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Positive peace action in turbulent times

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Thu, 2019-03-07 13:09
NFPB members in Liverpool

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.

Further action on nuclear weapons needed

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Mon, 2019-02-25 16:57
Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty - briefing from ecumenical peace network

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 and to working for the end of nuclear weapons.

NFPB in Sheffield, December 2018

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Tue, 2018-12-11 17:19

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.

1918-2018 Some reflections

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Thu, 2018-11-08 11:34

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.
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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 work for a more just world. – London Yearly Meeting, 1993
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Seeds of peace and costs of war

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Tue, 2018-10-02 11:53

The Meeting House in Lincoln was the venue for our late September meeting. Joined by a good number of local Friends and other visitors, NFPB members explored the nature of our peace witness. Friends who had been involved in acts of witness reported both positive and negative experiences. In Conwy, we heard, serious consideration is being given to promoting peace education and appointing a local authority Peace Champion, following witness at the Armed Forces Day national events in nearby Llandudno.

NFPB in Glasgow - worship, witness and discussion

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Wed, 2018-06-27 10:43

Two years on from the killing of MP Jo Cox (and when NFPB also met in Scotland), we began our meeting this June on the day of the Great Get Together , an idea of the Jo Cox Foundation. Reflecting on the theme of getting together, Friends reaffirmed the value of hearing one another, gaining insights from different perspectives but also being energised and challenged to be more than we are alone.

NFPB statement on Glasgow Arms Fair

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Wed, 2018-06-20 16:59

As a body representing peace concerns of Quakers from across Scotland, as well as the North of England and North Wales, we unite with those who have already voiced opposition to the holding of the Underwater Defence Technology (UDT) event in Glasgow from 26th June. We understand that the programme has involvement of companies linked to Trident and its successor, and that these also feature as areas of discussion during the conference.

International perspectives

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Wed, 2018-05-16 15:01

We were reminded at our gathering of NFPB members and other Friends, in Lancaster on 12th May, of the maxim to ‘think globally, act locally’. At the meeting we heard about the work of the International Peace Bureau (IPB – http://www.ipb.org/ ) , of which we have been a member for many years but without being very actively so.

NFPB Huddersfield gathering

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Tue, 2018-04-17 14:41

When early March snow prevented our members’ meeting that month from going ahead, trustees agreed to plan one or more additional NFPB events. The first of these was held in Huddersfield on 14th April, with local Friends joining in and providing warm hospitality to the approximately 18 participants. A second will take place in Lancaster on 12th May.

Joint appeal to government on nuclear disarmament efforts

Submitted by Co-ordinator on Tue, 2018-04-17 09:47

Northern Friends Peace Board has joined with others in sending an open letter to the Foreign Secretary calling for active and constructive engagement with multilateral nuclear disarmament processes, stating that

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