Our organisation
This section covers the organisational structure of Quakers in Britain.
The panels below offer a broad outline of the national and local structures of Britain Yearly Meeting. They also include contact details, minutes and our book of discipline.
Updates
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QLCC 21-23 March 2025
29 April 2025
Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) held its annual in-person residential meeting at Swarthmoor Hall in Cumbria to discuss reparations work, sharing the Quaker message, the support Quakers need in the coming years, and the role of Swarthmoor Hall. The committee also remembered one of its members, Harry Albright, who died a week before this meeting.
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QLCC 22 April 2025
29 April 2025
Quaker Life Central Committee (QLCC) held an additional meeting to deal with some issues we were unable to cover at our March meeting: issues around youth and trans/non-binary inclusion.
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QPSWCC 23 February 2025
29 April 2025
Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC) held an additional meeting to discuss peace in the context of a country and world becoming more militaristic, violent and unpeaceful.
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BDRC 29 March 2025
16 April 2025
The Book of Discipline Revision Committee met to discuss the latest progress in updating Quaker Faith & Practice ready for a new draft text to be presented to Yearly Meeting in 2027.
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QPSWCC 21-23 February 2025
20 March 2025
Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC) held its annual weekend-long in-person meeting to address several important topics related to peace, social justice, and the role of Quakers in these areas.
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MfS 1 March 2025
11 March 2025
Meeting for Sufferings met for the first of its four meetings in 2025.
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QWRC 15 February 2025
5 March 2025
Quaker World Relations Committee met to hear news from across Europe and the Middle East and prepare for this year's Yearly Meetings.