KINGSTON PEACE COUNCIL
CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT 
Hiroshima commemorations - Candles and flowers beside the Thames in Canbury Gardens
Hiroshima/Nagasaki commemorations (newsletter PDF 3.4MB)
Stop the War's Chris Nineham and PSC's Ben Jamal were found guilty at Westminster Magistrate's Court following a peaceful protest at a march in support of Palestine in January 2025
StWC's Chris Nineham &PSC's Ben Jamal outside Westminster Magistrates Court (newsletter PDF 2.6MB)
KPC members attending CND demonstration at RAF Marham
KPC members at RAF Marham (newsletter PDF 7.2MB)
Hilary at hand-in of CND co-ordinated letter at Downing St opposing the planned purchase of US-made F-35 aircraft and nuclear free-fall bombs that would be stored at RAF Marham.
Hand-in of letter to Starmer (newsletter PDF 3.4MB)
KPC members and others present letter to Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey
Davey pressed on arms sales ban (newsletter PDF 7.5MB)

Welcome to KPC/CND

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KPC/CND statement on Iran, 6 March 2026

Forthcoming events

We normally hold our monthly meetings online, on the second Tuesday of every month. We are sorry that this excludes members without internet access. If you would like to join us please ask Gill -- see the Contacts page.

Our stalls take place in the market place in Kingston on the first and third Saturdays of each month from 11am.

We are supporting the regular marches for Palestine held regularly in central London. For details of these see https://palestinecampaign.org/

On Thursday 6th August, we shall remember the dropping of the first atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, on that date in 1945:

(a) Noon to 2pm We shall hold a vigil outside the Bentall Centre in Kingston.

(b) 8pm onwards Our Hiroshima Commemoration will take place beside the river, in Canbury Gardens, attended by the Mayor of Kingston, Cllr Thay Thayalan, and the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Jane Lim. We shall, as usual, strew white flowers onto the Thames as a gesture in remembrance of the souls of the departed.

NOTE: In view of the tinder-dry conditions, we shall not be lighting candles but using battery-controlled lights. Please do not bring anything involving matches or open flames, even in jam-jars.

All are welcome to join us in these commemorations.

On Monday 31st August, from 10.30am-5pm, KPC/CND will have a stall at Carshalton EcoFair, selling items of bric-a-brac, secondhand books and plants.

Wednesday 8th April 2020 CANCELLED
CANCELLED Monthly meeting at 7.45pm at Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, Kingston upon Thames, KT1 2PT (map and directions). All welcome.

Wednesday 29th April 2020 CANCELLED
CANCELLED David Wearing will come to speak about the links between the UK and Saudi Arabia. Organised in collaboration with the Department of Politics, Human Rights and International Relations and the Centre for Human Rights Solidarity and Practice at Kingston University.
This event will be at a different venue: Room JG0003, John Galsworthy building, Kingston University (Penrhyn Road campus), Penrhyn Road, Kingston KT1 2EE. 6pm to 7.30pm. All welcome. Free, donations accepted.

About KPC/CND

We are a local group providing a focus for people in Kingston and the surrounding area who wish to work for international understanding, the peaceful resolution of conflict, the abolition of nuclear weapons and an end to the arms race and general disarmament. We publish a regular newsletter Kingston Peace News.

Subscription rates £8 annually, £10 family membership, £3 unwaged.

Our activities include:

We are affiliated to Network for Peace, where you can find information about other local peace groups in the UK, national organisations working for peace, and a comprehensive listing of future events organised by other groups -- demonstrations, talks, concerts etc -- in this area and throughout the UK.

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