What Matters to You?
Quakers in Britain want to publish a new book for young Quakers and the Quaker-curious. It is intended to be centred around the voices of young Friends. Across the summer of 2026, we are inviting youth groups and individuals to share their thoughts with us via a workshop called What Matters to You?
If you are interested in attending or running this workshop, you can download it using the link below. If you are part of a Quaker youth group already, you could suggest it as an activity and point your group leaders toward this page.
If you don't belong to a Quaker youth group, but would like to contribute anyway, you are welcome to download the workshop and look through the activities. Most of the activities can be done as thought exercises and you are welcome to contribute your ideas using the same online form as groups.
What Matters to You? - workshop (PDF)
What Matters to You? - online response form
Resources
Living as our Beliefs is a small book with short simple passages and thoughtful quotations introducing different aspects of Quakerism, developed and edited by young Quakers. It is available from the Quaker bookshop or as a pdf here. Living Our Beliefs (PDF)
Events
To find out about events which Britain Yearly Meeting puts on for young people to connect, have fun, explore their spirituality and Quaker faith, see our events page for more details and links to specific events.
Take Part (14-30)
There are a number of ways that you can take part and connect to both Quaker and other opportunities:
- Volunteer for events for children and young people (16+)
- Research opportunities to be involved in decisions that affect you and the organization you are part of (14-21)
- Getting involved in activism
- Work from the Be the Change resource (11-18) through to study bursaries and events and voluntary opportunities (for young adults)
Facilitation and Leadership (16-21)
Takes place annually in autumn.
The weekend is a dynamic combination of theory and opportunities to apply learning about Facilitation and Leadership using practical activities. There will be discussions, activities, group work and role-plays. The skills developed may be immediately useful in Quaker youth group settings, or help build confidence when working with any team and in many other situations later in life.
“Probably the most useful weekend I have ever attended, it will be incredibly valuable in the outside world."
Young Friends General Meeting (18-35)
The national organization for Quakers aged 18–35. They hold in person gatherings and online events.
Visit Young Friends General Meeting website
Young Adult Quakers (18-35)
We welcome and value young adults as part of the Quaker community. We hope to support and empower young adult Quakers to be part of a dynamic faith community.
Visit Young Adult Quaker webpages