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This is the home for all the official documents of Yearly Meeting in session. When they are ready PDFs of Documents in advance, Epistles & testimonies, The Trustees Report & Accounts and the Tabular Statement will be posted here. After Yearly Meeting Gathering you will also be able to download the minutes and epistle.

Those booked for Yearly Meeting Gathering will receive copies of Documents in advance, Epistles & testimonies and The Trustees Report & Accounts in the YMG mailing in late April.

Yearly Meeting dates

  • Yearly Meeting 2010 – Friends House 28-31 May 2010
  • Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011 – Canterbury 30 July – 6 August 2011

Yearly Meeting 2010

Children and Young People’s Programme at Britain Yearly Meeting 2010: Vibrant, engaging and fun

Britain Yearly Meeting is the annual gathering for all Quakers in Britain. It is a chance to gather together, to make new friends and see old ones and to build our Quaker community. As part of Yearly Meeting there is a parallel and integrated programme for children and young people’s. The programme enables young Quakers to experience and engage with the event, exploring the topics from the Yearly Meeting agenda as well as offering the chance to worship, be creative, play games and have fun.

All places on the Children and Young People’s Programme must be booked in advance and early booking is strongly recommended.

The programme includes daily programmes on Saturday, Sunday and Monday for those aged 0-12 and residential programmes from Friday to Monday for 12-15 and 15-18 year olds.

For more information and to ask for an application form, contact Simon Best in the CYP office. Phone 020 7663 1160 or email simonb@quaker.org.uk.

YM Gathering 2009

In 2009 YM Gathering was held at the University of York 25th July - 1st August 2009. For more information go to http://www.ymg.org.uk/ (new window - offsite link).

Yearly Meeting 2008

This event was held at Friends House on 23th - 26th May. For more information please go to Yearly Meeting 2008.

Yearly Meeting 2007

Yearly Meeting 2007 was held in London, 4-7 May. For more information and related publications go to Yearly Meeting 2007. 

History & constitution

Chapter 6 of Quaker faith & pactice explains the history and constitution of Yearly Meeting. This annual meeting for worship of church affairs is open to all members. Those not in membership wanting to attend need the support of Elders to whom they are well known and then apply in good time to the Yearly Meeting Clerk c/o Recording Clerks Office, at Friends House, address below (Qfp paragraph 6.12).

Further details

If the details you require are not available here please enquire of the Recording Clerks Office by writing to Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ or by faxing your request to 020 7663 1001. Alternatively you can contact Michael Hutchinson by phone on 020 7663 1124, or email him at michaelh@quaker.org.uk.