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
Why come to Quaker meeting for worship? - Tim Gee, General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation (the body that represents Quakers around the world) shares what he finds meaningful about attending Quaker meetings for worship, for the Quakers in Britain blog. The theme for Quaker Week… Continue Reading Witness for Peace & Justice this autumn - Our project Peace Hub shares a reminder of Peace Babs for those who would like to 'do something', but aren't sure where to begin; and opportunities for those who already feeling confident to witness for peace & social justice. Peace… Continue Reading Peace and Police - A video interview with Quaker Rajan Naidu with with online news outlet Real Media. Rajan reflects on his experience of taking action with Defend our Juries, being arrested and being accused of assault and obstruction, which he denies. There is… Continue Reading See all our news
Events
- George Richardson Lecture 2026 08/09/2026 Online. Quakers and Nazis: The Stories We Tell – In the 2026 George Richardson Lecture, David Harrington Watt will examine how writers from the 1930s to the present have described Quaker encounters with Nazism, highlighting the major themes that emerge from those accounts. In the 1930s and 1940s, members of the Society of Friends pursued a number of remarkable,…
- Good Design for All 13/09/2026 at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge. Britain's Democratic Design Revolutions – An illustrated talk by Kayleigh Davies, as part of the Heritage Open Days programme at Stourbridge Quakers. Kayleigh is an auction specialist and antiques expert with 15 years of experience in the trade. She has appeared as an expert on Cash in the Attic and is a regular media commentator on…
- Film: People's Emergency Briefing 19/09/2026 at Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham. Screenings at 4pm and 7:45pm – A sobering wake-up call took place at Westminster’s Central Methodist Hall on 27 Nov 2025, the ‘first of its kind’ National Emergency Briefing. Mike Berners-Lee joined with nine climate scientists to present clear and concise explanations of the threats to our health, our food, our national security from our changing…
Area Meeting September 2026 26/09/2026 at Stourbridge Quaker Meeting House, Stourbridge. Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 – An all-day Area Meeting, with a crafting workshop in the morning 10.45am-12.45pm (arrivals and drinks from 10:15am), lunch will be provided at 1pm, and then business meeting 2pm-5pm. In the morning workshop we will be crafting together, either bring your own craft to work on or come and make something…
- Mysticism: a key to justice and peace? 27/09/2026 Online. Belief in Dialogue Online Interfaith Forum – Rhiannon Grant of Central England Quakers will be part of an interfaith panel organised by the Belief in Dialogue Forum (who promote 'Honest Questions and Frank Answers: Discussions among the World’s Religious and Nonreligious Communities'). One definition of the mystical is personal spiritual experience of the transcendent or the Divine.…
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