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QPSWCC 3 June 2025

Updated 24 September 2025

Quaker Peace & Social Witness Central Committee (QPSWCC) considered the implications of Yearly Meeting, especially discernment on peace and on Gaza, and had a deep dive into the international conciliation work of Quakers.

QPSWCC 3 June 2025

Free will writing

Updated 1 October 2025

Quakers in Britain have partnered with Octopus Legacy to enable supporters to have the opportunity to write a simple will for free in three ways – online, via the telephone or in-person. We hope you will consider leaving a gift to Quaker work but there is no obligation to do so.

Free will writing

Yearly Meeting 2025

Updated 9 October 2025

Yearly Meeting 2025

BDRC 8 and 10-12 October 2025

Updated 27 October 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.

BDRC 8 and 10-12 October 2025

APC 21-23 November 2025

Updated 4 December 2025

The Agenda Planning Committee (APC) of Yearly Meeting met to continue its work in planning for Yearly Meeting sessions from July 2026 onward.

APC 21-23 November 2025

MfS 3 October 2025

Updated 15 December 2025

Meeting for Sufferings is a national meeting of representatives of area meetings and some other Quaker communities and committees. It does some of the important work of the yearly meeting in between Yearly Meeting sessions. Meeting for Sufferings will be laid down in May 2026 and replaced by continuing Yearly Meeting sessions that will still include representatives but will also be open to all.

MfS 3 October 2025

QCCIR 1 and 15 November 2025

Updated 15 December 2025

The Quaker Committee for Christian and Interfaith Relations (QCCIR) met to hear from all its appointed representatives and to agree guests to invite to Yearly Meeting and speak at Special Interest Meetings. It also received the final version of Towards a paper on gender diversity in our church: Our differences are a blessing.

QCCIR 1 and 15 November 2025

You are invited to stillness

Updated 29 September 2017

Thousands of Quakers across Britain are marking the eleventh annual Quaker Week (30 September to 8 October) to invite people to discover the faith that shapes their way of life. World Quaker Day is also on Sunday 1 October.

You are invited to stillness

Time to tackle hidden hunger

Updated 5 February 2018

New figures released today show the extent of 'hidden hunger' across Britain. Quakers in Britain are part of a coalition calling for a national measure of food insecurity to tackle it.

Time to tackle hidden hunger

Seeing signs of hope in a fragile world

Updated 30 May 2019

An exploration of how privilege and power may get in the way of effective work for justice sparked intensely moving and reflective ministry, as 1,200 Quakers gathered for Yearly Meeting (YM) this week.

Seeing signs of hope in a fragile world