Area meetings are made up of several local meetings. All area meetings are charities as well as worshipping communities. Like local meetings, they are all different and will reflect the local communities.

Area meetings:

  • oversee and support local meetings
  • appoint people to positions of responsibility, such as eldership and pastoral care
  • are responsible for conducting Quaker marriages, recording deaths, employing staff, owning property, and managing finances
  • communicate on behalf of local Quakers with Meeting for Sufferings and Yearly Meeting.

Contacting area meetings

Area meetings are usually held at local meeting houses.

There is a list of area meetings on this site which shows some email addresses and websites.

If you need to contact a specific role holder or individual, you can contact staff at updates@quaker.org.uk, and they can forward emails. However, they cannot give out individuals' contact details.

If you want to contact all area meetings, nationally or in a given area, you can request a list of email addresses from updates@quaker.org.uk.

If you want to update the information we hold for your area meeting please contact updates@quaker.org.uk.

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