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Annual Report 2025
We’re pleased to share our annual report for 2025, highlighting our successes and challenges for the year, and exciting opportunities for the future. 2025 saw a new start for Peace Hub, implementing our new strategy, and making use of greater flexibility to connect with and support a wide range of community and volunteer-led groups taking…
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Make Music, Not War
How is a company in Wolverhampton linked to destruction in Gaza, a musical cousin in the US, and a seizure of shipments in Belgium? Find out more about Moog, and how you can take action. A tale of two cousins You might associate the name Moog with synthesisers – in the 1950s Robert Moog decided…
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Action on the arms trade
Recent news has been a reminder about the dangers of the arms trade, and importance of supporting other ways to resolve our conflicts. Quakers in Britain have called on the UK government to focus on building a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East. In February, the Peace Hub Action Group focussed on the…
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Happy Christmas from Peace Hub
Looking back at an exciting and challenging year, and ahead to action for peace in 2026. Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful Christmas from Peace Hub. Our coordinator will be away from 19th December to 6th January 2026, so apologies if we are not able to respond to messages during that time. Looking back at…
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Solidarity & Hope
At Peace Hub we’ve been having conversation with many people recently, who are feeling a sense of anxiety about the platform that racist rhetoric and symbols are being given in the media and in public spaces. Below we share local campaigns and resources you can use to help connect with others and start building a…
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Refugee Action Report: Asylum in the UK is a racial justice issue
A new briefing has been published today by charity the Refugee Action which brings together our current theme Facing the Past, Building the Future; and our most recent theme on Together with Refugees. The report, titled Asylum in the UK: a Front Line for Racial Justice sets out how “racism plays a powerful role in…
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Financing Fossil Fools?
As part of our theme A Burning Issue, we’ve been calling on Birmingham City Council not to use a crisis in their public funds as an excuse to avoid climate action. The petition led by BrumCJC is still open for signing: Birmingham City Council: honour your commitment to net zero by 2030. The other side…
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White Poppies on Sale
White Poppies are now available at Peace Hub for 2023 – pop in to get one for a donation, to wear in the run-up to Armistice Day & Remembrance Sunday. You can also take a look at our white poppy displays created by local craftivists from Bull St, Hall Green and Walsall Quaker Meetings. And…
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Over 100 years of Conscientious Objection
Our current theme Taking a Stand is all about exploring freedom of conscience. We are inspired by the people who made sacrifices to establish the right to conscientious objection over a century ago, and by those who are taking a stand today. Conscientious Objection in the First World War In 1916, the British government introduced…
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Warm Homes, Cool Planet
We’re pleased to announce that our new theme for spring 2023 is: Energy prices are rising rapidly and many people are in difficulty paying bills. We are addicted to fossil fuels for our energy, putting the power over our access to heating, lighting and cooking in the hands of a small number of corporations and…