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• Quakers change plans for Yearly Meeting Gathering

  3 April 2020

  Quakers in Britain have postponed their 2020 Yearly Meeting Gathering. The ongoing public health situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, very sadly, makes it impossible to bring 2,000 people together for this event.

• Crisis prompts call for global ceasefire

  2 April 2020

  As the Coronavirus crisis deepens Quakers are working with allies to speak up for the most vulnerable.

• ​How to #StayAtHome when you have no home

  2 April 2020

  Central Bristol Quakers have donated the kitchen in their meeting house to help feed homeless people made even more vulnerable by the Coronavirus crisis.

• Quakers #SafeAtHome

  2 April 2020

  As the Coronavirus spreads across the world, the Quaker community is responding with love, prayer and action.

• Cancellation of national Quaker events

  16 March 2020

  As the Coronavirus outbreak continues, Quakers in Britain are cancelling four national events planned for March and April.

  Update: They are advising meetings not to gather in person while the current social distancing guidance is in force.

• Quakers continue quiet diplomacy

  11 March 2020

  Generations of Quakers have worked to build peace in areas of violent conflict. Confidentiality is essential therefore the work is little-known. Now a new book, launched this week, Dining with diplomats, praying with gunmen captures the experiences of international conciliation for a new generation of peacemakers.

• Quakers seek a 'climate Budget'

  2 March 2020

  Quakers in Britain are calling for action on climate to be at the heart of the government's Budget (on Wednesday 11 March). They set out six key actions needed to redirect public spending towards a just transition and ensure climate damage is factored into investment decisions.

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