Southern Marches Area Quaker Meeting
Southern Marches Area Quaker Meeting (SMAQM) covers a large geographic area from southern Herefordshire to mid-Shropshire and into mid-Wales. The Area Meeting has some of the oldest continually-used Friends Meeting Houses and is an active Quaker community.
Quakers in Britain
Quakers in Britain have a complex structure made up of different meetings, groups and committees. Britain Yearly Meeting is the charitable organisation which supports and works on behalf of all Quakers in Britain.
Discovering Quakers
Discovering Quakers is a grassroots Quaker outreach initiative that provides a first point of contact for people curious about Quakers. We promote Quakers nationally through social media and our website, produce an enquirers’ email newsletter every two weeks, run weekly online events for enquirers, and publish Quaker books.
Crynwyr Cymru – Quakers in Wales (CCQW)
Crynwyr Cymru – Quakers in Wales (CCQW) is the organisation which draws together Quakers who live or worship in Wales. It works with the four associated area meetings in Wales and Southern Marches. It normally comes together three times a year to worship and plan the work.
Woodbrooke
Woodbrooke is an international Quaker learning and research organisation based in Britain. They provide opportunities for learning, connection and worship which are rooted in the Quaker tradition and open to all. Their mission is to foster the ‘vital ministry’ of Quakers today and their learning programme allows participants to: deepen their understanding of the Quaker way, explore spirituality, support their communities and be inspired to bring about wider change the in world.
Almeley Village
Almeley is a rural village in southern Herefordshire.
The Pales
The Pales is a Historic Meeting House and burial ground with a Cottage attached, situated in a peaceful hillside setting in Powys close to its border with Herefordshire.
It is the oldest Quaker Meeting house in Wales and is of great emotional and spiritual significance to many both within and without the Quaker community. In July 2023 Friends agreed to gift The Pales to Addoldai Cymru, The Welsh Religious Building Trust thus ensuring its successful future.