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Welcome to the Quakers in Yorkshire website. We hope it directs you to the information you would like about our activities. Most Quaker meetings have their own contact details, which will give you additional help.

This page will point you to: our recent news; items about quarterly meetings; future events

April 2025 Newsletter

April 2025 Quarterly Meeting

The Spring Quarterly Meeting was held on Saturday 26 April at Doncaster. In the morning there was a session on The spiritual benefits of simplification, led by Paul Parker. In the afternoon the meeting explored Peace, led by Bridget Holtom.

Spiritual benefits of simplicity talk

Reports and minutes of the sessions will be posted here.

Youth and all-age events planned for 2025

Click on links for further details

Yorkshire Friends Holiday School Reunion, Huddersfield, 14-16 February. School years 9-13
Junior Holidays. Raywell Park, Hull. 16-18 May. School years 3-7.
Link Group: Barnsley Meeting House. 27-29 June. School years 7-13.
Yorkshire Quaker Camp, Fell Edge, Ilkley. 8-11 August. Any age. Families subsidised.
Yorkshire Friends Holiday School. 17-24 August. 13-21 year olds.
Junior Holidays: Juniors. 26-28 September. School years 3-5.
Link Group: Barmoor. 5-7 December. School years 7-13.

Simplifying governance

The Yorkshire Quaker Governance Group has published proposals for a single Yorkshire charity as the merger of the existing area meeting charities. See here for full details

Yorkshire families outreach project

Jo and Craig explain their new outreach project to families, funded by Quakers in Yorkshire.

Fox 400 Audio Project – What canst thou say?

This audio project captures the voices of Yorkshire Quakers answering the following two questions:

What do you do in Meeting for Worship?
What do you experience in Meeting for Worship?

Listen to the Fox Audio Project

Yorkshire Quaker Camp

Friday 8th – Monday 11th August 2025

Due to very high demand, this camp is currently fully booked. We expect some cancellations, and you can sign up for the waiting list here: Yorkshire Quaker Camp – Quakers in Yorkshire

This fun-filled, intergenerational event will be at the Fell Edge campsite near Ilkley. This beautiful eco-friendly site includes a teepee, trampoline, composting toilets and a barn with sprung dance floor for music and dancing. The camp will be affordable for everyone, and we will all take a share of cooking and other tasks together. There are also some options for local B&B accommodation for those who are unable to camp.

For further information, please contact: camp@quakersinyorkshire.org.uk

January 2025 Newsletter and Quarterly Meeting

Download a pdf of the Newsletter

The first Quarterly Meeting in 2025 was held at Carlton Hill Meeting House, Leeds on Saturday 18 January.

Minutes and presentations can be found here

Activities for young people

Jo Baynham (Yorkshire Youth Development Worker) arranges many activities for young people.

Go to the Youth Activity page for more information

Quaker Renewal in Yorkshire

Craig Barnett (Yorkshire Local Development Worker) helps meetings with activities aimed to grow Quakerism in Yorkshire.

Go to Local Development Worker page

Quakers in Yorkshire publishes a quarterly newsletter to coincide with quarterly meetings. The newsletters are on the Quarterly Meeting page and sent by email to those who request a copy.

Farfield Meeting House

The historic Farfield Meeting House, near Ilkley is always open to visitors. From April to October, there is a simple meeting for worship on the third Thursday of each month at 2.30pm. The first date is Thursday 17 April. Further information on Farfield Meeting House here.

Quarterly Meetings

Quakers in Yorkshire holds quarterly meetings which are open to all Friends to attend, in January, April, July and October.

The newsletters, programmes, reports and minutes are stored here on this website by year:

2024, 2023, 2022, earlier years