Preparation documents
- Calling letter (PDF)
- Preparing for Yearly Meeting (PDF). Please note that this document links to Kinder ground: creating space for truth, the 2021 Swarthmore Lecture from Thomas Penny. The content is available as a book (offsite link) or as a video (offsite link).
- Some of the preparatory sessions for 2023 looked at the current structures and bodies within Britain Yearly Meeting and how they connect with each other. This video gives a short overview of our structures.
- This video looks at Meeting for Sufferings and is part of the preparation for Session 5.
Prepared ministry
Watch the recordings of prepared ministry in the Yearly Meeting 2023 playlist (YouTube).
Documents
- The Annual report (PDF 1.1mb) Annual review 2022-2023 (offsite link)
- Agenda & notes (PDF) and Agenda & notes (higher accessibility PDF)
- The Patterns of membership and tabular statement (PDF) is the recorded count of Quakers in Britain. The tabular statement records members and attenders of all ages.
- The Schedule of nominations (PDF)
- Testimonies (PDF)
Epistle
Epistle of Britain Yearly Meeting 2023 (PDF)
Minutes
Full minutes (PDF)
Substantive minutes (PDF)
Junior Yearly Meeting minutes (PDF)
Documents for the July session
- The combined agenda and papers for the additional session of Yearly Meeting and the open session of Meeting for Sufferings on 1 July are below . The Yearly Meeting agenda covers – inclusive and sustainable structures, patterns of membership , the review of Meetings for Sufferings and an update on why we are unable to take the presentation of the annual report and accounts at this session.
- Yearly Meeting agenda supplement for 1 July (PDF
- Patterns of membership and tabular statement (PDF)
- Local Meeting Membership data (Excel, .xls), next update due 15 September 2023
- Annual report of Quaker Housing Trust is in section B of Agenda & notes (PDF) / Agenda & notes (higher accessibility PDF)