Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) is a Quaker group that supports and encourages ‘the active promotion of peace in all its height and breadth’. We hope you find what you are looking for, and more, on this website.
Featured Events
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5 Apr 2024 to 26 Apr 2024
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Bayard T. Rustin: the pragmatic Quaker & his political life
Woodbrooke. 3pm-4.30 Fridays. Details here.
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Publicity, information & outreach
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Ukraine
Some links and resources at a time of crisis: - This page has external links to resources that we hope are helpful in building understanding and in promoting peace in relation to the war in Ukraine.
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Peace and Climate Change
... links shared here include a range of Quaker resources and organisations, and those from other parts of the wider peace movement that address the links between the climate crisis and peace.
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Updates and reports
View and download from this page recent Updates, Annual reports and Financial Statements
NFPB Voices
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Defend our Juries
by Phoebe Spence, East Cheshire Area Quaker Meeting This campaign Defend our Juries (https://defendourjuries.org/) arose from the experience of climate protesters in court: judges precluding what the jury could hear, motivation, no mention of fuel poverty or climate crisis, etc. Jurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience. Essentially it … Read more
Latest News
News relating to our work is also published in an occasional newsletter and shared through our Facebook , Twitter and Instagram accounts.
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Military spending – ‘War Costs us the Earth’
In 2024, there is a growing chorus of political voices from across the world, our own government being no exception, calling for an increase in spending on weapons. More than that, some parts of the armed forces establishment are encouraging a readiness for war in society more generally. This comes as international relations are under … Read more
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Current crises and the long-view – NFPB meeting in March
At our meeting in Sheffield at the start of March, NFPB members heard from Cassie Woodard, who manages the Middle East programme for Quakers in Britain, with particular responsibility for the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme for Palestine and Israel. Cassie described the challenges that programme continues to face, as well as the advocacy work that Quakers … Read more
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NFPB members’ meeting in December
NFPB members met in Bolton and online on 2 December. The NFPB office had moved to the Meeting House in Bolton a year previously and so this was a chance for Friends to see its current location and set up. Friends expressed appreciation for the arrangement that has been made possible by Bolton Quakers. The … Read more