Organisation updates
This page contains update on the sessions and committees of our Yearly Meeting. The section was started in 2025, so information from before that date needs to be obtained from the recording Clerk's Office rco@quaker.org.uk.
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Meeting of Committee Clerks, 25 June 2026
30 June 2026
Every now and then the Recording Clerk organises a gathering of clerks of national committees, for the purposes of communication between committees, and the sharing of experience, insights and best practice. Prior to this one, the last such gathering was in September 2023.
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July Yearly Meeting session: last chance to book!
29 June 2026
On 18 July there will be a Yearly Meeting session held online and at Kings House in Manchester. You are welcome!
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BDRC 3 and 5-7 June 2026
23 June 2026
The Book of Discipline Revision Committee met to discuss the final parts of the new book and to look at how the draft will be shared with Friends from November, and how we will process responses from Meetings
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QLCC 13 June 2026
23 June 2026
Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) looked in detail at work to support governance of local and area meetings, including mitigation of governance risks. They also received the evaluations of programmes for youth, children and families at Yearly Meeting in May, and received updates on new ways into membership and on the Programmes & Prioritisation Committee.
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CGAG May and June 2026
23 June 2026
Church Government Advisory Group (CGAG) was pleased that the changes to Quaker faith & practice that were agreed at Yearly Meeting in May have been included in the online version on Quaker faith & practice
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APC 23 May 2026
10 June 2026
Agenda Planning Committee finalises agenda for Yearly Meeting, 18 July 2026, to be held in Manchester
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QLCC 17-19 April 2026
10 June 2026
Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) reviewed and agreed changes to areas of work related to safeguarding, prison chaplaincy and antisemitism. We heard about Junior Yearly Meeting (JYM) and the reparation work of the Yearly Meeting.