'Funding must be new and additional, not taken from development aid or priorities such as health and education.'…
by Rebecca Hardy
‘As Quakers we are strongly committed to nonviolent solutions to conflict and do not support the use of force by any side.'
'HMP Wandsworth holds mostly men on remand, untried or unsentenced, and frequently very shocked and frightened at where they find themselves.’
‘All the Area Meetings are ready to move.’ London Quakers on the commitment to forming a single Area Meeting for London.
'The issue of reparations is really gaining momentum; it does feel like we are moving.’
‘The kind of technology and equipment touted at the SDSC is associated with destruction and oppression right now.’
'This was a powerful occasion, at which spells of contemplative silence were broken by readings and prayers from the heart.'
'When conflict escalates in Israel and Palestine, antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents increase.'
‘Further military action will not bring peace. We know this as Quakers who are committed to peace and as students of history.’
‘From Yorkshire to Brazil and Back Again: Getting better responses to violence against women.'
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