Category: Ethics
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The Safe Pagan Spaces Pledge
The Druid Network joined other pagan organisations this week in endorsing support for Safe Pagan Places. This initiative seeks to promote safeguarding best practice, specifically reducing risk of violence to women and girls. The Safe Pagan Spaces Pledge: Our organisation pledges to create and uphold safe Pagan spaces for all. We commit to protecting women…
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Nuclear Weapons Abolition
The United Nations has declared September 26 to be the International Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. In order to build civil society action and cooperation for the day, an open group of concerns, working in consultation with the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, has established NuclearAbolitionDay.org. Along with many organisations and individuals, The Druid…
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Pursuing Peace, Security and Nuclear Disarmament through our Common Humanity
The trustees of TDN recently accepted an invitation to endorse an appeal to the states taking part in the 2024 preparatory gathering of the Non Proliferation Treaty meeting at the United Nations in Geneva. The appeal may be read here. Background on the upcoming meeting is available here. List of endorsers here. There is a heavy reliance upon the…
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A response to the proposed Asatru Folk Assembly Winter Nights event at Stonehenge
Initiated by the Pagan Police Association, this statement has been agreed by the trustees of The Druid Network and, along with many other organisations, TDN is adding its name to the statement. Paganism is the 7th largest religion in the UK. According to the 2021 Census Paganism grew by 34% in 10 years, making it…
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TDN Supports CEE Bill
The Druid Network has formally offered its support as a faith group organisation to the CEE Bill campaign in Britain, seeking to push through the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. Link: https://www.ceebill.uk. Our logo site proudly amongst many others now (roughly on page eight of the Supporting Organisations). The CEE Bill is a Private Member’s Bill.…
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The Druid Network Grove
The Druid Network has begun planting trees in the Caledonian Forest, in Scotland. Facilitated by “Trees for Life”, we intend to plant trees to reflect our impact on the climate. This is an action in keeping with our Declaration of A Climate and Ecological Emergency [link] Our grove is linked, and can be added to,…
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The Druid Network declares a Climate and Ecological Emergency
In association with Culture Declares, The Druid Network is declaring a climate and ecological emergency. In the following declaration, we explain who we are, why we’re doing this, and what our intentions are to address this emergency. Who are we? The Druid Network is a registered charity in England and Wales (1138265) and aims, through connecting…
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Amazon Smile
Many of us buy through Amazon. It is the largest online shopping resource in the world. Though we may debate and decry the loss of high street shops, and protest at the iniquitous taxation laws that overtly favour major corporations over the individual, yet many of us still use Amazon. As such, The Druid Network…
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TDN expresses support for Mission Lifeforce
TDN and Mission Lifeforce Press Release 1st June 2018ce The Druid Network Press Release Date 1st June 2018ce Embargo: none The Druid Network supports Mission Lifeforce At the Annual Gathering of The Druid Network in Redditch in April this year, it was acknowledged and celebrated that all seven trustees of the charity had become “Earth…
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Pagans marginalised by the BBC
By TDN Member Stuart Jeffery For many years I have listened to Thought for the Day on Radio 4 and enjoyed other aspects of religious programmes but as someone who has identified as a Druid and Pagan for over 25 years it seems that we get very little coverage by the likes of the BBC.…