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Take Action to Bin Trident
Our current theme is about consigning Trident nuclear weapons to the rubbish bin, and instead focussing on peace building, cooperation and justice. So, if you agree that over £100 billion could be better spent on health, housing and renewables across the next 40 years, instead of on nuclear weapons, what can you do about it?…
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Keep Taking Action for a Low Carbon Future
Photo: Owen de Visser Our focus on Faiths for a Low Carbon future is coming to end (though you’ve still till 2:30 on Wednesday 23rd Dec to pop in!) But there are still plenty of ways to keep taking action to tackle climate change, and work for the low carbon future we all want. You…
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Urgent: Birmingham MPs undecided on Syria
Update 03/12/2015: Sadly, last night parliament voted in favour of air-strikes on Syria, and it is reported that these strikes have already begun. Paul Parker, Recording Clerk for Quakers in Britain said: “Bombing is no solution. Quakers work faithfully for peace, not war, respecting the value of all human life and we deplore a decision…
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Equality: Perceptions, Reality and Action
It’s the final week of our focus on Love, Equality & Money: but there are still plenty of ways to keep taking action to make our economy more equal. But, before taking action, why not check your perception of income equality against the reality: courtesy of this handy quiz from OECD: So, did the reality…
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World Peace Day
It’s World Peace Day – the perfect day to say #Enough! to war. Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. Many organisations are taking the opportunity to start discussions about peace, raise awareness of peace-making efforts across the globe, and encourage action from both ordinary people and…
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Fair Footy & Fair FTSE
We need You to be a Ratio Requester! Almost 500 companies and organisations have published their Pay Gap: the ratio between their highest paid person and average pay. Now Pay Compare are using people power to get big names to join that list: Premiership & Championship football teams and FTSE 100 companies. Take action today!…
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Keep Taking Action for Sustainable Food
We’re coming to the end of our Grub’s Up! theme, but there are still plenty of ways to keep taking action for sustainable food: You can still email your MP asking them to support agroecology, reducing food waste, and food sovereignty in Africa, using our template letter as a guide. Or you can email International…
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For Better & for Worse: International Agreements on Food
There are two major international agreements being negotiated at the moment, that the UK is part of: the Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership and the Sustainable Development Goals. Both are wide ranging, and cover several important issues that you might want to take action on. But here we’ll focus on the aspects that relate to…
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Seeking safety across the treacherous Mediterranean
Asylum has hit the headlines in recent months, due to the tragic deaths of people trying to cross the Mediterranean in search of safety. This follows decisions by the European Union to scale back search-and-rescue operations for people caught in treacherous conditions, trying to make this crossing. The justification for stopping this humanitarian service, is…
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Arms Trade Action now Online
Peace Hub is calling on the UK Foreign Office to embargo arms to Egypt and other countries where arms provide support for represion. Our petition is now on Change.org: why not sign and share online now, then pop into the Hub any weekday between 11:00 and 14:30 to add your ‘EMBARGOED’ stamp to our giant…