Yorkshire Quakers website

This is the website for Yorkshire Quakers, the new charity serving Quakerism throughout the region.

The website contains news, information, background and links for Quaker activities coming under  Yorkshire Quakers. 

Consultation

A consultation has been started on how Yorkshire Quakers should operate.  The proposals can be found here

Consulation video

Watch a short video introducing the consultation

Online consultation sessions

Yorkshire Quakers has arranged two online consultation sessions to describe the proposals for how Yorkshire Quakers might operate and hear feedback and answer questions.

Tuesday 13 January 2026, 7:30-8:30 pm
Thursday 22 January 2026, 7:30-8:30 pm

The zoom link to join the sessions is as follows and will be open from 7.15pm.

ZOOM LINK
Meeting ID: 958 358 2690
Passcode: K86234

Object of Yorkshire Quakers

The new charity is being formed by the merger of up to seven Area Meeting charities and Quakers in Yorkshire.  The objects of Yorkshire Quakers is the furtherance of the general religious and charitable purposes of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain.

The specific objects in the region are :

  1. strengthening the life and witness of Quakers;
  2. spreading the message of Quakers;
  3. undertaking Quaker service for the relief of suffering at home and abroad;
  4. funding Quaker concerns in the region;
  5. providing for the pastoral care of individual Members and Attenders including assistance to those in need and for education;
  6. maintaining and developing Quaker meeting houses as places for public worship and from which to carry our witness into the world;
  7. administering and maintaining the organisation of the Area Meetings;
  8. facilitating contact between Quakers of all ages, and providing opportunities for training and mutual support for those with special responsibilities.