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Call for debt cancellation
As the European debt crisis continues, Quakers have joined with other faith groups to sign an open letter calling for debt cancellation and major changes to the world’s financial systems.
A century of peace activism
Almost a hundred years to the day since the Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) was launched, Quakers will gather to celebrate its work.
Action Week challenges stereotypes
Church Action on Poverty (CAP) say that the demonisation of poor people in the UK has become so severe that they have decided to make it the focus of this year’s Poverty and Homelessness Action Week. The Week will take place from 26 January to 3 February.
Quaker bank
A group of Friends who aim to set up a Quaker bank have formally registered their business with Companies House. It is called the Quaker Finance Trust.
Holocaust remembered
Quakers are preparing to join with others to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Sunday. Organisers say it is a chance to learn lessons from the Nazi holocaust and other cases of genocide.
Government agrees to publish Trident review
Quakers have welcomed government plans to publish a review on alternatives to the Trident nuclear weapons system. The review, carried out by Liberal Democrat MPs, was promised in the coalition agreement but the Ministry of Defence had said they had ‘no plans to publish’ it following its submission to the...
Recognition for Bristol Quaker
A Bristol Quaker has been recognised in the New Year Honours list for her work in using therapy to promote social justice.
Q&B call for new laws on tax cheats
Quaker business people have called for new laws against corporate tax avoidance. The Quakers & Business Group (Q&B) wrote to George Osborne to ask for ‘changes to UK law and regulation which would encourage companies to pay their taxes in full’.
Sidcot students help fund food bank van
As more people become dependent on food banks, students at a Quaker private school have raised money to help to fund one of them. Sidcot School usually raises money to tackle poverty overseas, but rising poverty in Britain prompted students to help out local people.
Roseline Akhalu appeal
The home secretary has said she will push ahead with attempts to deport a Nigerian with life-threatening kidney disease. Human rights groups have reacted with dismay to Theresa May’s decision to appeal against a court ruling that Roseline Akhalu should be allowed to remain in the UK.