In this issue
In this issue
- Assessing Christian contributions to the EU referendum debate
- Who we are – a response to bigotry in the EU debate
- Northern Friends Peace Board issue statement on EU referendum
- A time to speak and a time to be silent: three days for reflection
- Exploited workers, immigration, and the EU
- JRF launch new poverty reduction initiative in Hartlepool
- High Court to consider legal challenge on arms to Saudi Arabia
- Churches call for intensified efforts on World Refugee Day
- Amazon tribe protest against Brazilian mining giant
- Armed forces accused of misleading children on Armed Forces Day
Upcoming events
No Faith in Trident Day
June 27, 2016
On Monday 27 June, faith groups from across the UK will gather at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Bu
Tuesday 21 June 2016
17 Jun 2016
Who we are – a response to bigotry in the EU debate
Over the last few weeks, as the EU referendum has gathered pace, a question has appeared time and time again on my Facebook timeline.
21 Jun 2016
Northern Friends Peace Board issue statement on EU referendum
The Northern Friends Peace Board, a group of Quakers, most of whom are appointed as representatives by Quaker Area Meetings in the North of Britain, meeting at Central Edinburgh Meeting House, have issued a statement on the EU referendum.
20 Jun 2016
A time to speak and a time to be silent: three days for reflection
Sometimes only silence will serve.
16 Jun 2016
Exploited workers, immigration, and the EU
Millions of workers across the UK rightly feel exploited.
20 Jun 2016
JRF launch new poverty reduction initiative in Hartlepool
The Hartlepool Action Lab is a project supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) that brings together community members, businesses, community groups and the public sector to work together on issues that affect everyone in Hartlepool.
20 Jun 2016
High Court to consider legal challenge on arms to Saudi Arabia
On 30 June 2016, the High Court in London will determine whether a legal challenge brought by law firm Leigh Day on behalf of Campaign Against the Arms Trade against the UK’s licensing of arms to Saudi Arabia is allowed to proceed to judicial review.
21 Jun 2016
Churches call for intensified efforts on World Refugee Day
Yesterday 20 June, was World Refugee Day. The United Nations estimates that every minute eight people flee from war, persecution, or terror. The day is observed to bring attention to their collective struggle and to address the widespread global displacement of millions of people.
20 Jun 2016
Amazon tribe protest against Brazilian mining giant
Members of Brazil’s Awá tribe have blockaded a railroad owned by Vale mining company in the eastern Amazon.
21 Jun 2016
Armed forces accused of misleading children on Armed Forces Day
The armed forces have been accused of whitewashing their image with “family fun” events around the UK this Saturday. The Peace Pledge Union warned that Armed Forces Day events routinely present war and weapons as clean and exciting.