Quaker communities
This section includes a range of support offered by Quaker Life for Quaker meetings and communities. Please see below for the areas of support offered to Friends. You can either go to the subject areas or directly to the pages in these areas. The news feed on this page features articles aimed specifically at Quaker meetings and communities.
Latest news
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Planning for children and young people at Yearly Meeting
28 May 2024
Behind the scenes, teams of young people, adult volunteers and staff are working together to create programmes for joyful, interactive programmes for children and young people at Yearly Meeting, where there is something to welcome all ages. Bookings are still open for Children's Programme and Young People @ Yearly Meeting. We hope these will offer nurturing, expansive and joyful explorations on our themes of love and truth, linking in with the wider Yearly Meeting theme of truth and integrity.
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Sun shines for west youth residential at Spiceland
21 May 2024
in early May, a group of young Quakers from Bristol and Bath, set out for Spiceland Meeting house in Devon for their first camp out under the stars of 2024. It was organised by Zephyr Blofeld, west youth development worker in grateful collaboration with Spiceland Quakers in mid Devon.
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New edition of the Handbook for trustees of Quaker meetings
16 May 2024
Quaker Life is now responsible for supporting area meeting charities and giving them advice and guidance on good governance. They have recently finished a 2024 edition of the trustees handbook.