Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend our money, to adopting a Concern.

Read minutes of Central England Area Business Meetings from January 2019 onwards.

Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take part for the first time, please speak to an Elder or Pastoral Care Friend at your Local Meeting.  The meeting will be chaired by a Clerk, who will introduce items of business to be discussed, and allow questions to be asked.  Members of the meeting sit silently in worship, reflecting on the matter in hand and try to Discern the way forward. Read more about Quaker structures.

As well as making decisions, Area Meetings are an opportunity to share fellowship with Friends from other Local Meetings: to “meet together and know one another in that which is eternal”. Several of our Area Meetings each year will be preceded by a workshop or other activity in the morning to help us explore an aspect of Quaker faith and practice. We will also have some Area Meetings that are simply a Meeting for Worship, with no business.

Upcoming Area Meetings:

	When & Where	Event
	25/01/2025 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Bull Street Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF	Area Meeting January 2025 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 representatives from a range of [...]
	22/02/2025 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Barnt Green & Redditch Quaker Meeting House, Barnt Green, B45 8NR	Area Meeting February 2025 - Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend our money, to adopting a Concern. Agenda items deadline 5th February. Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take [...]
	22/03/2025 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Cotteridge Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B30 1JB	Area Meeting March 2025 Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop 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 Save the date, more details will be provided nearer the time. Area Business Meeting Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to [...]
	24/04/2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Kings Heath Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B14 7PE	Area Meeting April 2025 - Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend our money, to adopting a Concern. Agenda items deadline 9th April. Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take [...]
	16/05/2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm at Selly Oak Quaker Meeting House, Selly Oak, Birmingham, B29 6NB	Area Meeting May 2025 Meeting for Worship (no business) - An opportunity for Quakers across our area to come together for worship (sometimes called a 'devotional area meeting').  There will be no business, simply a Meeting for Worship, and the opportunity for fellowship with Friends from other Local Meetings.
	28/06/2025 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Warwick Quaker Meeting House, Warwick, CV34 4AX	Area Meeting June 2025 Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop 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 Save the date, more details will be provided nearer the time. Area Business Meeting Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to [...]
	23/07/2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Hall Green Quaker Meeting House, Hall Green, Birmingham, B28 9BG	Area Meeting July 2025 - Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend our money, to adopting a Concern. Agenda items deadline 9th July. Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take [...]
	16/08/2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Sutton Coldfield Quaker Meeting House, Sutton Coldfield, B73 6HD	Area Meeting August 2025 Meeting for Worship (no business) with walk / cycle in the morning - An opportunity for Quakers across our area to come together for worship (sometimes called a 'devotional area meeting').  There will be no business, simply a Meeting for Worship, and the opportunity for fellowship with Friends from other Local Meetings. Our worship will be preceded by guided walk and cycle in Sutton Park in the morning, [...]
	27/09/2025 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Coventry Quaker Meeting House, Coventry, CV1 4AN	Area Meeting September 2025 Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop 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 Save the date, more details will be provided nearer the time. Area Business Meeting Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to [...]
	23/10/2025 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Bournville Quaker Meeting House, Bournville Birmingham, B30 1JT	Area Meeting October 2025 - Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to make decisions: from how Quakers spend our money, to adopting a Concern. Agenda items deadline 8th October. Anyone who is part of our Quaker community can attend these meetings and take part in decision making: if you would like to take [...]
	22/11/2025 10:45 am - 5:00 pm at Bull Street Quaker Meeting House, Birmingham, B4 6AF	Area Meeting November 2025 Workshop 10:45-12:45, Business 14:00-17:00 - An all-day Area Meeting, with a workshop 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 Save the date, more details will be provided nearer the time. Area Business Meeting Our Area Business Meeting is a special type of Meeting for Worship used to [...]