Calendar

This listing includes events and activities in the north of Britain and further afield, Quaker and non-Quaker. Where we are not the organiser, we  give links to the groups or individuals to contact where we have these.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the events currently listed are online.
Please let us know of any additions or changes that are needed

• April 2021

  • Friday 16 to Thursday 20 May — Being a Quaker Community of Witness and Welcome
    Woodbroke course. Tutors Gill Sewell, Jon Martin & Mark Russ. £54. Details here.
  • Monday 19 to Sunday 30 May — Introduction to Restorative Justice
    Woodbroke course. £72. Tutors Deborah Mitchell, Josh Rogers. 7pm-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Tuesday 20 to Thursday 3 Jun — QPSW Spring Sessions: “What Love Can Do”
    See individual dates for details, or see here for details.

• May 2021

  • Monday 10 to Sunday 6 Jun — A Quaker Response to Climate Collapse
    Live sessions every Monday & Friday, 6-30-8pm.  Jackie Carpenter. Details here.
  • Wednesday 19 — ‘Global Britain’ and the Integrated Review
    Greater Manchester CND. Short presentations from Dr Kate Hudson, Dr Jenny Clegg & Dr Dave Webb. 6pm. Details here.
  • Thursday 20 to Saturday 22 — Possibilities of Peace Education: Evidence & Opportunities
    Quaker Council for European Affairs conference in Brussels. Online. More details here.
  • Saturday 22 to Friday 25 Jun — Addressing Colonialism and Racism in Quaker Peace and Service Work
    Detmer Kramer & Tracey Martin. Every Weds except 16th June, 7pm-9pm. Details here.
  • Saturday 22 — Working for Peace in the Middle East
    CND conference. Will the Middle East ever be nuclear free? 1pm-2.10pm Can the middle east ever be nuclear free? 2.20pm-3.30pm Under scrutiny: the UK in the middle east. Details here.
  • Monday 24 — Real security will be achieved by meeting real human need
    To address covid, climate & eco disasters, security has to move from outmoded national model to human security. 6-8pm. Details here.
  • Tuesday 25 to Tuesday 29 Jun — Jews and Quakers Conference: On Privilege and Prejudice
    Woodbroke course. Tutor: Rhiannon Grant. £110. Details here.
  • Tuesday 25 — Owning racism as a white problem – and really changing
    NCPO: Key issues facing Christian peacemakers. 7 pm. Details here.
  • Tuesday 25 — QPSW Spring Sessions: A brief history of climate justice
    12.30-2.00pm. From slavery to now. Details here.
  • Thursday 27 — Owning racism as a white problem.
    See 25th May. 7pm. Detail here.
  • Thursday 27 — Saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war
    Tim Deveraeux, Movement Against War on the challenges of war & peace in the 21st century. 7pm-8.30pm. Details & registration here.
  • Thursday 27 — Understanding Peace Workshop
    Heather Larkin-Jones. 6.30-9pm. Details here.

• June 2021

  • Thursday 3 — QPSW Spring Sessions: Freedom from fear & harm: building peace in Britain today
    5.00pm-7.00pm. Details here.
  • Saturday 5 — Solidarity In the Hostile Environment: What can we do?
    Learn more about the asylum system & the hostile environment.  Catherine Henderson. 10am-4pm. Details here.
  • Monday 21 — Has the United Nations a future?

    Hexham Debates: Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. Invitation and zoom link here.

  • Saturday 26 — NFPB members’ meeting
    Arrangements to be confirmed, but we expect this meeting to take place online
  • Saturday 26 — Resist Armed Forces Day
    Around the UK. Peace Pledge Union. What will you be doing? Info here.
  • Tuesday 29 — Quakers and the UN climate talks: how do we seize this moment?
    6-7.30pm. North, North-East & Yorkshire. Find out about Quaker action round COP26. Details here.

• August 2021

  • Monday 16 — Loving Earth: Build Back Better
    10.30am-4pm. One day session to better understand the work on climate change nationally. Details here.
  • Tuesday 31 to Monday 11 Oct — Reconnecting in a time of crisis: learning from the work of Charles Eisenstein
    Looking at the author of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know & Sacred Economics through reflective reading. Lucy Faulkner-Gaulinski & George Gaulinski. 6 sessions, Tuesdays 7-8.30pm. Details here.

• September 2021

  • Monday 13 — Exploring the Swarthmore Lecture: open to new light?
    Looking at fake news & misdirection. Thomas Penny & Ben Pink Dandelion. 7-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Monday 20 — Exploring the Swarthmore Lecture: What canst thou say?
    Thomas Penny, Ben Pink Dandelion. 7-8.30pm. Detail here.
  • Monday 27 — Exploring the Swarthmore Lecture: Kinder ground
    Thomas Penny, Ben Pink Dandelion. 7pm-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Monday 27 to Sunday 24 Oct — Radical listening: putting listening at the heart of witness
    What would happen if we really listened to those affected by injustice & poverty? Thursdays 6.30-8.30. Details here.