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Quaker Peace and Social Witness

December 10, 2018

Quakers call for UK leadership at climate summit

As nations gather in Poland to agree how to achieve global climate change goals, Quakers are calling on the UK Government to set to a 'net-zero' emissions target for 2050, and commit to bold policy to meet it.
April 10, 2015

Christian peacemakers join Global Day of Action on Military Spending

On 13 April, Pax Christi and Quaker Peace and Social Witness will join the Global Day of Action on Military Spending (GDAMS) in challenging the $1.75 trillion annual spend on the military and on war.
August 4, 2014

Nobel Peace Laureates’ call for real peace between Israelis and Palestinians

Quaker Peace & Social Witness have joined American Friends Service Committee in making an open statement to the international community from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates.
June 27, 2014

Quaker report opposes increasing militarisation

A new report from Quaker Peace & Social Witness describes Armed Forces Day as one strand in a government strategy to reverse falling recruitment and declining public support for military interventions.
February 20, 2014

Quakers announce support for End Hunger Fast

Quaker Peace and Social Witness is supporting the End Hunger Fast campaign to call for urgent political action to end hunger in Britain.
October 17, 2013

Churches challenged over money and ethics

A new website will provide church groups and individuals with a host of new resources to make ethical and spiritual decisions about their use of money.
July 27, 2010

Listening to survivors to commemorate Hiroshima

Shoso Kamomoto, a survivor of the nuclear attack on Japan, will speak during memorial events in London marking the 65th anniversary of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
March 19, 2010

Defence Select Committee says war should lead to 'better peace'

The Defence Select Committee of the House of Commons is facing a mixed response after saying that war is not just about winning but should lead to a “better peace”.
February 13, 2007

Quaker trust withdraws holding from arms related company

A major charitable trust has disposed of a ¬£2 million shareholding in the company Reed Elsevier, because of its concerns over the company's involvement in promoting arms sales, reports Quaker Peace and Social Witness - part of the Society of Friends in the UK.