Quaker communities news
This page contains news about running local and area meetings and other Quaker communities.
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Yorkshire Quakers celebrate first ever community camp
21 August 2025
The first ever Yorkshire Quaker Camp took place earlier this month and was booked up within days of being advertised! Plans are now underway for an even bigger event for next year!
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Pride party at Saffron Walden
31 July 2025
Quakers in Saffron Walden have much to be proud about. Their town has been named the best place to live in the UK - and civic leaders have followed this up with launching the town's first ever Pride event.
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Faiths across Southport open their doors in memory of stabbings victims
23 July 2025
Southport Quaker Meeting House will join with other places of worship next Friday to mark the first anniversary of last July's appalling knife attack.
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The rollercoaster life of a travelling minister
10 July 2025
Travelling in the ministry has it's up and downs but for Emily Provance, life in the last week has actually been a rollercoaster.
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Rookhow - ‘for the scattered people of God’
18 June 2025
Local Development Worker Ellie McCarthy recently took over as the Local Development Worker for Cumbria and the North East. She's already beavering away on a myriad of projects but last week, was able to take a break to attend a very special anniversary.
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Time for Reflection: 'A contemporary rite of passage'
18 June 2025
Conflict negotiator and Quaker Neil Crabtree offers his suggestion for a practical role for young people in an age of climate breakdown.
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South coast Quakers’ outreach on the beach
12 June 2025
Quakers on the south coast swapped their meeting houses for the beach last week to take part in a nationwide coastal arts festival.