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• Quakers respond to budget 2021

  3 March 2021

  The budget 2021 contains some welcome announcements, but will not deliver a green and just recovery from Covid-19.

• Creating an anti-racism workplace culture

  26 February 2021

  In the wake of a widely shared report on bullying (offsite link) within the charity sector, Quakers in Britain have been prompted to reflect on the culture of our workplace.

• Quaker organisations announce Nobel Prize nominations

  18 February 2021

  The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) have nominated two organisations – Mwatana for Human Rights and Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) – for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. In 1947, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the Friends Service Council (the precursor to QPSW) and AFSC on behalf of Quakers worldwide for their work during and after the two world wars to feed starving children and help Europe rebuild itself. The organisations use their nomination to highlight the work of others continuing the vital work of peacebuilding.

• Concerns over safeguarding spark review

  11 February 2021

  Experienced Safeguarding consultants have thoroughly reviewed historic safeguarding folders held by Quakers in Britain and have concluded there are no high-risk cases needing further investigation.

• Call for public inquiry over new coal mine

  5 February 2021

  UPDATE: The county council is to suspend their decision and re-assess the permission it granted for the mine, in the light of concerns over climate change.
  

  As the UK prepares to host a crucial UN climate summit, the government is facing questions over its support for a new coal mine near Whitehaven in Cumbria. Quakers in Britain are among those urging ministers to think again.
  

• HS2 protest staged on Friends House roof

  3 February 2021

  This week, HS2 protesters used maintenance scaffolding to access the roof of Friends House and hang a banner.

  
  

• Fossil fuel finance: UK faith groups urge government to keep its word

  2 February 2021

  Quakers in Britain have joined 16 other representatives of faith bodies to call on the UK government to immediately ban the use of public money to fund fossil fuel projects overseas.

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