the two gates of the factory, where work is being done on the final assembly and maintenance of Britain’s nuclear warheads,...
Quaker statement on Syrian crisis
A strong appeal to the British government to refrain from military action in Syria has been made of behalf of Quakers in Britain. A statement signed by Paul Parker, recording clerk of Quakers in Britain, was released from Friends House this week. It appeals for a nonviolent response to...
Appeal at Friargate, York
The archaeological dig in the grounds of Friargate Meeting in York, which has attracted a lot of local interest and press attention, is concluding. Andrew Jones, an archaeologist and member of Friargate Meeting, has made an appeal to Friends for information regarding one fascinating object that was unearthed.
Tapestry panels at Greenham
An exhibition of panels from the Quaker Tapestry is being held at one of the most iconic locations of peace witness in Britain. The National Needlework Archive, which will host the exhibition, is situated at the old Greenham Air Base near Newbury in Berkshire.
Boost for Salter Statues Campaign
A local charity that was set up to raise money to replace a statue of Quaker Alfred Salter that was stolen in 2011 has been boosted by a donation of £5,000 by Ladbrookes.
UK urged to end arms sales to Egypt
The Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) has called for an immediate end to UK arms sales to Egypt, following the recent wave of violence in the country. Arms exports to Egypt rose sharply in the first quarter of the year. £45 million of exports were licensed for military helicopter components...
Cheltenham Quakers welcome heat wave
Cheltenham’s summer heat wave arrived in perfect time for local Friends and their Meeting house. Sixteen solar panels were installing on the Meeting house roof at the end of June – just before several consecutive long hot summer days.
Eid peace greetings
Quakers in Britain joined other Christian faith groups to send symbolic greetings of peace and prayers to the Muslim community this Eid.
Quaker worship at fracking protest
Quakers have held a Meeting for Worship as part of a protest outside a proposed fracking site at Balcombe. The village in West Sussex has been at the centre of a protest campaign since the start of August when energy company Cuadrilla Resources began exploratory drilling.
QPSW call for action on tar sand
Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) is asking Friends to call on their MP to back EU legislation to keep tar sands fuel out of Europe. Environmental groups argue that tar sands oil produces twenty-three per cent more carbon emissions from extraction to consumption than conventional oil.