If you would like to share an event through this site, please use the contact us form.
To see updates from London Quakers, you can look at the emails sent to our mailing list.
1 June 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
London Young Adult Quaker Meeting occurs every first and third Sunday (and fifth Sunday if there is one!) at 5pm at Westminster Quaker Meeting House! To enter the building, go to the side door down Hop Gardens and buzz for the Library upon arrival.
Contact us via our Instagram page: @lyaqmeeting
5:00pm - Arrivals and socials
5:30pm - Meeting for Worship (if you want to join the Meeting for Worship, please arrive on time. We will not let people in the building between 5:35pm and 6:15pm.)
6:15pm - Notices and shared meal (an opportunity to socialise more over a bite. If you’re able to, bring snacks to share. If you’re not able to, bring your lovely presence!)
7:00pm - Home time or pub!
Everything is optional!
You can come for just the worship, or just the meal, or just the pub! Whatever you choose to join us for, it’ll be great to see you ❤️
2 June 2025 at 19:00
London Quakers have lots of money: how should we manage it when we have a single Area Meeting for London?
Open meeting for all interested on Monday 2 June at 7pm on Zoom.
The London Area Meeting Development Group needs to hear your views on how we will look after our money in the new London Area Meeting. Whether you are a treasurer or not, how we look after and spend our money is vital for almost everything we do. Come and hear our proposals and help us make them simple and easy to use so they meet the needs of Quakers in London today with simplicity, equality and truth.
This meeting is for you to learn about the proposals and give your feedback so we end up with the best answer we can come up with. It is not to decide whether we go ahead with the proposals - only a proper business meeting can do that.
Today, across our 7 Area Meetings and the London Quaker Property Trust (LQPT), we have inherited a complex setup with lots of separate funds and trusts containing several million pounds, with many bank accounts and many people needed to manage them. We cannot find enough suitable people to do this any more, so just to continue we must streamline and simplify things. North East Thames AM now looks after its money at Area Meeting level and we propose doing something very similar, removing the need for Local Meeting (and probably other) treasurers.
More details of the proposals have been sent out in a mailing, and links to them are given below. We will explain them briefly at this meeting and take questions. It would be helpful if you read them prior to the meeting.
We want to know what you think.
Could this work for your Meeting - will it allow you to do what you need to do?
What changes might be needed?
Are there funds in your meeting that need special consideration?
Any other thoughts, or people we need to talk to?
Here are links to the papers.
Proposed Financial Model for London Area Meeting https://files.quaker.app/33vzcm
2023 London AM and LQPT accounts collated https://files.quaker.app/b6x7cb
LAM 2026 budget v4 https://files.quaker.app/873fyp
7 June 2025 at 10:00 – 13:15
Venue: Friends House Benjamin Lay Suite
After six years of deliberations the Pan London project is moving forwards, following our discernment on 15th February. Detailed proposals are now in place that will have a material effect on how Quakerism in London will look and which we all now have the opportunity to shape over the next Joint London Area Meetings.
This meeting on 7 June is our opportunity to hear and engage with proposals for managing the money currently held at Local and Area Meeting level. There was an online discussion on 2 June.
There are also proposals for the way our 30+ individual Local Meetings will relate to our new AM, and we will appoint a Nominating Group to seek Friends for key appointments in the new single Area Meeting.
As a meeting, we will be able to make decisions as to whether these proposals are the right way to go for Quakers across London, or whether they require amendment. We invite Friends to engage creatively with the proposals.
Please read the proposals ahead of the meeting (you can all of theme here) and join in the discernment about our collective future - in person in the Benjamin Lay Suite at Friends House or online using the online button on the London Quakers calendar (this will go live on the day).
Online Meeting Access:
Meeting Link: Click here
Meeting ID 896 2844 5029
Meeting passcode LONDONQS
Provisional timings for the meeting are:
10:00 Coffee
10:30 Meeting starting with Worship
11:30 Break
13:15 Close
There will be a Meeting for children and young people.
Agenda
Approval of Terms of Reference for the London Development Group and for the Arrangements Group
Nominations proposals
Appointment of a Nominations Committee [Proposed Names for members of this committee, from the 7 AMs are given below]
Discussion of the papers on governance and finance/budget (links below)
Progress report from the London Development Group
Registration
You don't have to register but it helps us manage the meeting to have an idea of numbers.
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonquakers/1691198
Things to read to prepare for the meeting
All the papers can be found here.
Governance proposals
Nominations Proposals
Nomination Committee Names for JLAM 250607
Proposed 2026 Budget for LAM
Proposed financial model for London Area Meeting
Things we hope to approve/appoint
Terms of reference for the Development Group
Terms of reference for the Arrangements Group
Planning for Meetings in 2026
8 June 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People
Venue: Westminster Meeting House, 52 St. Martin’s Lane London WC2N 4EA
Are you aged 10 - 14? Come join us for chats, crafts, games and a bit of worship with other Quaker and Quaker curious preteens. Open to all in London and beyond!
This event is open to anyone who will be aged 10 to 14 on 31 August 2025.
If you have questions about this event please contact julias@quaker.org.uk.
Preteen Quaker Meeting Booking Form
For more information (opens in new window):
https://files.quaker.app/yrmzq5
14 June 2025
Venue: A short train from London
Keith Gibson led a monthly ramble for around 40 years, for Quakers and other friends. Since his death, Joseph Rodger has been the co-ordinator of these walks, with a different member of the group leading each month's walk. Anyone is welcome on our walks.
For more information (opens in new window):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003
15 June 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
London Young Adult Quaker Meeting occurs every first and third Sunday (and fifth Sunday if there is one!) at 5pm at Westminster Quaker Meeting House! To enter the building, go to the side door down Hop Gardens and buzz for the Library upon arrival.
Contact us via our Instagram page: @lyaqmeeting
5:00pm - Arrivals and socials
5:30pm - Meeting for Worship (if you want to join the Meeting for Worship, please arrive on time. We will not let people in the building between 5:35pm and 6:15pm.)
6:15pm - Notices and shared meal (an opportunity to socialise more over a bite. If you’re able to, bring snacks to share. If you’re not able to, bring your lovely presence!)
7:00pm - Home time or pub!
Everything is optional!
You can come for just the worship, or just the meal, or just the pub! Whatever you choose to join us for, it’ll be great to see you ❤️
18 June 2025 at 17:30 – 19:00
Venue: Friends House Library
Moving with Dignity is a milestone publication by the
Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA). The handbook
proposes a peaceful approach to migration that prioritises
the happiness and well-being of all people. It is grounded in
a positive peace approach to migration.
Discover the handbook in our new
online tool. Visit qcea.org for more
information.
A positive peace approach to migration:
• Seeks to address the root causes of forced migration and
eliminate the violence experienced by migrants.
• Recognises that people are often forced to migrate due to
direct, structural, and cultural violence.
• Addresses these three levels of violence to make
migration a safer and genuinely voluntary choice.
Presentation by the author, Dr Majbritt Lyck-Bowen
Please register your attendance
https://bit.ly/MovingWithDignity
22 June 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
Are you a teenager (13 - 19)? Do you live in or near London? Then come down to London Teenage Quaker Meeting, a meeting specifically for teenagers! Biscuits will be provided!
London Link Group is a volunteer-run Quaker group that organises events to bring Young Quakers aged 11-18 together. They run the monthly Teenage Quaker Meeting, along with other fun events like trips to theme parks, parties and residentials.
28 June 2025 at 10:00 – 14:00
Venue: Friends House - Sarah Fell Room
Josh Selfe brings back the following themes to do with Elders and Pastoral Friends from his visits and discussions with Meetings in London. We're working up a timetable. Picnic lunch. No provision for the young (sorry). We welcome two or three offers of support in preparig and running the day.
Please register so we have an idea of numbers. https://www.tickettailor.com/events/londonquakers/1705982
Role Clarity and Reflection
– Explore the core roles of Elders and Pastoral Friends
– Share what is working well and what challenges are faced
– Ensure roles are spiritually grounded, not just administrative (Maintain focus on nurturing spiritual journeys and loving community. Avoid being overly consumed by administrative concerns during structural change)
Community Building Across the New London Area Meeting
– Opportunities to get to know one another across Local Meetings
– Developing spiritual and pastoral roots for a unified London-wide AM
– Ideas for spiritual community and mutual support at a wider level
Learning and Sharing Practices
– Exchange of approaches to spiritual and pastoral care
– Sharing practical experiences from different Meetings
Engagement with Children and Young People
– Inclusion of families and youth as part of the spiritual community
6 July 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
London Young Adult Quaker Meeting occurs every first and third Sunday (and fifth Sunday if there is one!) at 5pm at Westminster Quaker Meeting House! To enter the building, go to the side door down Hop Gardens and buzz for the Library upon arrival.
Contact us via our Instagram page: @lyaqmeeting
5:00pm - Arrivals and socials
5:30pm - Meeting for Worship (if you want to join the Meeting for Worship, please arrive on time. We will not let people in the building between 5:35pm and 6:15pm.)
6:15pm - Notices and shared meal (an opportunity to socialise more over a bite. If you’re able to, bring snacks to share. If you’re not able to, bring your lovely presence!)
7:00pm - Home time or pub!
Everything is optional!
You can come for just the worship, or just the meal, or just the pub! Whatever you choose to join us for, it’ll be great to see you ❤️
12 July 2025
Venue: A short train from London
Keith Gibson led a monthly ramble for around 40 years, for Quakers and other friends. Since his death, Joseph Rodger has been the co-ordinator of these walks, with a different member of the group leading each month's walk. Anyone is welcome on our walks.
For more information (opens in new window):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003
4 October 2025
Venue: Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House 59 Wandsworth High Street , London, SW182PT
Quaker Arts Network is holding this exhibition from 4th - 12th October 2025
Open Saturdays 11 to 6; Sundays 2 to 6, and selected other times during the week, including Friday evening 10th October.
Full details of opening times will be posted at https://wandsworth.quakermeeting.org/art-exhibition/.
If anyone wants to organise a group visit or event during that week (evening or daytime) to take advantage of this, they should contact the Wandsworth Quakers email address.
Invitation to artists
we invite contributions which speak to your inner or outer experience of Quaker worship, witness (in whatever way you understand those words), your Meeting, or some aspect of your Quaker life. You don't need to be formally in membership: contributors from all who worship with London Quakers are welcome.
Because of the nature of the venue, we expect to show two-dimensional work, although we may be able to accommodate a few small 3D pieces. The size (including frame) may not exceed 80 cm height, with a preference for items smaller than 70 cm height x 50 cm width.
You can see photos of the Meeting House on this website,
5 October 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00
Venue: Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House 59 Wandsworth High Street , London, SW182PT
Quaker Arts Network is holding this exhibition from 4th - 12th October 2025
Open Saturdays 11 to 6; Sundays 2 to 6, and selected other times during the week, including Friday evening 10th October.
Full details of opening times will be posted at https://wandsworth.quakermeeting.org/art-exhibition/.
If anyone wants to organise a group visit or event during that week (evening or daytime) to take advantage of this, they should contact the Wandsworth Quakers email address.
Invitation to artists
we invite contributions which speak to your inner or outer experience of Quaker worship, witness (in whatever way you understand those words), your Meeting, or some aspect of your Quaker life. You don't need to be formally in membership: contributors from all who worship with London Quakers are welcome.
Because of the nature of the venue, we expect to show two-dimensional work, although we may be able to accommodate a few small 3D pieces. The size (including frame) may not exceed 80 cm height, with a preference for items smaller than 70 cm height x 50 cm width.
You can see photos of the Meeting House on this website,
5 October 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
London Young Adult Quaker Meeting occurs every first and third Sunday (and fifth Sunday if there is one!) at 5pm at Westminster Quaker Meeting House! To enter the building, go to the side door down Hop Gardens and buzz for the Library upon arrival.
Contact us via our Instagram page: @lyaqmeeting
5:00pm - Arrivals and socials
5:30pm - Meeting for Worship (if you want to join the Meeting for Worship, please arrive on time. We will not let people in the building between 5:35pm and 6:15pm.)
6:15pm - Notices and shared meal (an opportunity to socialise more over a bite. If you’re able to, bring snacks to share. If you’re not able to, bring your lovely presence!)
7:00pm - Home time or pub!
Everything is optional!
You can come for just the worship, or just the meal, or just the pub! Whatever you choose to join us for, it’ll be great to see you ❤️
11 October 2025
Venue: A short train from London
Keith Gibson led a monthly ramble for around 40 years, for Quakers and other friends. Since his death, Joseph Rodger has been the co-ordinator of these walks, with a different member of the group leading each month's walk. Anyone is welcome on our walks.
For more information (opens in new window):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003
11 October 2025 at 11:00 – 16:00
Venue: Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House 59 Wandsworth High Street , London, SW182PT
Quaker Arts Network is holding this exhibition from 4th - 12th October 2025
Open Saturdays 11 to 6; Sundays 2 to 6, and selected other times during the week, including Friday evening 10th October.
Full details of opening times will be posted at https://wandsworth.quakermeeting.org/art-exhibition/.
If anyone wants to organise a group visit or event during that week (evening or daytime) to take advantage of this, they should contact the Wandsworth Quakers email address.
Invitation to artists
we invite contributions which speak to your inner or outer experience of Quaker worship, witness (in whatever way you understand those words), your Meeting, or some aspect of your Quaker life. You don't need to be formally in membership: contributors from all who worship with London Quakers are welcome.
Because of the nature of the venue, we expect to show two-dimensional work, although we may be able to accommodate a few small 3D pieces. The size (including frame) may not exceed 80 cm height, with a preference for items smaller than 70 cm height x 50 cm width.
You can see photos of the Meeting House on this website,
12 October 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00
Venue: Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House 59 Wandsworth High Street , London, SW182PT
Quaker Arts Network is holding this exhibition from 4th - 12th October 2025
Open Saturdays 11 to 6; Sundays 2 to 6, and selected other times during the week, including Friday evening 10th October.
Full details of opening times will be posted at https://wandsworth.quakermeeting.org/art-exhibition/.
If anyone wants to organise a group visit or event during that week (evening or daytime) to take advantage of this, they should contact the Wandsworth Quakers email address.
Invitation to artists
we invite contributions which speak to your inner or outer experience of Quaker worship, witness (in whatever way you understand those words), your Meeting, or some aspect of your Quaker life. You don't need to be formally in membership: contributors from all who worship with London Quakers are welcome.
Because of the nature of the venue, we expect to show two-dimensional work, although we may be able to accommodate a few small 3D pieces. The size (including frame) may not exceed 80 cm height, with a preference for items smaller than 70 cm height x 50 cm width.
You can see photos of the Meeting House on this website,
19 October 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
London Young Adult Quaker Meeting occurs every first and third Sunday (and fifth Sunday if there is one!) at 5pm at Westminster Quaker Meeting House! To enter the building, go to the side door down Hop Gardens and buzz for the Library upon arrival.
Contact us via our Instagram page: @lyaqmeeting
5:00pm - Arrivals and socials
5:30pm - Meeting for Worship (if you want to join the Meeting for Worship, please arrive on time. We will not let people in the building between 5:35pm and 6:15pm.)
6:15pm - Notices and shared meal (an opportunity to socialise more over a bite. If you’re able to, bring snacks to share. If you’re not able to, bring your lovely presence!)
7:00pm - Home time or pub!
Everything is optional!
You can come for just the worship, or just the meal, or just the pub! Whatever you choose to join us for, it’ll be great to see you ❤️
26 October 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People
Venue: Westminster Quaker Meeting House, 52 St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4EA
Are you a teenager (13 - 19)? Do you live in or near London? Then come down to London Teenage Quaker Meeting, a meeting specifically for teenagers! Biscuits will be provided!
London Link Group is a volunteer-run Quaker group that organises events to bring Young Quakers aged 11-18 together. They run the monthly Teenage Quaker Meeting, along with other fun events like trips to theme parks, parties and residentials.