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• Gambling reforms raise concerns

  31 October 2017

  Today a group of Churches and faith-based organisations have welcomed the Government's announcement of a consultation on proposals for changes to gaming machines and social responsibility measures, but warned that the range of options presented for a maximum stake for fixed odds betting terminals is too wide.

• Marking the Balfour Declaration centenary

  30 October 2017

  This year marks historic anniversaries in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 100 years since the Balfour Declaration conveying British support for a national homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine; 50 years since the start of the Israeli military occupation of Palestine; and 10 years since the beginning of the blockade of Gaza.

• Peace activists found not guilty of criminal damage

  26 October 2017

  Two young peace campaigners were found not guilty today of criminal damage.
  

• ICAN awarded Nobel Peace Prize

  9 October 2017

  Quakers in Britain have congratulated the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Scotland bans fracking

  4 October 2017

  Quakers in Britain welcome the decision by the Scottish Government to ban fracking. They say the decision is a key step in tackling the climate crisis.

• You are invited to stillness

  29 September 2017

  Thousands of Quakers across Britain are marking the eleventh annual Quaker Week (30 September to 8 October) to invite people to discover the faith that shapes their way of life. World Quaker Day is also on Sunday 1 October.

• Global ban on nuclear weapons in sight

  20 September 2017

  A historic Treaty, which could rid the world of nuclear weapons, has gained fifty nation states' signatories on the first day, at the United Nations. Quakers in Britain are urging the UK Government to sign.

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