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Latest news
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Eight Quaker agencies discern genocide is occurring in Gaza and urge courageous action
31 July 2025
Quakers in Britain has joined other Quaker agencies around the world to speak out against what they have prayerfully discerned to be genocidal violence in Gaza.
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Quaker statement on the UK government’s move to recognise Palestine
30 July 2025
The future recognition of Palestine is one step, but the UK must act now to end this inhumanity.
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Churches call for restorative justice as Quakers highlight healing over punishment
28 July 2025
A new report shows that Christian organisations, including Quakers, support the failing criminal justice system by taking on roles once delivered by public services.
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Joint statement on mass starvation across Gaza
24 July 2025
24 July 2025
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Quakers welcome Civil Society Covenant but say action must follow
22 July 2025
Quakers in Britain has welcomed a new agreement aimed at improving how government works with faith groups, charities and community organisations.
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Israel deepens illegal occupation of Palestine as influential states fail to act, Quakers say
21 July 2025
A full year after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled Israel's occupation of Palestine illegal, the UK government has not responded, let alone addressed the situation.
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Young Peacemakers share their hopes at Manchester’s first Peer Mediation Conference
16 July 2025
“It's helped me because when someone is not being nice and kind to me, instead of just snapping […] it's helped me to actually back away," Zak, Year 6 peer mediator.
