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A continuing Yearly Meeting? Strengthening spirit-led discernment

Updated 10 June 2024

What happens at the moment? Yearly Meeting meets once a year and is the only meeting where all Friends can engage in spirit-led discernment on the most important issues for our Quaker community. Between Yearly Meetings, Meeting for Sufferings meets four times per year to give year-round attention to those Quaker concerns. Not all Friends can attend Meeting for Sufferings, which is made up of representatives from each Area Meeting, General Meeting, and central and standing committee that makes up Quakers in Britain.

A continuing Yearly Meeting? Strengthening spirit-led discernment

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A reflection on 25 years of the Scottish Parliament

Updated 10 September 2024

Quaker engagement with the Scottish Parliament builds on a rich history of Quaker political involvement, from the petitions by Margaret Fell and George Fox in the 1600s, to the fifty years of quiet diplomacy in the Quaker UN Offices, to Quakers in Britain's work influencing Westminster politicians.

A reflection on 25 years of the Scottish Parliament

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Remembering Srebrenica: 30 years on

Updated 9 July 2025

Friday 11 July 2025 will mark 30 years since the massacre at Srebrenica, when over 8,000 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men, and boys over 12, were murdered in the town in the worst single event of the Bosnian civil war of 1992–1995. Churches have come together to organise events to mark this anniversary, and we encourage Quakers to support them.

Remembering Srebrenica: 30 years on

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Quaker witness in the criminal justice system

Updated 10 October 2025

National Prisons Week (in England and Wales) runs from October 12-18 and has been established for nearly 50 years. We as Quakers are encouraged to consider the criminal justice system (CJS) in its widest sense.

Quakers and Prisons Week