Seeds of peace, witnessing against weapons

We met on Saturday (28th Feb) at Carlton Hill meeting house in Leeds, this being the first of our members’ meetings of the year. In our worship, we remembered Geoffrey Carnall and Christine Davis who had died recently. Representatives came from North Scotland, Nottingham and all areas between. Other Friends from Leeds and the surrounding … Read more

Ukraine – NFPB letter to UK government

The following was sent today to the Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond: 11th February 2015 Philip Hammond MPSecretary of StateForeign and Commonwealth Office,King Charles StreetLondon, SW1A 2AH Dear Philip Hammond, Ukraine We are very concerned about the continuing and growing tensions and armed violence arising from the conflict in Ukraine. We wrote to your predecessor, William … Read more

Voices from the Ukraine and nurturing peaceful change

At our final meeting of 2014, Northern Friends Peace Board members gathered at Newcastle upon Tyne Quaker Meeting House. A well attended meeting was joined by three young men from the Ukraine, who were all gaining experience in community work with children in the East end of Newcastle. They talked about some of the underlying … Read more

Peace education – teaching another way

It’s not unusual to begin events in a Quaker Meeting House with a period of silence, but that silence is not so often punctuated by the sound of a large gun. The Peace Education Outreach Day in Manchester was just a short distance from the war memorial in the city centre and took place on … Read more

Reflection and action

NFPB members met in Dunblane on the 27th September, the bright autumnal air being filled with the sound of bagpipes as we gathered in worship. The meeting came at a poignant time, being just nine days after the referendum on Scottish indepdendence and at the end of the week in which the UK parliament voted to … Read more

New posters available – and YMG news

We had our new posters printed in time to take a good supply to the Quaker ‘Yearly Meeting Gathering’ at the beginning of August and were pleased to see Friends liked them. The posters consist of three reproductions of earlier designs, which we hope will be useful for those wanting to mark the centenary of … Read more

NFPB activities during Yearly Meeting Gathering 2014

There will be a number of us from NFPB attending (Look out for the NFPB logo badges) throughout the week, as British Quakers gather in Bath for the Yearly Meeting Gathering. These are our formal commitments (below). We look forward to meeting with you at these events or in other informal settings. JOURNEYS SESSIONThe same session will be run on … Read more

There is another way

Just over a hundred years ago, NFPB’s Secretary, Robert Long, wrote a powerful piece of text two days after Britain declaring war, asking ‘What Shall We Do?’ . We are producing this simple A5 leaflet in 2014 for Friends and others to use. This may be particuarly appropriate over the period of, and events relating to, the centenary … Read more

Peace is a journey…

The journey for Keith Hargreaves, NFPB member from Lancashire Central and North AM, began last September when he was joined by two others in running in the Salford 10K run to raise awareness of and funds for NFPB. In his 67th year, Keith is at it again and this coming Saturday (12th July) will be running a further … Read more

War and peace

Letter to The Times (see all signatories below)28/06/2014 On this day 100 years ago, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo in an action that led to the First World War. Unchecked militarism in Europe was also a major factor. Today is also Armed Forces Day, one of the clearest indications … Read more

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