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.
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Support for survivors of abuse - Content note: contains reference to to childhood abuse. QWSCSA are a group of women survivors, meeting four times a year, providing mutual support in a safe and understanding environment. Continue Reading Quaker Truth & Integrity Award - Nominations for the Quaker Truth & Integrity Award 2026 are now open and will close on 30 April. This will be the fourth such award. Last year, it was made to two outstanding recipients: Phil Laurie for his activism grounded… Continue Reading 
Listening for Life in the Silence - Mercy Nasenya Miroya is a Quaker from Kenya, who visited Bull St Meeting last year as part of a tour for young adult Friends, organised by Friends World Committee for Consultation. Mercy has contributed an article 'Listening for Life in… Continue ReadingContinuing Yearly Meeting - In 2024, Britain Yearly Meeting discerned that it should move to a continuing Yearly Meeting. The transition to this new way of meeting is happening this year, and more details and dates are now available. The 'old model' is continuing… Continue Reading 
Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers - Stourbridge Quakers Lynn Morris and Henry Beakbane review a new book 'Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers' by Erica Canela, published Sept 2025 by Pen and Sword Books. According to the frontispiece, ‘The early Quakers were a group… Continue ReadingSee all our news
Events
- Ways of Being an Area Meeting 07/03/2026 at The Priory Rooms, Birmingham. Can change for our Area Meeting be positive? – Come and share ideas and concerns about how we might adapt with the changes to other Area Meetings around us. Come and hear about how things are changing in other parts of Britain Yearly Meeting including Wales and Scotland. Come if you feel optimistic; come if you feel worried; come…
Area Meeting March 2026 28/03/2026 at Bournville Quaker Meeting House, Bournville Birmingham. Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 – An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop on 'the Shape of Quaker Spirituality' in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch which will be provided, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. Workshop: The Shape of Quaker Spirituality In this 'Woodbrooke where you are' session, led by Stuart Masters, we…
Intervisitation Sundays 29/03/2026 at Quaker Meetings across Central England , . – On 5th Sundays in a month Friends are encouraged to visit other Local Meetings, to build fellowship across our area. This intervisitation is informal - simply find another Quaker Meeting and join their Meeting for Worship, or be ready to welcome visitors to your Meeting. Find another Meeting to visit.
Friends Cinema 03/04/2026 at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green. Special showing for Good Friday - a biblical epic – Barnt Green & Redditch Quakers invite you to a special film showing for Easter - all welcome. A biblical epic: a drunk and disillusioned Marcellus Gallio (Richard Burton), wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius…
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