{"id":26,"date":"2017-01-18T11:47:07","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T11:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.40.183\/tavypeace.org.uk\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:56:31","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Who are we?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The Tavistock Peace Action Group is a group of ordinary people committed to working to achieve a peaceful and nuclear free world.\u00a0 It has been in existence for over 45 years, since 1980 and is affiliated the national Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).\u00a0 The group promotes initiatives for peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>What is involved?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">The group holds a regular monthly meeting (see below) and organises public meetings and film showings.\u00a0 Over the years we have undertaken many different activities, including numerous public meetings, an exhibition about the damage caused by nuclear testing in the Pacific, a day conference called \u2018New Notions of Peace\u2019\u2019, a World War One Exhibition that toured schools, demonstrations, and street stalls.\u00a0 We have taken part in many national peace and anti-nuclear campaigns.\u00a0 We held regular street vigils to protest against the invasion of Iraq.\u00a0 We currently hold a \u2018Peace and Justice for Palestine\u2019 vigil in Bedford Square, Tavistock, between 4 and 5 pm every Friday.\u00a0 Our years of anti-nuclear campaigning continue to the present as we publicise the dangers of cutting up redundant nuclear submarines at Devonport dockyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>How to get involved?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px;\">Tavistock Peace Action Group meets on the first Tuesday of each month at the United Reformed Church, Russell St., Tavistock, at 7.30 pm.\u00a0 For more information email <a href=\"mailto:tavypeace@gmail.co\">tavypeace@gmail.com <\/a>\u00a0or see our website at \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\">https:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0 We welcome all who share our aims and who would like to join us.\u00a0 There is no membership fee, but donations are always welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are we? The Tavistock Peace Action Group is a group of ordinary people committed to working to achieve a peaceful and nuclear free world.\u00a0 It has been in existence for over 45 years, since 1980 and is affiliated the national Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).\u00a0 The group promotes initiatives for peace. What is involved? &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/?page_id=26\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Who we are&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1227,"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/1227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tavypeace.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}