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Thu3

3 April 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00

Worship outside New Scotland Yard

Venue: Victoria Embankment London SW1A 2JL

Everyone is welcome to join our Meeting for Worship outside New SCotland Yard.  Organised by Quaker Support for Climate Action

Sun6

6 April 2025 at 12:30

Westminster Meeting House Bring and Share Lunch

Venue: Westminster Meeting House

As part of building a London wide community of Quakers, we invite Friends from across London to join us for worship and/or a bring and share lunch on 6th April.

Worship starts at 11:00 with the bring and share lunch at 12:30.

Children are welcome to join the children's meeting on the day. 

Please let us know if you hope to bring any contributions of food. This will help us fill in any gaps: https://forms.gle/CKHN3UTWEJjFqRre9

Sun6

6 April 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Sat12

12 April 2025

Monthly Quaker Ramble

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 (click to open in new window/tab):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003

Sat12

12 April 2025 at 10:00 – 16:30

The Quakers: An introduction

Venue: City Literary Institute, Keeley Street, WC2B 4BA

Quaker ‘discernment’ is used by big business for
consensus decision-making, while Quakers are
often invited to areas of confl ict as mediators and
peace-builders. This introduction to Quakers tries
to explain why.

What is the course about?
The course is an introduction to the core Quaker experience, that of listening to the voice within, and why an institution with an ‘archaic’ image still has meaning and resonance for people today. The purpose of a Quaker ‘Meeting’ is to empower individuals to achieve spiritual growth and be enabled to translate feelings into socially positive action. From the mysticism of the early Quakers to the quietism of more
recent times, the Quaker discipline of ‘discernment’ is now sought after by big business as a radical model for consensus decision-making, while Quakers are invited all over the world to areas of confl ict as mediators and peace-builders. This introduction will hopefully raise as many questions as it answers.

For further information and costs, visit:
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/courses/
the-quakers-an-introduction

Sun13

13 April 2025 at 14:00 – 17:00

A Threshing Meeting on Districts

Venue: Westminster Meeting House 52 St Martin’s Lane  - WC2N 4EH

This event is hybrid, at Westminster meeting house (entry via St Martins Lane doors) and on Zoom 

• A Threshing Meeting utilises exploration and lively debate to clarify an issue.

• A district is a group of local meetings to which some of the responsibilities of the London Area Meeting would be delegated.  https://londonquakers.org.uk/districts-proposal/

• We hope to discover how we might organise ourselves as a LAM by involving optional Districts that some feel are essential and others believe can be handled at a LAM level.

• The Threshing Meeting will be guided by Elders

• No decisions will be made but Notes will be taken

• A Children and Young People's Meeting will be provided at the same time  

• There is no need to book, just turn up

Mon14

14 April 2025 at 19:00 – 20:30

Refugees at home are urgently looking for more hosts. Information evening

Venue: Kings Cross Church

Refugees at Home are urgently looking for more hosts in London, so we have organised an Information Evening in partnership with Kings Cross Church for people interested in hosting. People will hear from experienced hosts in London, have the opportunity to ask questions and get to know the ins and outs of hosting. 

If you think this might be for you, here is the sign-up link: https://forms.gle/mwTQKUBpa12rLg3u8

Sun20

20 April 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Tue22

22 April 2025 at 18:00

Jennifer Kavanagh in conversation with Harvey Gillman about her new book Thread of Life: My Russian legacy

Venue: Friends House

Thread of Life is a portrait of the twentieth century - its times of war and peace - seen through the lives of three generations of Jewish women. At its heart are Dora, a romantic and tragic figure, a concert pianist born in Riga, who lived in St Petersburg and was killed in the Riga Holocaust; her daughter, Genia, born in 1915 in St Petersburg, who lived in many places around the world before dying in England at the age of 102; and, in their different threads and versions of the truth, their legacy to author Jennifer Kavanagh, who shares her moments of discovery while addressing themes of Russia, Jewishness, motherhood, music, home, and language, as well as the vagaries of memory.

Sun27

27 April 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People

London Teenage Quaker Meeting

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!

Please sign up in advance!  

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.

Website: London Teenage Quaker Meeting – London Link Group

Sun4

4 May 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Wed7

7 May 2025 at 19:00

Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign - second Public Meeting

Venue: St Anne's Church, St Ann's Hill, Wandsworth

The Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign will be holding its second public meeting on May 7th at 7pm at St Anne's Church, St Ann's Hill,  Wandsworth - just up the hill on the right past Wandsworth Meeting House. TH speakers will be the new Governor of hte prison, Andy Davy, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman, Adrian Usher and Natasha Porter who runs Unlocked Graduates which seeks to encourage and support good new potential leaders to join the prison service. There will be lots of audience participation too!
Come along and learn about what is really going on in our prisons and particularly in Wandsworth. 

 

Sat10

10 May 2025

Monthly Quaker Ramble

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 (click to open in new window/tab):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003

Sun18

18 May 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Sun1

1 June 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Mon2

2 June 2025 at 19:00

How would we manage money in the London Area Meeting

Venue:

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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

Sat7

7 June 2025 at 10:00 – 13:15

Joint Meeting of the London AMs

Venue: Friends House Benjamin Lay Suite

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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 is an online discussion on 2 June - you should have received a mailing about this.  See London Quakers Calendar for details and links to the papers.

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 here ahead of the meeting 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
The agenda is likely to include:

Progress report from the London Development Group 
Approval of Terms of Reference for the London Development Group and for the Arrangements Group
Appointment of a Nominations Group (Names for members of the nominating group have already been sent by the 7 AMs)
Discussion of the papers on governance and finance/budget (links below)

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
Governance proposals

Proposed financial model for London Area Meeting

Proposed 2026 Budget for LAM

Things we hope to approve
Terms of reference for the Development Group

Terms of reference for the Arrangements Group

Planning for Meetings in 2026

 

Sun8

8 June 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People

London Preteen Meeting (10 - 14)

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 (click to open in new window/tab):
https://files.quaker.app/yrmzq5

Sat14

14 June 2025

Monthly Quaker Ramble

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 (click to open in new window/tab):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003

Sun15

15 June 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Sun22

22 June 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People

London Teenage Quaker Meeting

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!

Please sign up in advanced!  

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.

Website: London Teenage Quaker Meeting – London Link Group

Sun6

6 July 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Sat12

12 July 2025

Monthly Quaker Ramble

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 (click to open in new window/tab):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003

Sun20

20 July 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Sun27

27 July 2025 at 14:00 – 16:00 Children & Young People

London Teenage Quaker Meeting

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!

Please sign up in advanced!  

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.

Website: London Teenage Quaker Meeting – London Link Group

Sun3

3 August 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️

Sat9

9 August 2025

Monthly Quaker Ramble

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 (click to open in new window/tab):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334186189932003

Sun17

17 August 2025 at 17:00 – 18:00

Young Adult Quaker Meeting

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 ❤️