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
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January 2021
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Monday 4 to Sunday 28 Feb
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Climate Crisis, Faith & Witness Reading Group
Woodbroke course. For information see website.
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Monday 4 to Wednesday 3 Feb
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Thinking NonViolently
Woodbroke course. For anyone who wants to be part of a more peaceful world. See website for details.
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Wednesday 6 to Saturday 27 Feb
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Facing Up To Conflict
4 week course. For details see website.
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Thursday 21
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Why A ‘Wooden’ Northumbrian Will Spell A Brighter Future
Paul Brennan, Chair of North East of England Climate Coalition. Hexham Debates. For invitation and zoom link, sign up here
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Friday 22
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Celebration of TPNW entry into force
online gathering to celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons with a short Thanksgiving Service hosted by the Network of Christian Peace Organisations. 11:30am
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Friday 22
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Celebration of Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapona
Gathering to celebrate the TPNW. 11,30-1.00pm. On Zoom.
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Friday 22
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Let’s Celebrate the TPNW
International Peace Bureau. 1pm virtual party. Register here.
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Friday 22
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Music to Celebrate the TPNW
Join Musicians for Peace & Disarmament for an evening of celebration. 7.30pm. Register here.
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Monday 25
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Help Stop The Horror
Join the global protest against war in Yemen. Stop the War Coalition. Online rally, 7pm.
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Monday 25
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International Day of Action on Yemen
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/article/call-to-protest-world-says-no-to-war-on-yemen-25-jan-2021/
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Saturday 30 to Saturday 20 Feb
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Facing Up To Conflict Level 1
AVP. 10am-12pm, 2.00pm-4.00pm. 4/4
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Monday 4 to Sunday 28 Feb
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Climate Crisis, Faith & Witness Reading Group
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February 2021
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Saturday 6
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Climate Crisis: Young People’s Perspectives on Their Future
Hexham Debates, facilitated by Tyndale Transformed. For invitation and zoom link sign up here.
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Thursday 11
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Online Facilitation 101
training event offered by CAAT
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Saturday 27
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What can the pandemic teach us about a good society?
Hexham Debates. Helen Salisbury, for invitation and zoom like see hear.
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Saturday 6
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Climate Crisis: Young People’s Perspectives on Their Future
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March 2021
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Saturday 13
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Power to the people – Shaping UK climate policy through deliberative democracy.
Gwen Buck, Policy adviser, Green Alliance. For invitation and zoom like, here.
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Saturday 20
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Population
Simon Beard, Academic Programme Manager and Senior Research Associate in the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, Cambridge University. For invitation and zoom link, see here.
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Saturday 13
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Power to the people – Shaping UK climate policy through deliberative democracy.
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April 2021
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Saturday 10
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No Climate Justice – No Peace.
Molly Scott Cato, Professor of Green Economics, Roehampton University. Invitation and zoom link here.
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Friday 23
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Bradford candlelit vigil to mark TPNW entry into force
Join Bradford CND for a socially distanced candle lit walk around the lake in Lister Park to celebrate nuclear weapons becoming illegal under international law this year. Join the walk anytime between 8:30 and 9:00pm
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Saturday 10
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No Climate Justice – No Peace.
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May 2021
- Saturday 15 — Housing as a Human Right
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Thursday 20 to Saturday 22
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Possibilities of Peace Education: Evidence & Opportunities
Quaker Council for European Affairs conference in Brussels. Online. More details here.
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June 2021
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Monday 21
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Has the United Nations a future?
Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University. Invitation and zoom link here.
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Monday 21
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Has the United Nations a future?