Events

"The world needs to find another way… obviously nuclear disarmament cannot be left just to nuclear states. The most hopeful sign is what is happening at the UN with the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons." Bishop Stephen Cottrell, 2018. In cities across the UK Christians will be marching in demonstration against nuclear weapons. Glasgow: 2.45, South Gate, Faslane. Transport available […]

Pathways to Peace 2019 Join us as we hold our annual conference, 8th – 10th March 2019 at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. With a focus on challenging the military mindset and finding alternative pathways to peace, we will be welcoming Rev Dan Woodhouse, anti-arms campaigner, and Fabian Hamilton, Shadow Minister for Disarmament and Peace on […]

The Move the Nuclear Weapons Money: Investing in a sustainable future, is an international conference on divestment and other actions by cities, universities, parliaments and religious institutions to reverse the nuclear arms race and protect the climate. The conference will be held on April 12-13, the opening days of the 2019 Global Days of Action on Military […]

On 23-24 April, eight people who blocked entrances to AWE Burghfield in October will appear at Reading Magistrates Court charged with obstruction of the highway. At 6:30am on 24 October 2018, Trident Ploughshares activists blocked all three entrances to AWE Burghfield, the Berkshire site where the Trident warheads were manufactured and undergo regular heavy maintenance. […]

COMMEMORATION, CONFLICT and CONSCIENCE is a year-long project, which culminates in a national festival in Bristol, 27-28 April 2019. The project looks at ‘hidden’ or lesser known stories of the First World War, legacy, peace-building & alienation from commemoration. We are: uniting existing community groups and researchers, focusing on their work to date & generating […]

On Friday 3rd May Westminster Abbey will be hosting a “National Service of Thanksgiving to mark 50 years of the Continuous at Sea Deterrent (CASD)”.  The decision to host this service in Westminster Abbey is contrary to the motion passed by the Church of England General Synod in July 2018 which says that “nuclear weapons, through […]

International Conscientious Objectors’ Day. 1pm event in Tavistock Square, London. Commemoration events worldwide. For details see https://www.networkforpeace.org.uk/category/areas-work/conscientious-objection

Church and Peace international conference and Annual General Meeting will take place with  the theme: ‘I will give you future and hope‘ (Jeremiah 29:11) 70 years of living nonviolence and resisting militarisation. As part of the Annual General Meeting, an anniversary celebration will take place on Saturday 18 May 2019 in the Reformation Church of […]

An exhibition examining Britain’s complex relationship with Yemen. Described by the UN as the “world’s worst” humanitarian crisis, the on-going conflict in Yemen has left an estimated 80% of the country’s men, women and children in desperate need of assistance; but how has this man-made crisis affected the people of Yemen? At the forefront of […]

A Prayer Service for Peace in Ukraine More info:  PEACE SERVICE FOR THE UKRAINE i