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Does this go far enough or would you have liked to see 'deliberate deception' made a criminal offence for Welsh politicians? Would you like to see MPs subject to referendum-style vote if they have been found to have deliberately misled parliament? #TruthAndIntegrity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Funding is available to cover travel expenses to our multi-faith climate justice event! Join us for panels, performances and workshops. Check out the event page for more information: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-multi-fa...

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"School provides hope, continuity, constancy and a sense of purpose" David Gray, Principal of Brummana High School, writes from a Quaker school in Lebanon www.quaker.org.uk/blog/a-path-...

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Last chance to book for our launch workshop! Principles & Practices of Peace Education Wednesday 12 Feb, 16:30-18:00 GMT, online This interactive session will explore ways to build peace in educational settings, drawing inspiration from the course content. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-wor...

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"There are many forces today encouraging us to hate our neighbour. I feel certain that we must see what love can do." FWCC has published its 2025 letter to meetings, from General Secretary Tim Gee. The full text can be read here: fwcc.world/2025-letter-...

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Quaker faith is rooted in the belief that there is 'that of God' in everyone. This means every person is precious and can experience God directly. We think of this as an inner light or spirit – a divine spark that inspires and guides us. www.quaker.org.uk/faith/our-fa...

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Peace and cohesion are more than opposition to war and physical violence. We support calls for the UK government to publish a national social cohesion strategy and provide funding to implement it. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Knowing that this is just the beginning of an ongoing and intentional onslaught designed to overwhelm and confuse, many of us are asking, how will we make it through this turmoil? @bridgetmoixfcnl.bsky.social reflects on how we can stay centered amid the chaos. www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...

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"Quakers are horrified by Donald Trump's proposal to 'take over' and 'own' Gaza and ethnically cleanse two million Palestinians." "These threats must be taken seriously. Any attempt to implement them would be a grave violation of international law."

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There's a strong sense of 'oh, for heaven's sake!' about this. How many times have we asked for government to see charities for what they are - organisations motivated by the needs of their beneficiaries - and not as 'blockers' or mindless critics!

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Last chance to book for tomorrow's lunchtime talk! (1-2pm GMT) The talk marks the launch of the new OpenLearn short course 'Principles and Practice of Peace Education', a collaboration between The Open University and Quakers in Britain. Sign up here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-do-edu...

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"Now Gaza is peaceful they want to turn us into a prison" With Israel's military campaign intensifying across the occupied West Bank, human rights observer Jenny meets educators trying to navigate these attacks and restrictions. www.eyewitnessblogs.com/schools-on-t...

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"This is a practice of moving towards stillness. ...But also there's bringing that point of stillness slowly back into everyday life again" David Curtis reflects on the parallels between labyrinths and Quaker practice. www.discoveringquakers.org.uk/blog/quakers...

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40,000 people say MAKE POLLUTERS PAY 📢 Big Oil companies rake in profits while our planet burns. Shell raked in profits of £19.1 BILLION in 2024 alone. Thanks to @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @makepolluterspay.bsky.social @britishquakers.bsky.social for coming out to support our petition hand in ✍️🏽

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“Quakers have never separated off faith from action. If we want to build a better world, to create a divine commonwealth here on earth, then God has no hands but our own. “And sometimes those hands will do things that go against what the powers of the day want to see." @britishquakers.bsky.social

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This from our partners @wosdec.bsky.social and @britishquakers.bsky.social will be absolutely brilliant! Free to teachers from across Scotland

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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. This year marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 🕯️ It's a critical reminder of how division and hatred can spread to persecution and genocide, and a reminder to reinforce our commitment to prevent it. #HMD hmd.org.uk/what-is-holo...

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This lovely collage by Kathryn Sheridan of People Planet Place was inspired by a @britishquakers.bsky.social post that included the quote "Attend to what love requires of you" (Britain Yearly Meeting Advices & Queries 28). #QuakersIreland #Quakers #FaithInAction #Integrity

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Quakers worship in silence – an active silence we call stillness. In the stillness we seek to connect with God, each other and the world around us. It is where we find the strength and inspiration for everything we do. 🙏 Find a Quaker meeting near you: quaker.org.uk/meetings

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Lasting peace begins with education. Find our peace education resources on our website 🕊️ #InternationalDayOfEducation www.quaker.org.uk/resources/fr...

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Quakers will be holding a meeting for worship in Parliament Square from 11am today to uphold parliamentarians for the second reading. #CANBill All welcome to join 🙏 www.quaker.org.uk/events/clima...

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@britishquakers.bsky.social: “If we don't act now—it will be too late. The Climate and Nature Bill brings together the climate emergency and nature crisis into a single piece of legislation—and it will ensure that the international commitments made by the UK are enshrined in law.”

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Join the Quaker Support for Climate Action group tomorrow for a meeting for worship to uphold the second reading of the Climate and Nature Bill. 🙏 9am on Zoom 💻 11am in Parliament Square 🕚 www.quaker.org.uk/blog/why-we-...

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⚖️Our prisons are in crisis. Overcrowding shows "tough on crime" policies don’t work. Real safety comes from helping people change. Let’s build a justice system rooted in hope and humanity. ❤️ #Quakers #PrisonReform #RestorativeJustice #SentencingCrisis www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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“You are welcome to join with other Quakers in Parliament Square from 11.00 to 12.30 on Friday 24th January 2025. This is intended as a positive intervention, which will seek to uphold our lawmakers and support them in the decisions they know that must be taken.” @britishquakers.bsky.social

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Alongside 17 NGOs we welcome the temporary cessation of hostilities between Hamas and Israel in Gaza. This pause is a vital step and we call on the UK Govt to do its part to ensure this becomes a permanent ceasefire as a starting point for justice and accountability. www.map.org.uk/news/archive...

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Quakers in Britain reaction to reports of an agreement between Israel and Hamas

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🌍✨ Peace begins in the classroom! ✨🌍 We’re thrilled to share that the Open University has launched its first peace education course on its learning platform OpenLearn! 🎉 ✅ Free & open to everyone ✅ Self-paced, 12-hour course ✅ Packed with practical ideas & videos www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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🕯️We hold in the light our Friend Gaie Delap, who on her 78th birthday is held at HMP Eastwood Park due to draconian protest laws and failures of the criminal justice system. 🌍💔👇 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Moving short film from @afsc-org.bsky.social that follows Firas Ramlawi and Serena Awad and provides a window into their lives and work as aid workers in Gaza. afsc.org/lifelines

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Are you able to contemplate your death and the death of those closest to you? Accepting the fact of death, we are freed to live more fully. In bereavement, give yourself time to grieve. When others mourn, let your love embrace them. — Britain Yearly Meeting Advices #30

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On MSPs’ first day back in 2025, Quakers were at the Scottish Parliament with @sccscot.bsky.social to show show that Scotland is united for climate action for warmer homes, cleaner forms of travel & good jobs in green industries. 🎬 Find out more: www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/sco...

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"While Delap has been in prison, she has met numerous other victims of an electronic tag system that is positively Kafkaesque." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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An excellent initiative from @openuniversity.bsky.social & @britishquakers.bsky.social on making #Peace Ed more accessible. Sign up for the self study course & also the intro events in the link below. An excellent way to encourage critical thinking in our cyp. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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It was a real pleasure to sit down with Faith & Communities Minister Wajid Khan to discuss the role of faith groups in building community cohesion and the importance of strengthening interfaith relations. As Quakers, we look forward to playing our part.

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"When the 400th anniversary of George Fox's birth came round [last year], it was necessary not only to celebrate his life, but also to examine the part he played in Quaker attitudes towards enslavement." An important perspective from @britishquakers.bsky.social - www.quaker.org.uk/blog/george-...

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great to see this course being offered by the Open University / OpenLearn with Quakers in Britain www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_Nt...

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Looking for ways to keep on keep on speaking up and acting for peace? Here are 9 actions you can take: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/9-solid...

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"I find love and truth in the care that we give one another when things are difficult. God’s fingerprints are in the sadness because God was alongside me through it all." @markdruss.bsky.social shares a reflection on Pause for Thought on 'looking back at the year'. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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If you're feeling a bit helpless at the start of 2025 as to what action you can take in seeking a just peace for Palestine; then Quakers in Britain have produced a great list of 9 solidarity actions that we can be taking now. Go to: www.quaker.org.uk/.../9-solida.... #STOPtheGENOCIDE

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"It’s time to repeal or replace the measures which have obstructed our civic space, to ensure that civil society voices are put back where they belong: at the heart of debate." @rcquaker.bsky.social calls for fierce challenge, rooted in love, to rebuild our civic space. smk.org.uk/dont-just-wa...

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"Till at last the whole world came into the stillness And on the two fields his people walked, And through, and between, and about them, goodwill widened And rose out of hiding, to make them all one..." – Waldo Williams, 1956 qfp.quaker.org.uk/passage/21-33/

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Congratulations to Ocker Hill Infant School for winning Peer Mediation Scheme of the Year at the National Mediation Awards! And to Peacemakers, the West Midlands Quaker Peace Education Project, for all their work with the school 👏👏👏 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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