For our third meeting of the year NFPB members from across the North gathered at Central Edinburgh Meeting House, beginning our meeting in worship and by reflecting on things giving us hope. A good number had been at the witness and action organised by Roots of Resistance ahead of the DSEI arms fair at the start of the month, and spoke … Read more
Northern Friends Peace Board supports the Roots of Resistance movement in opposing the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair held in East London from 10 to13 September 2019. DSEI is a huge trade show bringing together 1,500 arms companies with representatives from militaries from around the world. Some of the world’s largest companies market a huge … Read more
As Boris Johnson became Prime Minister, members of the Network of Christian Peace Organisations have written an open letter calling for the new government to work to ensure a peaceful resolution to the current tensions with Iran as well as seeking security throughout the United Kingdom as Brexit discussions continue. The letter was coordinated by the Fellowship … Read more
Following the meeting of Northern Friends Peace Board last weekend, the text below was sent by email today to the Foreign Secretary Dear Jeremy Hunt, We are deeply concerned at the current escalation of tensions regarding Iran, particularly since the attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. We understand that the Foreign & … Read more
On 15 June NFPB members met in Carlisle for their second meeting of 2019. Twenty-seven Friends attended, with a number of local Friends – who made us very welcome – being amongst them. A stimulating morning saw us hearing firstly from Julia Aglionby about Penrith Meeting’s activities around sanctuary concerns. As a small market town, the context … Read more
We were warmly welcomed at Liverpool Meeting House, in the bustling city-centre, for our first meeting of the year. Members had travelled from many parts of the North, from East Scotland to North Wales and regions across the North of England. Our meeting began and closed with periods of silent worship. Our membership is chiefly … Read more
As part of the Network of Christian Peace Organisations, we are pleased to support this new briefing , coming out at a crucial stage of decision-making about nuclear weapons. As some of the major global players are now moving away from the existing agreements, there is an even greater need to push for implementation of this new treaty … Read more
From The Tribunal November 7 1918 This is a further update in a series of extracts from the No Conscription Fellowship’s journal, published in the UK between March 1916 and November 1918 by W.J. CHAMBERLAIN As I write, Birmingham is in the midst of its “Big Guns Week.” The good patriots of “Brum” are “feeding the … Read more
NFPB members gathered in Sheffield for our last meeting of the year, being joined by a number of other Friends from the Area Meeting. On this occasion, as well as some routine business and sharing news of Friends’ peace witness across the North, Friends participated in two workshops. Firstly, Sue Beardon of the Quaker Committee for … Read more
Northern Friends Peace Board’s trustees gathered in worship at the beginning of November 2018 and were led to share some reflections on the centenary of the armistice.—-The peace testimony, today, is seen in what we do, severally and together, with our lives. We pray for the involvement of the Spirit with us, that we may … Read more