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Quaker communities news

Quaker charities annual reporting

Updated 15 February 2024

Quaker Life produces template checklists to help the trustees of Quaker charities in their annual reporting.

Quaker charities annual reporting

Quaker communities news

School interfaith day

Updated 19 February 2024

“Why are Quakers called Quakers?" asks a 14 year old from Woldgate School, Pocklington at their school's interfaith day. Jo, the Yorkshire Youth Worker takes the class back to the 17thcentury and explains.

School interfaith day

Committees

Quaker Life Central Committee

Updated 24 October 2024

Quaker Life Central Committee supports and strengthens Quaker life throughout the yearly meeting, a position that covers faith and practice: both spiritual nurture and the practical tasks required to help Quaker communities thrive.

Quaker Life Central Committee

Resources

Thriving Quaker Communities

Updated 12 January 2026

This section contains resources to help Quaker communities to thrive including study guides and an outreach handbook with ideas about how meetings can be more welcoming.

Thriving Quaker communities

Thriving Quaker communities

Quaker ways

Updated 12 January 2026

Quakers have ways of working that have grown out of our faith and may look unusual from the outside. This page has information about the tools and processes and the reasons they are used.

Quaker ways

Blog

How do we build an economy on Quaker principles?

Updated 3 October 2017

One year ago, Quaker Peace & Social Witness began publishing a series of booklets about the new economy. Since then, Quakers in reading groups across Scotland, England and Wales have used these booklets to develop answers to the question: how do we build an economy based on Quaker principles?

How do we build an economy on Quaker principles?

Blog

Quakerism: a faith for turbulent times

Updated 3 October 2017

In Quaker Week 2017 we are saying: "In turbulent times, be a Quaker". This phrase speaks to the heart of how we live out our beliefs today in an ever more challenging world, but it also harks back to our radical roots as a faith born out of turbulence.

Quakerism: a faith for turbulent times

Blog

Let's explore the Quaker way

Updated 7 February 2020

Here in the Children and Young People's team – part of Quaker Life – we offer lots of fantastic resources that help children and young people feel part of vibrant Quaker communities.

Let's explore the Quaker way

Blog

Times and seasons: A Quaker reflection on Christmas

Updated 17 February 2020

Early Quakers did not observe Christmas nor mark other 'times and seasons'. They believed that no day was more holy than any other, and believed that each day, and all of life, was sacred (Quaker faith & practice 27.39 and 27.42). Today, as with so many things in the Quaker community, there is a full spectrum of practices and responses.

Times and seasons: A Quaker reflection on Christmas

Blog

How to speak Quaker

Updated 22 December 2017

When I was asked to give the annual Richard Cary Lecture at German Yearly Meeting, I thought it would be easy enough – after all, I talk to Quaker meetings all the time and speak German fluently. My subject was Special offer: what do we Quakers have to offer the world in these turbulent times. How difficult could it be to speak to this in my second language?

How to speak Quaker!