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Working with Meeting for Sufferings

Updated 18 April 2025

The Meeting for Sufferings agenda is planned by Meeting for Sufferings Arrangements Group, usually about a month before each meeting. This guidance on process and timing aims to help ensure that Meeting for Sufferings can deal with minutes effectively.

Our history

Quakers and WWI

Updated 20 September 2023

Since declaring its commitment to peace in 1660, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has opposed all wars. World War I was no different and many Quakers resisted the call to arms.

Quakers and World War I

Meeting for Sufferings

Papers and minutes

Updated 20 June 2025

This page contains papers for the next meeting. It also provides links to minutes and papers for recent meetings.

Meeting for Sufferings papers and minutes

Political engagement

Quaker concerns

Updated 10 June 2025

Recent public letters, parliamentarian briefings and submissions on issues of concern to Quakers.

Quaker concerns

Our structure

Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

Updated 20 May 2025

Britain Yearly Meeting (BYM) Trustees are responsible for the work, assets and property of the yearly meeting.

Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

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Committee Handbook

Updated 23 October 2024

The BYM Committee Handbook is an essential resource for any member of a BYM committee. Paper copies are not currently available but the full handbook is available on this page.

Committee Handbook

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