Central England Quakers is a group of Quaker Meetings within the Midlands: including the cities of Birmingham and Coventry, the Black Country, and the surrounding areas. Join us for Meeting for Worship, and to experience friendship and community.
News
Podcast on Quaker History - Just before Christmas, the History Extra Podcast had an episode about Quaker history with Ben Pink Dandelion as the expert. It's available via all the usual apps for podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify to listen to for free: it's… Continue Reading Vacancies – January 2025 - Central England Area Quaker Meeting Charities is looking for a part-time Meeting House Manager for Cotteridge Meeting House. There are also vacancies with Birmingham Faith Climate Action Partnership and Workcare which Friends may be interested in. Meeting House Manager -… Continue Reading 
Happy Christmas from Central England Quakers - Wishing everyone a happy and peaceful time over the festive period. This will be the final Newsfeed of the year, while our website administrator takes a break. We look forward to 2025. There are several special events over Christmas and… Continue ReadingAward-Winning Peer Mediators - Our project Peacemakers were thrilled to hear last week that one of the schools they trained in Peer Mediation won an award from the National Mediation Awards. The National Mediation Awards 2024 are the nation’s groundbreaking mediation awards, covering mediation in… Continue Reading See all our news
Events
- Support Peaceful Midlands Arms Trade Resistance 20/01/2025 - 22/01/2025 at Walsall Magistrates Court, Walsall. – On 1st November 2023 six people disrupted the SDSC-UK Arms Fair by chaining themselves to the gates of the Telford International Centre. They include four Quakers from CEQ meetings and they are due to face trial at Walsall Magistrates Court on the rearranged date of 20th-22nd January 2025. Friends are…
- Pray24Brum 2025 24/01/2025 - 25/01/2025 at Trinity Birmingham, Small Heath. CEQ-led hour from 5pm Friday – Quakers are invited to join this hybrid ecumenical prayer event. CEQ will be offering an hour of prayer at 5pm on the Friday, and this is also an opportunity to experience prayer from other Christian traditions. Pray24Brum is an opportunity to begin the New Year praying together with other Christians…
- Line Management Workshop 25/01/2025 at Bull Street Quaker Meeting, Birmingham. – CEQ Employment Committee is hosting a Line Management workshop. All Quaker line managers within Central England are invited, as are other members and attenders who are interested or have line management experience which they could share. The workshop will finish in time for the Area Meeting Activities Fayre starting at…
Area Meeting January 2025 25/01/2025 at Bull Street Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham. Activities Fayre over Lunch, Business & children's actvities 14:00-17:00 – Our Area Meeting, with an Activities Fayre over lunch 12pm-2pm, and then Business Meeting 2pm-5pm, with a parallel Children's Party. In the morning employment committee are running a workshop on line management, which will finish in time for the Activities Fayre. Activities Fayre The Activities Fayre will include information and…
- Midlands Green Quakers 28/01/2025 Online. supporting our campaigning activities – Midlands Green Quakers is a network of Friends from across the region who share a concern about the climate and ecological emergency. Our first network sessions of 2025 will focus on supporting our campaigning activities. Together we’ll support one another with our climate justice and sustainability actions, including everything from…
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