Calendar of peace related events and activities
in the north of Britain and beyond
(listing  does not necessarily imply endorsement by NFPB)

NB: in the interests of brevity, this list covers chiefly events in the north of Britain with some national events - which tend to be in London - and a few international events)   For details of other regular vigils, visit the Quaker Peace Exchange pages.  Also worth checking out, the events pages on the Network for Peace website (used as a source for many of the dates below - thanks NfP!)    See also NFPB's blog at peace peaces

• April 26th - July 19th  International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future  London to Geneva through France   Organised by Footprints for Peace

• 29 June - 4 July   Skills Training for Mediation and Facilitation in the Church  Five-day residential course at Scottish Churches House, in Dunblane, from the Mennonite 'Bridge Builders' programme, designed to equip Christian leaders with practical skills for responding constructively to conflict. Tel: 0845 4500 214; website: www.menno.org.uk; email: bb@menno.org.uk
  

• Friday 4th July  - Independence FROM America   “I Spy a Spy”   Outside main entrance of Menwith Hill, near Harrogate .  Speakers.  Music.  Food.  5pm - 10pm (ish)    Organised by CAAB.  Contact: 01423 884076 or 0794 9897904

• 5 July  - Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales, 12-1pm  For more details, Contact   01751 432416 or 01751 472827
  

• 18th -20th July  The 'Responsibility to Protect' and Christian Nonviolence - a Church and Peace Britain and Ireland Regional Conference/ London Mennonite Theology Forum at the Ammerdown Retreat Centre, Bath, England *** deadline for bookings, 31 May ****
  
  
• 26 July – 2 August  Gandhi Foundation  Summer Gathering. At The Abbey, Sutton Courtnay, Oxoon. Details from Graham Davey  Tel 0117 909 3491. graham.davey@blueyonder.co.uk
  
  
• 2 August - Meeting for Worship at Menwith Hill, 2-3pm  Contact CAAB for more details
  
  
• 7-10 August  Northern Green Gathering in North Yorkshire
  
  
• 6 August Hiroshima Day.
     - Saddleworth Peace Movement's Hiroshima Day Peace Walk.   7.00pm circular walk beginning at King George VI Playing Fields, Uppermill
  
  
• 9 August  Nagasaki Day.
  
  
• 23 August - International Day for the Remembrance of the Salve Trade and its Abolition
  
  
• 31 August – Meeting for Worship at Faslane, 11-12pm, Contact Mary Alice: 01505 842380
  
  
• 2-4 September   Necessary Conflict: the unavoidable way of Jesus  >
  Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
  
  
• 3-7 September  Sweden    European Science Foundation  conference on IMAGING WAR: INTERGENERATIONAL PERSPECTIVES     "Given the controversies which form our daily news about the *War on Terror* and the projected need to give up our traditional human rights and civil liberties, it is essential that we understand the role of the war imagers and their critics. ... The conference seeks to explore dissonance and common ground between the image builders and the image consumers; the weapons manufacturers and the story tellers; the politicians and the children. "
  
  
• 5-7 September  12th International Biennial Conference on War Tax Resistance and Peace Tax Campaigns, Manchester
  
  
• 5-7 September  ‘Love thy Neighbour as Thyself’ and the ‘Four Heavenly Abodes’: a Quaker-Buddhist conversation    Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
  
  
• 6 September - Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales, 12-1pm  For more details, Contact   01751 432416 or 01751 472827.
  
  
• 9-11 September   Understanding Fundamentalism
  Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
  
  
• 12-14 September  Passion, Power, Politics and Prayer: Jesus and nonviolence
  Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
  
  
• September 18-21,   European Social Forum, Malmö, Sweden
  Four days of workshops, seminars, debates, manifestations, films, music, arts etc. to build a more sustainable, democratic and equitable society.    .... and  in that context :
  Address : a European peace forum, European Peace Action," which will create a network of European peace groups for direct action. Our goal is to develop common strategies and campaigns."
  
  
• 21 September International Day of Peace.
  
  
• 27 September  - Northern Friends Peace Board meeting in Perth
  
  
• 28 September – Meeting for Worship at Faslane, 11-12pm, Contact Mary Alice: 01505 842380
  
  
• 2 October   International Day of Non-Violence (Gandhi’s Birthday). 
  
  
• 4 October - Meeting for Worship at Menwith Hill, 2-3pm  Contact CAAB for more details
  
  
• 19-25 October  One World Week
  
  
• 21-23 October   Imagining a World without Oil: preparing for an (un)certain future Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
  
  
• 24 October  United Nations Day.  http://www.un.org/events/unday/2005/index.html
  
  
• 24 – 26 October  DERBYSHIRE. Called to be Peacemakers Conference 2008. ... for 18 to 30 (ish) year olds who want to be challenged, gain practical skills and meet others who share their concern for peace and conflict issues.
  
  
• 24 – 30 October Disarmament Week.
  
  
• 27th October - Aldermaston Big Blockade  - Big, non-violent blockade to disrupt work on Trident warheads and their successors (lots of important information, briefings, safety and nonviolence information on the website.)
  
  
• 28-30 October   Seeking the Treasure: valuing community
  Course at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
  
  
• 1 November - - Meeting for Worship at Fylingdales, 12-1pm  For more details, Contact   01751 432416 or 01751 472827.
  
  
• 9 November – Meeting for Worship at Faslane, 11-12pm, Contact Mary Alice: 01505 842380
  
  
• 9 November International Day Against Fascism and Racism. This is the anniversary of ‘Ktistallnacht’ which took place in Nazi Germany and is often seen as the symbolic beginning of the Holocaust. Info: UNITED, Postbus 413, NL – 1000 Amsterdam. Fax: +31-20-6834582, email info@unitedagainstracism.org
  
  
• 29 November - Northern Friends Peace Board meeting in Nottingham
  
  
• 6 December - Meeting for Worship at Menwith Hill, 2-3pm  Contact CAAB for more details