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BYM Trustees 5-6 September 2025

Updated 24 September 2025

Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees (BYMT) met on 5 and 6 September to discern on items of business including the annual report and accounts, investment policy, and strategic priorities.

BYM Trustees 5-6 September 2025

BDRC 9 July and 11-13 July 2025

Updated 24 September 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 July 9 July and 11-13 July 2025

APC 20-22 June 2025

Updated 2 July 2025

The Agenda Planning Committee for Yearly Meeting from 2026 onwards had its first meeting and considered its vision for Yearly Meetings.

APC 20-22 June 2025

Quaker concerns

Updated 8 June 2026

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

Quaker concerns

Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

Updated 22 October 2026

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

Britain Yearly Meeting Trustees

Yearly Meeting documents

Updated 28 August 2026

Yearly Meeting documents

Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021

Updated 11 January 2024

Yearly Meeting Gathering 2021

'All Are Invited': Quakers encourage meetings to welcome former prisoners

Updated 6 October 2026

This year's national Prisons Week, running from 11 to 17 October in England and Wales, has adopted the theme All Are Invited.

'All Are Invited': Quakers encourage meetings to welcome former prisoners

Seeking the truth about Trident

Updated 22 April 2016

Quakers in Britain in association with Luath Press have published “The Truth about Trident: Disarming the Nuclear Argument". With more than 15,000 nuclear warheads stockpiled worldwide, Timmon Wallis explores the arguments for retaining Trident with a critical eye to get to the real truth.Timmon Wallis works for Quaker Peace and Social Witness and Christian CND.

Seeking the truth about Trident

Communities of colour are over-policed and under-protected

Updated 5 June 2020

The Coronavirus Act gives police powers to detain anyone they think might be infectious. A group of human rights, racial equality, community, faith and health organisations – including Quakers – say the police powers granted to enforce lockdown are disproportionately impacting people of colour.

Communities of colour are over-policed and under-protected