Quaker communities news

​Calling all kids and young people – book now for friendship, fun and fabulous food!

19 May 2026

From toddlers to older teens, this year's programmes at Junior Yearly Meeting and Yearly Meeting offered friendship, depth, laughter—and plenty of ways to take part.

Now staff and adult volunteers are beavering away working on a new children's programme as we transition to a new style of yearly meeting, starting in July.

Do Quakers model spirit-led ethical employment practices?

19 May 2026

Does your local or area meeting employ people to help the Quaker community? If so – are you ethical employers?

Friends celebrate one of the greatest ambassadors for life on Earth.

14 May 2026

Leicester Green Quakers joined in the celebrations for Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday at the weekend taking part in an event visited by 1500 people!

Boating, baking, bird watching – and a hash brown crisis

29 April 2026

As young Quakers (aged 11-15) tonight finish their packing (mostly snacks) for tomorrow's YP@YM residential, it's been a bumper month for other CYP activities across the UK.

​Enslavement - the 'gravest crime against humanity'

16 April 2026

Quakers on the Trustees' Reparations Working Group have welcomed a landmark United Nations resolution acknowledging historic enslavement as the 'gravest crime against humanity.'

Are we ethical employers?

1 April 2026

A significant number of local and area meetings are now employing staff to support Quaker communities in managing their admin, premises, accounts and building hire.

This comes with a responsibility to ensure our employment practices are ethical and not only meet the requirements of the law, but also meet the expectations of our Quaker testimonies.

Children and young people prepare to ‘build bridges’.

25 March 2026

Volunteer organisers for this year's Children and Young People's Programmes have met at Warwick University, to shape the themes for Yearly Meeting.