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Keep Birmingham a City of Sanctuary
Good news that Birmingham will retain its City of Sanctuary status! Many thanks to those who wrote to your local councillors – now not only do all new Councillors know about City of Sanctuary, but all Councillors know about the level of grassroots support. Our friends at Birmingham City of Sanctuary (BCoS) highlighted that a motion…
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Courage! Refugee Week 2026
Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The theme for 2026 is Courage. For refugees around the world, courage is often a daily necessity. It is the courage to face unknown journeys, learn new languages, navigate unfamiliar systems, or simply to…
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Call for unity, inclusivity & respect on St. George’s Day
Peace Hub has supported this open letter, alongside other organisations and individuals in the West Midlands, calling for any events around St George’s Day to ensure that “everyone in our community feels welcome”. This is prompted by publicity for this year’s St George’s Day Parade in Shirley, Solihull, indicating that Raise the Colours are involved…
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Staying Together as Brum
Birmingham builds on national anti-racism march with renewed local action. Birmingham organisations and activists are calling for sustained local action following the historic Together Alliance march in London on Saturday 28 March, which brought together hundreds of thousands of people in a national show of unity against the far right. People from across Birmingham travelled…
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Action for Peace in 2026
Join us, StopSDSC, Peace Pilgrimage and Quaker Roots to challenge the arms trade in the West Midlands. Witness against the arms trade in 2026 2026 began on a difficult note for peace, with news of military intervention, fuelled by the arms trade. Hearing about violence around the world can feel overwhelming, but there’s lots we…
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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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Grief is hard enough: Fix the FEP
Our friends at Quaker Social Action are calling for better government support with funeral costs, so more people have the space they need to grieve. Quaker Social Action (QSA) helps people on low incomes in east London and across the UK to seek solutions to the issues affecting their lives. One of the key issues…
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Opportunities for Action Summer 2025
Peace Hub is supporting events to take action for peace & social justice in the coming weeks. Stop SDSC We were please to be at Telford International Centre TIC earlier this month, engaging people attending a LEGO event there, to raise awareness that the SDSC arms fair takes place at the same venue. Many attendees…
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Refugee Week 2025
Refugee Week is here, running until Sunday 22nd June 2025. We’re looking forward to joining this festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. This year’s theme is Community as a Superpower This chimes with a lot of what we’ve been thinking about recently at Peace Hub – community and…
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Defend the Right to Speak out
A police raid on a Quaker Meeting House reminds us of the importance of freedom of assembly and expression. On 27 March 2025, more than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with tasers, forced entry into Westminster Quaker Meeting House, in central London. Officers broke open the door without warning, arresting six young people who had…