Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) is a Quaker group that supports and encourages ‘the active promotion of peace in all its height and breadth’. We hope you find what you are looking for, and more, on this website.
Featured Events
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24 Jan 2024 to 21 Feb 2024
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Rethinking Security: steps to sustainable peace with justice
Woodbrooke course. 4 Weds 6.30-8pm. Tutors Tanya Hubbard & Joanna Frew. Details here.
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Nuclear Ban info: the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
TPNW background information and news
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Peace and Climate Change
... links shared here include a range of Quaker resources and organisations, and those from other parts of the wider peace movement that address the links between the climate crisis and peace.
NFPB Voices
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Review – Inner Healing, Inner Peace
Inner Healing, Inner Peace: A Quaker Perspective, John Lampen, Diana Lampen – (Christian Alternative/Quaker Quicks) review by Steven Waling First of all, the title. It sounds terribly like another of those ‘mindfulness’ self-help books that are very popular nowadays, with their pop-psychological techniques for dealing with stress, depressive thoughts and the burdens of modern life. … Read more
Latest News
News relating to our work is also published in an occasional newsletter and shared through our Facebook , Twitter and Instagram accounts.
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Palestine and Israel: Joint call for ceasefire and de-escalation
Through the Network of Christian Peace Organisations in the UK, NFPB has endorsed an open letter to the Foreign Secretary, James Cleverley, asking him and the UK government to work for: – urgent de-escalation of the conflict – meaningful dialogue, recognising the long-standing unresolved issues arising from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and … Read more
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NFPB June meeting
For our second members’ meeting of the year, Friends gathered in Darlington and online on 24 June, with roughly equal numbers in the physical and virtual spaces respectively. The date of our meeting coincided with the government-sponsored ‘Armed Forces Day’ and Friends had the opportunity to reflect on this in the opening part of the … Read more
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NFPB members join Quakers at the Big One
NFPB member Phoebe Spence writes… Friday 21st April 2023 was the first day of the four day action taking place outside Parliament organised by XR with many other groups including Quakers joining in. It was the first big test of their new approach to action being more inclusive, accessible, no arrests etc. Several hundred Quakers … Read more