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
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.
www.quaker.org.uk
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.
www.quaker.org.uk
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.
Grace Spencer discusses the place of biblical language and faith in God within 21st century Quakerism in this thoughtful profile on the process of rewriting our book of discipline, Quaker faith & practice.
Disagreement among Friends: why Quakers are questioning God
The future of British Quakerism is up for debate, as the movement updates its most important text. The biggest question: keep or dilute God?
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Grace Spencer discusses the place of biblical language and faith in God within 21st century Quakerism in this thoughtful profile on the process of rewriting our book of discipline, Quaker faith & practice.
"But we also know we're better together, because we believe that together we can hear God's voice more clearly, leading us into more peaceful and just ways of life"
I was on the radio again. Quakers can be annoying, even me! But together we help each other hear the voice of the Holy Spirit. #Quaker #spirituality www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Pause For Thought - Mark Russ: "Hear God's voice more clearly" - BBC Sounds
Mark Russ on this week's theme 'Better Together'.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"But we also know we're better together, because we believe that together we can hear God's voice more clearly, leading us into more peaceful and just ways of life"
Quakers in Britain have long called for a just transition, which puts justice and equality at the heart of climate solutions.
We welcome the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy, which aims to train 400,000 people by 2030.
We welcome the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy, which aims to train 400,000 people by 2030.
Clean energy jobs a step in the right direction, Quakers say
Quakers in Britain has welcomed the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Quakers in Britain have long called for a just transition, which puts justice and equality at the heart of climate solutions.
We welcome the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy, which aims to train 400,000 people by 2030.
We welcome the first ever national plan to recruit the workers needed for clean energy, which aims to train 400,000 people by 2030.
“Every degree of heating matters, every life, every home and every child, living now or yet unborn.”
We need a response to the climate crisis rooted in peace, equality, and justice.
Find out how you can make a difference in the run-up to the next global climate conference.
We need a response to the climate crisis rooted in peace, equality, and justice.
Find out how you can make a difference in the run-up to the next global climate conference.
Quakers and COP30: bearing witness to care
A blog about political action on the climate crisis, especially how people can get involved.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Every degree of heating matters, every life, every home and every child, living now or yet unborn.”
We need a response to the climate crisis rooted in peace, equality, and justice.
Find out how you can make a difference in the run-up to the next global climate conference.
We need a response to the climate crisis rooted in peace, equality, and justice.
Find out how you can make a difference in the run-up to the next global climate conference.
Truth and integrity are core Quaker values. At a time when public trust in institutions is faltering, and when truth is increasingly distorted or drowned out by misinformation, they are more important than ever.
Read the inspiring story of this year’s Quaker Truth and Integrity Award winners:
Read the inspiring story of this year’s Quaker Truth and Integrity Award winners:
Quakers honour campaigner and cardiologist with Truth and Integrity Award
This year’s Quaker Truth and Integrity Award shared by climate justice and human rights campaigner Phil Laurie and Peter Wilmshurst, a cardiologist whose work on ethical practice and transparency has ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Truth and integrity are core Quaker values. At a time when public trust in institutions is faltering, and when truth is increasingly distorted or drowned out by misinformation, they are more important than ever.
Read the inspiring story of this year’s Quaker Truth and Integrity Award winners:
Read the inspiring story of this year’s Quaker Truth and Integrity Award winners:
Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
Quaker climate activist faces deportation
Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Quakers are rallying behind climate activist Marcus Decker who is facing deportation thanks to his witness against fossil fuels.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
Join the Meeting for Worship outside his deportation hearing in Islington on 10 November.
We’re proud to be part of the peace education movement, empowering and educating children to become peacemakers in their schools through peer mediation.
Read more about our involvement in the first ever children’s peace conference in Wales.
Read more about our involvement in the first ever children’s peace conference in Wales.
Young peacemakers gather in Cardiff to celebrate peace in schools
Almost 100 young peer mediators from across South Wales came together in Cardiff Bay on 15 October to celebrate their shared commitment to resolving conflict peacefully.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We’re proud to be part of the peace education movement, empowering and educating children to become peacemakers in their schools through peer mediation.
Read more about our involvement in the first ever children’s peace conference in Wales.
Read more about our involvement in the first ever children’s peace conference in Wales.
Quakers believe there is “that of God in everyone”, and that violence can never be justified.
As a result, many Quakers have mixed feelings about Remembrance Day. Some wonder if military involvement in the day risks celebrating rather than commemorating.
Judith Baker explores this in our new blog:
As a result, many Quakers have mixed feelings about Remembrance Day. Some wonder if military involvement in the day risks celebrating rather than commemorating.
Judith Baker explores this in our new blog:
Remembering, cooperating, and working for change
A blog with personal reflections on the meaning of remembrance and how Quakers can participate.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Quakers believe there is “that of God in everyone”, and that violence can never be justified.
As a result, many Quakers have mixed feelings about Remembrance Day. Some wonder if military involvement in the day risks celebrating rather than commemorating.
Judith Baker explores this in our new blog:
As a result, many Quakers have mixed feelings about Remembrance Day. Some wonder if military involvement in the day risks celebrating rather than commemorating.
Judith Baker explores this in our new blog:
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We’re stepping up to show the government that thousands of us are not backing down on stopping Rosebank.
Send your personal message calling for this disaster project to be stopped 👇
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Send your personal message calling for this disaster project to be stopped 👇
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Decision time: Tell Keir to #StopRosebank
This is the moment we've been building towards: it's final decision time for the UK Government. Equinor is trying to get the new Rosebank oil field re-approved. It's up to us all to convince the Gover...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We’re stepping up to show the government that thousands of us are not backing down on stopping Rosebank.
Send your personal message calling for this disaster project to be stopped 👇
actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
Send your personal message calling for this disaster project to be stopped 👇
actionnetwork.org/forms/the-go...
Tony Stoller reflects on the need to improve understanding between the Jewish and Quaker communities in Britain, from his experience as a member of both.
Quakers and antisemitism
Find out about Quakers and how our faith translates into action.
www.quaker.org.uk
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tony Stoller reflects on the need to improve understanding between the Jewish and Quaker communities in Britain, from his experience as a member of both.
We know that many people of faith are understandably afraid of attacks on their places of worship at this time.
But we're concerned that the Crime and Policing Bill will further restrict the right to protest while doing nothing to protect places of worship from targeted violence and harassment.
But we're concerned that the Crime and Policing Bill will further restrict the right to protest while doing nothing to protect places of worship from targeted violence and harassment.
October 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We know that many people of faith are understandably afraid of attacks on their places of worship at this time.
But we're concerned that the Crime and Policing Bill will further restrict the right to protest while doing nothing to protect places of worship from targeted violence and harassment.
But we're concerned that the Crime and Policing Bill will further restrict the right to protest while doing nothing to protect places of worship from targeted violence and harassment.
We welcome with deep relief and thanks the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of the living Israelis held hostage in Gaza and the release of Palestinians, including children, held in Israeli military detention.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We welcome with deep relief and thanks the ceasefire in Gaza, the release of the living Israelis held hostage in Gaza and the release of Palestinians, including children, held in Israeli military detention.
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