Quakers in Britain
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Faith community grounded in stillness. We believe in working together to create a more just, equal and peaceful world.
Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
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Quakers in Britain, Friends House, NW1 2BJ.
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Yearly Meeting 2026
Yearly Meeting 2026 will take place 1–4 May, online and at Friends House, London #YM2026
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Bookings now open for Yearly Meeting! 🗓️
Held 1–4 May, everyone in our Quaker community is welcome to join, including children and young people.
Register at: www.quaker.org.uk/ym
Held 1–4 May, everyone in our Quaker community is welcome to join, including children and young people.
Register at: www.quaker.org.uk/ym
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Glad to be presenting another Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2. I talk about love as a habit of care. It's not enough to say "God is Love", we have to prove it with how we treat others. #Quaker #theology #spirituality @quaker.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Pause For Thought - Mark Russ: "Love as a habit of care" - BBC Sounds
Mark Russ on this week's theme 'Love'.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Glad to be presenting another Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2. I talk about love as a habit of care. It's not enough to say "God is Love", we have to prove it with how we treat others. #Quaker #theology #spirituality @quaker.org.uk www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Quaker worship involves spending an hour sitting still, in silence, waiting to see if anyone speaks. While daunting for some, Rhiannon Grant explores why it might be rewarding. Read more: https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/scary-silence-3-ways-quaker-meeting-for-worship-is-both-easy-and-hard
Scary silence? 3 ways Quaker meeting for worship is both easy and hard
Quaker worship could easily sound weird or off-putting. Rhiannon Grant explores why it might also be attractive.
CW: suicidal thoughts
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February 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Quaker worship involves spending an hour sitting still, in silence, waiting to see if anyone speaks. While daunting for some, Rhiannon Grant explores why it might be rewarding. Read more: https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/scary-silence-3-ways-quaker-meeting-for-worship-is-both-easy-and-hard
The arms trade is a root cause of human suffering, facilitating deadly conflict and the suppression of human rights around the world.
Quakers joined other peace campaigners in two days of protest to draw attention to the SDSC-UK arms fair hosted by Birmingham's NEC.
Video credit: Zoe Broughton
Quakers joined other peace campaigners in two days of protest to draw attention to the SDSC-UK arms fair hosted by Birmingham's NEC.
Video credit: Zoe Broughton
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
The arms trade is a root cause of human suffering, facilitating deadly conflict and the suppression of human rights around the world.
Quakers joined other peace campaigners in two days of protest to draw attention to the SDSC-UK arms fair hosted by Birmingham's NEC.
Video credit: Zoe Broughton
Quakers joined other peace campaigners in two days of protest to draw attention to the SDSC-UK arms fair hosted by Birmingham's NEC.
Video credit: Zoe Broughton
🚨 Join the Defend our Right to Protest Lobby of Parliament, 17 March 🚨
The government plans to give police new powers to effectively ban repeat protests – join us and many civil society groups to demand MPs oppose this attack on our rights.
Register: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/March2026Lobby
The government plans to give police new powers to effectively ban repeat protests – join us and many civil society groups to demand MPs oppose this attack on our rights.
Register: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/March2026Lobby
February 4, 2026 at 5:39 PM
🚨 Join the Defend our Right to Protest Lobby of Parliament, 17 March 🚨
The government plans to give police new powers to effectively ban repeat protests – join us and many civil society groups to demand MPs oppose this attack on our rights.
Register: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/March2026Lobby
The government plans to give police new powers to effectively ban repeat protests – join us and many civil society groups to demand MPs oppose this attack on our rights.
Register: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/March2026Lobby
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Could you (or someone you know) be our next Peer Mediation Development Coordinator? You'd be joining our fantastic Peace Education team, taking the Peer Mediation programme into schools.
4 days/week
Based in London, Leeds or remotely
Applications by: Thurs 5 March
www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
4 days/week
Based in London, Leeds or remotely
Applications by: Thurs 5 March
www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
Quakers in Britain: Job opportunities
Find a range of jobs with Quakers in Britain. With a 1:4 ratio between our highest and our lowest paid staff, we are a Living Wage employer.
www.quaker.org.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Could you (or someone you know) be our next Peer Mediation Development Coordinator? You'd be joining our fantastic Peace Education team, taking the Peer Mediation programme into schools.
4 days/week
Based in London, Leeds or remotely
Applications by: Thurs 5 March
www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
4 days/week
Based in London, Leeds or remotely
Applications by: Thurs 5 March
www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
Quaker Mark Russ reflects on the risks we take in really listening to one another, and the potential rewards. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mygqkf
Pause For Thought - Mark Russ: "Risky listening" - BBC Sounds
Mark Russ on this week's theme 'Understanding One Another'.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Quaker Mark Russ reflects on the risks we take in really listening to one another, and the potential rewards. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mygqkf
Want to learn how to set up a peer mediation scheme in a primary school? 🎒
Join the @peaceedu.quaker.org.uk team on the upcoming Peer Mediation Train the Trainer event in April or June www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-media...
Join the @peaceedu.quaker.org.uk team on the upcoming Peer Mediation Train the Trainer event in April or June www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-media...
Peer Mediation Train the Trainer (Primary)
This course gives participants the skills, knowledge and resources needed to implement a Peer Mediation scheme in a primary school.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Want to learn how to set up a peer mediation scheme in a primary school? 🎒
Join the @peaceedu.quaker.org.uk team on the upcoming Peer Mediation Train the Trainer event in April or June www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-media...
Join the @peaceedu.quaker.org.uk team on the upcoming Peer Mediation Train the Trainer event in April or June www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/peer-media...
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Starting tomorrow, resistance to the SDSC arms fair in #Birmingham #NEC - you can expect music, poetry, street theatre, the peace dove puppet, a silent vigil - and many other ways to say no war profiteering. Come join us to #stopSDSC
Find out more centralenglandquakers.org.uk/events/witne...
Find out more centralenglandquakers.org.uk/events/witne...
Witness against SDSC arms fair
In February the Special Defence and Security Convention (SDSC-UK) will be coming to the NEC near Birmingham. The fair left Telford following two years of protest, which Friends have supported in a…
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February 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Starting tomorrow, resistance to the SDSC arms fair in #Birmingham #NEC - you can expect music, poetry, street theatre, the peace dove puppet, a silent vigil - and many other ways to say no war profiteering. Come join us to #stopSDSC
Find out more centralenglandquakers.org.uk/events/witne...
Find out more centralenglandquakers.org.uk/events/witne...
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I'm back on the radio! I'm doing Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 each Monday in February in the early hours. In this first instalment I talk about one of my favourite films, Denis Villeneuve's 'Arrival' (2016). #Quaker #theology #spirituality www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @quaker.org.uk
Pause For Thought - Mark Russ: "Risky listening" - BBC Sounds
Mark Russ on this week's theme 'Understanding One Another'.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I'm back on the radio! I'm doing Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 each Monday in February in the early hours. In this first instalment I talk about one of my favourite films, Denis Villeneuve's 'Arrival' (2016). #Quaker #theology #spirituality www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @quaker.org.uk
What if courage, curiosity and compassion led social change?
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
102. Quaker Social Action: What If Courage, Curiosity, And Compassion Led Social Change - Rebel Justice
What if the most practical path to justice starts with listening harder than we speak? We sit down with Judith Moran, director of Quaker Social Action, to trace a journey from Victorian philanthropy t...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
What if courage, curiosity and compassion led social change?
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
Listen to this interview with Judith Moran from @quakersocialaction.bsky.social rebeljustice.buzzsprout.com/1893705/epis...
"The undermining of the rules-based international system is just one of the forces at play in reshaping the world as we know it."
Hannah Brock Womack reflects on responding to the world we are living in. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/what-should-a-confident-quaker-voice-for-peace-sound-like-today
Hannah Brock Womack reflects on responding to the world we are living in. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/what-should-a-confident-quaker-voice-for-peace-sound-like-today
What should a confident Quaker voice for peace sound like today?
Hannah reflects on the world today, how it makes her feel, signs of hope, and how Quakers can help discern the next steps.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:50 AM
"The undermining of the rules-based international system is just one of the forces at play in reshaping the world as we know it."
Hannah Brock Womack reflects on responding to the world we are living in. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/what-should-a-confident-quaker-voice-for-peace-sound-like-today
Hannah Brock Womack reflects on responding to the world we are living in. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/what-should-a-confident-quaker-voice-for-peace-sound-like-today
Today we mark #HolocaustMemorialDay.
The theme for 2026 is Bridging Generations. A call to action and reminder that the memory of genocide and the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through all of us.
Together we commemorate and educate for a better future.
The theme for 2026 is Bridging Generations. A call to action and reminder that the memory of genocide and the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through all of us.
Together we commemorate and educate for a better future.
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Today we mark #HolocaustMemorialDay.
The theme for 2026 is Bridging Generations. A call to action and reminder that the memory of genocide and the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through all of us.
Together we commemorate and educate for a better future.
The theme for 2026 is Bridging Generations. A call to action and reminder that the memory of genocide and the responsibility of remembrance doesn’t end with the survivors – it lives on through all of us.
Together we commemorate and educate for a better future.
Could you help support our peace work?
We're looking for a well-organised and experienced Administrative Support Officer to work across our peace and social witness projects.
Full details at: www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
We're looking for a well-organised and experienced Administrative Support Officer to work across our peace and social witness projects.
Full details at: www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
Quakers in Britain: Job opportunities
Find a range of jobs with Quakers in Britain. With a 1:4 ratio between our highest and our lowest paid staff, we are a Living Wage employer.
www.quaker.org.uk
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Could you help support our peace work?
We're looking for a well-organised and experienced Administrative Support Officer to work across our peace and social witness projects.
Full details at: www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
We're looking for a well-organised and experienced Administrative Support Officer to work across our peace and social witness projects.
Full details at: www.quaker.org.uk/our-organisa...
"In the Quaker tradition, we affirm that there is a divine spark in every person. To have that Light extinguished by agents of the state is a grave moral failure."
A statement and call for justice from US Quakers:
A statement and call for justice from US Quakers:
We are mourning those killed by our government -- Alex Pretti, Renee Good, and at least 53 others in immigration custody. We demand justice and accountability, not terror. www.fcnl.org/updates/2026...
We mourn state killings and demand justice, not terror | Friends Committee On National Legislation
We are devastated, outraged, and profoundly alarmed by the escalating state killings, violent kidnappings, and the horrific response to those peacefully calling out injustice in Minneapolis and around...
www.fcnl.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"In the Quaker tradition, we affirm that there is a divine spark in every person. To have that Light extinguished by agents of the state is a grave moral failure."
A statement and call for justice from US Quakers:
A statement and call for justice from US Quakers:
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LAST CHANCE: Young leaders are invited to apply to QUNO Geneva's Summer School program. Engage with international affairs and bring Quaker values to the global stage! quno.org/newsroom/app...
Applications are Now Open: Quaker United Nations Summer School 2026 - QUNO
We are excited to announce that the applications for the Quaker United Nations Office Summer School (QUNSS) 2026 are now open!
quno.org
January 25, 2026 at 7:54 PM
LAST CHANCE: Young leaders are invited to apply to QUNO Geneva's Summer School program. Engage with international affairs and bring Quaker values to the global stage! quno.org/newsroom/app...
We've been working together with
primary schools in Wales and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs to develop peer mediation
schemes.
Pupils and teachers from across Wales
shared their thoughts on the
difference this has made. #InternationalDayOfEducation https://youtu.be/DR8z8HOMZWg
primary schools in Wales and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs to develop peer mediation
schemes.
Pupils and teachers from across Wales
shared their thoughts on the
difference this has made. #InternationalDayOfEducation https://youtu.be/DR8z8HOMZWg
January 24, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We've been working together with
primary schools in Wales and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs to develop peer mediation
schemes.
Pupils and teachers from across Wales
shared their thoughts on the
difference this has made. #InternationalDayOfEducation https://youtu.be/DR8z8HOMZWg
primary schools in Wales and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs to develop peer mediation
schemes.
Pupils and teachers from across Wales
shared their thoughts on the
difference this has made. #InternationalDayOfEducation https://youtu.be/DR8z8HOMZWg
"By peace I mean... wholeness and reconciliation of what has been broken by war and injustice"
Tim Gee leads Daily Service on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002q2zp
Tim Gee leads Daily Service on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002q2zp
Daily Service - Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - United in Humility - BBC Sounds
Christian worship with a Bible reading, prayer and music led by Tim Gee.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:35 AM
"By peace I mean... wholeness and reconciliation of what has been broken by war and injustice"
Tim Gee leads Daily Service on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002q2zp
Tim Gee leads Daily Service on BBC Radio 4. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002q2zp
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"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...
"There is God in me" - A Young Quaker on Faith and Global Quakerism
YouTube video by FWCC World Office
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January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"I feel like there is God in me... like there is a candle in me. God is not 'there' but he is here." Sikhuphukile Nare, a Quaker from Zimbabwe, shares her inward experience of worship. You can watch it here, and if her words speak to you, please do help us share her message. youtu.be/6DvxC9N5tZI?...
We welcome the UK government's record auction for renewable energy, and the progress towards a cleaner and fairer energy system. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers welcome record renewables boost
Quakers in Britain have welcomed the UK government’s record auction for renewable energy, saying it shows progress towards a cleaner and fairer energy system.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
We welcome the UK government's record auction for renewable energy, and the progress towards a cleaner and fairer energy system. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
"Cooperation is not weakness, because we can do more together than we can apart."
Quakers in Britain joined a historic gathering at Methodist Central Hall this weekend to mark 80 years since the first United Nations General Assembly. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers in Britain joined a historic gathering at Methodist Central Hall this weekend to mark 80 years since the first United Nations General Assembly. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers mark UN anniversary and warn world cooperation is under threat
Quakers in Britain joined a historic gathering at Methodist Central Hall in London this weekend to mark 80 years since the first United Nations General Assembly.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"Cooperation is not weakness, because we can do more together than we can apart."
Quakers in Britain joined a historic gathering at Methodist Central Hall this weekend to mark 80 years since the first United Nations General Assembly. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers in Britain joined a historic gathering at Methodist Central Hall this weekend to mark 80 years since the first United Nations General Assembly. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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"What Quakers offer is.. the spiritual space that allows people to know what their vocation is and that vocation towards good. Secular NGOs can't do that. Media can't do that. Political parties can't do that. We can." - General Secretary Tim Gee speaks on the Quake It Up podcast tinyurl.com/2sz9m5vm
Global Quakerism: How FWCC Connects Friends Worldwide | Tim Gee
YouTube video by Quake It Up
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January 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"What Quakers offer is.. the spiritual space that allows people to know what their vocation is and that vocation towards good. Secular NGOs can't do that. Media can't do that. Political parties can't do that. We can." - General Secretary Tim Gee speaks on the Quake It Up podcast tinyurl.com/2sz9m5vm
So strange when people say things like this. Without Margaret Fell, Quakerism probably would not have survived! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weu2...
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
So strange when people say things like this. Without Margaret Fell, Quakerism probably would not have survived! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weu2...
Bookings now open for Yearly Meeting! 🗓️
Held 1–4 May, everyone in our Quaker community is welcome to join, including children and young people.
Register at: www.quaker.org.uk/ym
Held 1–4 May, everyone in our Quaker community is welcome to join, including children and young people.
Register at: www.quaker.org.uk/ym
Yearly Meeting 2026
Yearly Meeting 2026 will take place 1–4 May, online and at Friends House, London #YM2026
www.quaker.org.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Bookings now open for Yearly Meeting! 🗓️
Held 1–4 May, everyone in our Quaker community is welcome to join, including children and young people.
Register at: www.quaker.org.uk/ym
Held 1–4 May, everyone in our Quaker community is welcome to join, including children and young people.
Register at: www.quaker.org.uk/ym
Do you have experience organising online events and managing complex projects?
If so, the Quaker World Office is looking for a Priority Projects & Support Manager. Find out more and apply at: fwcc.world/priority-pro...
If so, the Quaker World Office is looking for a Priority Projects & Support Manager. Find out more and apply at: fwcc.world/priority-pro...
We're looking for a tech-savvy project manager experienced in online events and global community work to help us organise two big digital gatherings in 2026 and 2027. Could this be you? Apply by 2 Feb 2026: fwcc.world/priority-pro...
#Quaker #QuakerJobs #ProjectManager #EventManagement #NowHiring
#Quaker #QuakerJobs #ProjectManager #EventManagement #NowHiring
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Do you have experience organising online events and managing complex projects?
If so, the Quaker World Office is looking for a Priority Projects & Support Manager. Find out more and apply at: fwcc.world/priority-pro...
If so, the Quaker World Office is looking for a Priority Projects & Support Manager. Find out more and apply at: fwcc.world/priority-pro...
"As a community we go seeking in the stillness together and allow that experience to change us."
Jo Baynham reflects on how Quakers talk about their experiences of worship. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/foundations-and-future-meeting-for-worship-and-the-confident-voice-of-early-friends
Jo Baynham reflects on how Quakers talk about their experiences of worship. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/foundations-and-future-meeting-for-worship-and-the-confident-voice-of-early-friends
Foundations and future: meeting for worship and the confident voice of early Friends
As a community we go seeking in the stillness together...
www.quaker.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 PM
"As a community we go seeking in the stillness together and allow that experience to change us."
Jo Baynham reflects on how Quakers talk about their experiences of worship. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/foundations-and-future-meeting-for-worship-and-the-confident-voice-of-early-friends
Jo Baynham reflects on how Quakers talk about their experiences of worship. https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/foundations-and-future-meeting-for-worship-and-the-confident-voice-of-early-friends