Welcome to the WPJF website!

We are an active local peace and justice group based in Wrexham, North-East Wales. We hope you will find our website interesting and inspiring.

What do we do?

There is a long tradition of peace and justice work in the Wrexham area of North-East Wales. Following in the footsteps of the many dedicated peace campaigners who have gone before us, Wrexham Peace & Justice Forum was set up in 2002, originally as Wrexham Against War, to campaign for peace in the build-up to the invasion of Iraq. We have continued to campaign against the Iraq war ever since; we also campaign on many other peace and justice issues including: nuclear weapons; uranium weapons; army recruitment practices; the arms trade; Israel and Palestine; the so-called "war on terror"; civil liberties and freedom of speech.

Our activities include:

• Street stalls, vigils and other events to raise public awareness
• Monthly planning/discussion meetings
• Film evenings and talks with guest speakers
• Letter-writing and lobbying
• Taking part in regional and national demonstrations
• Supporting other peace and justice campaigns
• Peace camps and nonviolent direct action

Information about using this website

If you are not familiar with the internet and websites, please take a moment to read this information.

This is the home page of our website. At the top of the page under our logo, in the left-hand column and at other places in the text of this website, you will find links to other pages. You can tell they're links because they are dark red and bold, and as you hover your mouse over them, they change colour. Try it! If you hold your mouse over the link a little longer, a text box will appear telling you a bit more about where the link will take you. On each of the main pages, there are links like the ones on this page. The silver-grey heading at the top of each page tells you which page you are currently visiting.

What will you find in this website?

You can read about our past activities in Wrexham Peace & Justice News. We have been producing WPJN since 2003; the current issue and all back issues are available on this website, as well as a list of contents, so you can easily find articles which may be of interest to you.

We have a Blog, where you can read our latest news and views and leave your own comments. To return to this site from the Blog, click the button labelled WPJF website, which you'll find at the top of the right-hand column.

We have an extensive collection of photos from 2002 to the present, collected into galleries which you can visit from the Photo Galleries Page. A changing, random selection of our photos is also displayed in the left-hand column. Click on any photo to view it. As this will take you to another website, you will need to use the "back" button on your internet browser (usually top left) to come back to this website.

The Cartoon Page and Poetry Page collect together cartoons and poems previously published in our newsletters, and one or two others.

For details of upcoming events and actions, see our Diary Page. You will find an extensive range of links to other websites of interest on our Links Page.

We run a couple of email groups for our supporters to keep in touch with what's going on in the group. We welcome help and support from anyone who wants to work for peace and justice, whether or not you live in Wrexham. See our Support Us page for more details of how you can get involved. If you want to get in touch, visit our Contact Us page.

Enjoy our website and we look forward to hearing from you!