Quakers in Britain
@quaker.org.uk
Faith community grounded in stillness. We believe in working together to create a more just, equal and peaceful world.
Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
www.quaker.org.uk
Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
www.quaker.org.uk
Peer mediation can be transformative. It empowers young people to resolve conflicts themselves, and points to the possibility of a more peaceful world beyond the classroom. With the publication of a new report showing its benefits, we’re calling for peer mediation to be mainstreamed across schools.
Quakers call for peer mediation to be mainstreamed across schools in the UK
Educators and policy makers should mainstream peer mediation, Quakers in Britain says following the publication of a new national report showing its positive impact.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Peer mediation can be transformative. It empowers young people to resolve conflicts themselves, and points to the possibility of a more peaceful world beyond the classroom. With the publication of a new report showing its benefits, we’re calling for peer mediation to be mainstreamed across schools.
We've signed this important letter calling for economic justice ahead of the Budget.
A coalition of 18 faith organisations has released a joint statement urging Chancellor Rachel Reeves to raise and reform taxes on wealth in Wednesday’s Budget 💼
Read the full statement here: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/faith-groups-call-for-bold-tax-reforms-to-rebuild-country/
Read the full statement here: https://justmoney.org.uk/news/faith-groups-call-for-bold-tax-reforms-to-rebuild-country/
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
We've signed this important letter calling for economic justice ahead of the Budget.
Check out our new blog and learn about the history and present of Quakerism in Korea.
David Mowat toured South Korea in August, making friends across the country. He shares with us his interview with Korean Quaker leader Bongsoo Kwag.
David Mowat toured South Korea in August, making friends across the country. He shares with us his interview with Korean Quaker leader Bongsoo Kwag.
A day with Korean Quaker leader Bongsoo Kwag
David Mowat share his interview with Korean Quaker leader Bongsoo Kwan
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November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Check out our new blog and learn about the history and present of Quakerism in Korea.
David Mowat toured South Korea in August, making friends across the country. He shares with us his interview with Korean Quaker leader Bongsoo Kwag.
David Mowat toured South Korea in August, making friends across the country. He shares with us his interview with Korean Quaker leader Bongsoo Kwag.
Militarism is a major driver of climate change. Expanding spending on weapons of war is self-defeating, driving insecurity and conflict while diverting resources away from tackling root causes of war.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
Quakers join global call to expose hidden military emissions at COP30
As global leaders meet in Brazil for COP30, Quakers and others are urging them to confront the climate impact of war and rising military spending.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Militarism is a major driver of climate change. Expanding spending on weapons of war is self-defeating, driving insecurity and conflict while diverting resources away from tackling root causes of war.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
We maintain our commitments to peace and to climate justice, and see these goals as inseparable.
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we hold in the Light all trans people.
We remember and grieve for those who have been lost, while reaffirming our commitment to welcome trans and nonbinary people in our community.
We remember and grieve for those who have been lost, while reaffirming our commitment to welcome trans and nonbinary people in our community.
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On Transgender Day of Remembrance, we hold in the Light all trans people.
We remember and grieve for those who have been lost, while reaffirming our commitment to welcome trans and nonbinary people in our community.
We remember and grieve for those who have been lost, while reaffirming our commitment to welcome trans and nonbinary people in our community.
Come along to this really important event on peace and disarmament. Grace Da Costa will be speaking on behalf of Quakers in Britain.
Our closing plenary at Saturday's conference will ask what we need to do to build the movement for a peaceful, nuclear-free, and sustainable future.
Register today: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
Register today: cnduk.org/events/no-to...
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Come along to this really important event on peace and disarmament. Grace Da Costa will be speaking on behalf of Quakers in Britain.
On Tuesday, leaders from Churches and Christian agencies gathered at Lambeth Palace to consider how best to respond to the situation in Palestine and Israel.
Paul Parker attended on behalf of Quakers in Britain.
Paul Parker attended on behalf of Quakers in Britain.
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On Tuesday, leaders from Churches and Christian agencies gathered at Lambeth Palace to consider how best to respond to the situation in Palestine and Israel.
Paul Parker attended on behalf of Quakers in Britain.
Paul Parker attended on behalf of Quakers in Britain.
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Representing @quaker.org.uk at Lambeth Palace to hear archbishops of York & Jerusalem, & Munther Isaac, Ramallah pastor. @archbishopofyork.org outspoken about genocide, ethnic cleansing & his experience of apartheid conditions on his recent trip to West Bank. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Representing @quaker.org.uk at Lambeth Palace to hear archbishops of York & Jerusalem, & Munther Isaac, Ramallah pastor. @archbishopofyork.org outspoken about genocide, ethnic cleansing & his experience of apartheid conditions on his recent trip to West Bank. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Our statement on the government’s abhorrent plans for people seeking safety.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our statement on the government’s abhorrent plans for people seeking safety.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
Politicians are dividing communities, when they could be building affordable homes and strengthening them.
We joined @cnduk.bsky.social at Downing St today to call on the government to stop its nuclear weapons expansion 👇
Our letter signed by MPs, trade unionists, and civil society leaders was handed into Downing Street this morning. We're calling on the government to urgently rethink its nuclear weapons expansion.
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We joined @cnduk.bsky.social at Downing St today to call on the government to stop its nuclear weapons expansion 👇
A fair, humane asylum system isn’t just right - it’s smart economics.
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
Together With Refugees new report 'Welcoming Growth: The economic case for a fair and humane asylum system' - Together With Refugees
Monday 17 November 2025 Britain’s refugee policies have been uncaring, chaotic, and costly for too long. They aren’t working for refugees, and they aren’t working for communities across the country. ...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A fair, humane asylum system isn’t just right - it’s smart economics.
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
Let refugees rebuild their lives, and Britain will thrive too.
#TogetherWithRefugees
togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcoming-gr...
🌍🔥 At COP30 Quakers are speaking up for courage, justice and a real shift away from fossil fuels. Communities are already hurting - people and planet can’t wait.
#ClimateJustice #FaithInAction #Quakers
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#ClimateJustice #FaithInAction #Quakers
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers highlight faith and ethics at COP30
As world leaders and scientists meet at the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, Quakers are amplifying the moral and spiritual call for climate justice.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🌍🔥 At COP30 Quakers are speaking up for courage, justice and a real shift away from fossil fuels. Communities are already hurting - people and planet can’t wait.
#ClimateJustice #FaithInAction #Quakers
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
#ClimateJustice #FaithInAction #Quakers
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This Remembrance Day, Dixe Wills reminds us that true peace will be built through bread, not bombs. And that the original understanding of remembrance was that the best way of honouring the dead was to ensure that the Great War was 'the war to end all wars.' 🕊️🕯️👇 www.quaker.org.uk/blog/bread-n...
Bread Not Bombs
Remembrance Day blog looking at how we can bring an end to all wars.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This Remembrance Day, Dixe Wills reminds us that true peace will be built through bread, not bombs. And that the original understanding of remembrance was that the best way of honouring the dead was to ensure that the Great War was 'the war to end all wars.' 🕊️🕯️👇 www.quaker.org.uk/blog/bread-n...
Quaker climate activist @marcusdecker.bsky.social has won his appeal against deportation 🥳
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quaker climate activist Marcus Decker wins appeal against deportation
Quaker climate activist Marcus Decker has won his appeal against deportation, in a case that drew widespread support from Chris Packham, Quakers, and climate campaigners.
www.quaker.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Quaker climate activist @marcusdecker.bsky.social has won his appeal against deportation 🥳
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
His case had the support of @chrisgpackham.bsky.social, Quakers and a wide range of campaigners.
The Home Office is expected to challenge the ruling.
www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
As this year's international climate conference approaches, we reflect on how our faith shapes our commitment to climate justice.
People of faith attending COP, and those watching around the world, are invited to join an interfaith gathering.
People of faith attending COP, and those watching around the world, are invited to join an interfaith gathering.
November 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
As this year's international climate conference approaches, we reflect on how our faith shapes our commitment to climate justice.
People of faith attending COP, and those watching around the world, are invited to join an interfaith gathering.
People of faith attending COP, and those watching around the world, are invited to join an interfaith gathering.
Come along on Sunday and view the virtual cenotaph projected onto Friends House. This will be an important and moving reflection on all those killed in war and conflict.
For full details, and to find out more about the wider Alternative Remembrance events, visit @everycasualty.bsky.social's site:
For full details, and to find out more about the wider Alternative Remembrance events, visit @everycasualty.bsky.social's site:
Get involved - Every Casualty Counts
Memorial 2025 Join us on 9th November This Remembrance Sunday we launch Memorial 2025 – an online memorial project which commemorates the lives of more than 100 people killed in armed conflict in 2024...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Come along on Sunday and view the virtual cenotaph projected onto Friends House. This will be an important and moving reflection on all those killed in war and conflict.
For full details, and to find out more about the wider Alternative Remembrance events, visit @everycasualty.bsky.social's site:
For full details, and to find out more about the wider Alternative Remembrance events, visit @everycasualty.bsky.social's site:
We’ve joined almost 300 organisations in an urgent plea to politicians and the UK government to stop scapegoating the country’s human rights framework.
Quakers join call for “full-throated defence” of UK human rights protections
Almost 300 organisations, including Quakers in Britain, have issued an urgent plea to politicians and the UK government to stop scapegoating the UK’s human rights framework.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We’ve joined almost 300 organisations in an urgent plea to politicians and the UK government to stop scapegoating the country’s human rights framework.
Ahead of Inter Faith Week, we are sharing this fascinating blog from Eleanor Nesbitt exploring the ways early Quakers engaged with other faiths.
Interfaith Week: exploring early Quakers and other religions
Eleanor Nesbitt highlights some fascinating historical examples of George Fox and other Quakers' interactions with other faiths.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ahead of Inter Faith Week, we are sharing this fascinating blog from Eleanor Nesbitt exploring the ways early Quakers engaged with other faiths.
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Quakers are joining with others to call on the NEC not to host the SDSC arms fair in 2026. SDSC was kicked out of recent venues because of persistent protests. Let's make sure it doesn't find a home at the NEC.
Please share especially with folk in the West Midlands
www.stop-sdsc.uk/campaign-let...
Please share especially with folk in the West Midlands
www.stop-sdsc.uk/campaign-let...
STOP SDSC-UK - To the NEC Group: Stop SDSC-UK
Letter to the NEC Group, which manages the National Exhibition Centre, hosting the SDSC-UK in 2026
www.stop-sdsc.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Quakers are joining with others to call on the NEC not to host the SDSC arms fair in 2026. SDSC was kicked out of recent venues because of persistent protests. Let's make sure it doesn't find a home at the NEC.
Please share especially with folk in the West Midlands
www.stop-sdsc.uk/campaign-let...
Please share especially with folk in the West Midlands
www.stop-sdsc.uk/campaign-let...
Could you help us promote peace and nonviolent conflict resolution throughout British schools?
We are looking for an experienced educator to support and develop our peer mediation work.
The deadline is Thursday 20 November. To read the full job advert and apply, visit our website:
We are looking for an experienced educator to support and develop our peer mediation work.
The deadline is Thursday 20 November. To read the full job advert and apply, visit our website:
Quakers in Britain: Job opportunities
Find a range of jobs with Quakers in Britain. With a 1:4 ratio between our highest and our lowest paid staff, we are a Living Wage employer.
www.quaker.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Could you help us promote peace and nonviolent conflict resolution throughout British schools?
We are looking for an experienced educator to support and develop our peer mediation work.
The deadline is Thursday 20 November. To read the full job advert and apply, visit our website:
We are looking for an experienced educator to support and develop our peer mediation work.
The deadline is Thursday 20 November. To read the full job advert and apply, visit our website:
The Quaker Earthcare Gathering brought over a hundred Quakers from across Britain and Europe to worship, spend time together, and discuss how Quaker faith and communities can help us to meet the environmental crisis with hope, strength, and compassion.
Read the full epistle:
Read the full epistle:
Quaker Earthcare Gathering | Living Witness
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October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Quaker Earthcare Gathering brought over a hundred Quakers from across Britain and Europe to worship, spend time together, and discuss how Quaker faith and communities can help us to meet the environmental crisis with hope, strength, and compassion.
Read the full epistle:
Read the full epistle:
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BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more: bit.ly/3JrJAjC
#MakeRichPollutersPay
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more: bit.ly/3JrJAjC
#MakeRichPollutersPay
October 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
BREAKING: A person in the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year.
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more: bit.ly/3JrJAjC
#MakeRichPollutersPay
Same pollution. Different worlds. But only one pays the price.
Read Oxfam's new #ClimatePlunder report to learn more: bit.ly/3JrJAjC
#MakeRichPollutersPay
Come along to the Quaker Roots strategy gathering on the 7th-9th November.
Be part of planning the next stages of the campaign against the DSEI arms fair and help take on the merchants of death.
Be part of planning the next stages of the campaign against the DSEI arms fair and help take on the merchants of death.
Quaker Roots Autumn Strategy Gathering in Huddersfield
Gather in Huddersfield this November with Quaker Roots to strategise actions and campaigns to get Clarion Events to drop the DSEI Arms Fair.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Come along to the Quaker Roots strategy gathering on the 7th-9th November.
Be part of planning the next stages of the campaign against the DSEI arms fair and help take on the merchants of death.
Be part of planning the next stages of the campaign against the DSEI arms fair and help take on the merchants of death.
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🚨BREAKING: Activists have imprisoned DANGEROUS TERRORISTS Mandela, Gandhi, and Millicent Fawcett statues in Parliament Square.
They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.
The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.
The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨BREAKING: Activists have imprisoned DANGEROUS TERRORISTS Mandela, Gandhi, and Millicent Fawcett statues in Parliament Square.
They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.
The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
They've been placed behind bars to expose the UK's extreme crackdown on protest.
The heroes the government celebrates would be imprisoned today under their extreme laws.
Building on research which Quakers in Scotland contributed to, the Scottish government has provided funding for a recently launched Scottish Peace Platform.
This platform provides the opportunity for the country to lead the way in peace and disarmament education.
This platform provides the opportunity for the country to lead the way in peace and disarmament education.
Peace education in Scotland
A new Peace Platform provides the opportunity for Scotland to lead the way in peace and disarmament education.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Building on research which Quakers in Scotland contributed to, the Scottish government has provided funding for a recently launched Scottish Peace Platform.
This platform provides the opportunity for the country to lead the way in peace and disarmament education.
This platform provides the opportunity for the country to lead the way in peace and disarmament education.