In addition to Meetings for Worship we host a variety of events, including talks, discussions, and open days. Read about our past events here.
Our next events are listed below.
9 April 2025Interfaith event
Venue: TBC
Wimbledon Quakers Ali Wallace and Ben Mango will be talking about the climate emergency and activism
Further details to follow
12 April 2025 at 10:30 – 16:30 Learning about Quakers
Venue: City Lit, Keeley Street
Quaker 'discernment' is used by big business for consensus decision-making, while Quakers are often invited to areas of conflict as mediators and peace-builders. This introduction to Quakers tries to explain why.
The course tutor is Bruce Johnson who was born into a Quaker family and had a Quaker education, but only became a Quaker in his 40s. Since then he has held numerous roles in several Quaker organisations, including organising the Quakers in Business annual conference in 2018.
Please visit the City Lit website to register. The event costs £69 (discounts for seniors and concessions).
20 April 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
22 April 2025 at 18:00 London wide event
Venue: Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, NW1 2BJ
Quaker Jenifer Kavanagh will be discussing her new book: Thread of Life which is a portrait of the twentieth century - its times of war and peace - seen through the lives of three generations of Jewish women.
27 April 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
27 April 2025 at 12:00 – 12:45 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Esher Adult Education Centre, The School House, 19 Esher Green, Esher, KT10 8AA
Every fourth Sunday, following meeting for worship, Esher friends look at a different theme from Advices & Queries.
The forty-two Advices & Queries are short examinations of subjects as varied as the stages of life, tolerance of others, personal integrity and much more. They are revised every forty or so years. They are intended to make us think and influence the way we act, but they are not instructions.
4 May 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
4 May 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Richmond Friends Meeting House, 1 Retreat Road, Richmond, TW9 1NN
Did you go to a Quaker school? If so, how did it equip you? How do our Quaker values apply to mainstream education in the 21st century?
Please join us for this Meeting for Learning which will be led by Richmond Elder Anna Barlow.
6 May 2025 at 19:00 – 20:30 Interfaith event
Venue: Kensington Unitarians, 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, Notting Hill, W8 4RT
The Hope Flowers is an independent, integrated private school now located in the village of Al-Khader in the southern Bethlehem area. It provides a full curriculum of basic education, with a philosophy dedicated to education for peace and democracy. Since 1992 it has been delivering workshops on peace education for both Palestinians and Israelis, working with a cadre of volunteers from Israel and beyond.
To read more about the event and book a place please visit the HopeFlowers website.
7 May 2025 at 19:00 London wide event
Venue: St Anne's Church, SW18 2RS
Speakers include Andy Davy, the Governor of Wandsworth Prison, Adrian Usher, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman, and Natasha Porter, CEO of Graduates Unlocked. Spoken word performer Errol McGlashan will be performing.
The campaign was inspired by a talk on prison reform given at Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House in December 2023 by Liz Bridge, former Quaker Prison Chaplain at HMP Wandsworth and Dr Steve Foster, Associate Professor in Law at coventry University.
You can read more about the 2023 event here.
You can read about progress on the campaign here.
11 May 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
13 May 2025 at 19:00 Interfaith event
Venue: Sacred Heart Church Hall, Downside Bridge Road, cobham, KT11 2HL
Quakers in the Elmbridge Multi Faith Forum invite you to Faith in a Changing World: Challenges for Young People Today with keynote speaker Kayte Cable of the Big Leaf Foundation.
19:00 for 19:20 start
If you would like a parking space please email jackie@fosterja.co.uk with your car registration number.
16 May 2025 at 19:00 Climate event
Venue: St Mark's Church, St Mark's Place, WimbledonSW19 7ND
Isabel isn't interested learning any more about the climate crisis and suspects that you aren't either. Her single minded focus is on all the solutions we can find and enjoy.
An author, comedienne and environmentalist, Isabel explores 'how to practise without preaching' in the way we bank, heat our homes, travel, garden, dress, holiday, shop, lobby, volunteer, eat, furnish our homes and organise our digital lives.
Entry is free but donations are welcome
18 May 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
22 June 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
22 June 2025 at 12:00 – 12:45 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Esher Adult Education Centre, The School House, 19 Esher Green, Esher, KT10 8AA
Every fourth Sunday, following meeting for worship, Esher friends look at a different theme from Advices & Queries.
The forty-two Advices & Queries are short examinations of subjects as varied as the stages of life, tolerance of others, personal integrity and much more. They are revised every forty or so years. They are intended to make us think and influence the way we act, but they are not instructions.
29 June 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
29 June 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House, 59 Wandsworth High Street, SW18 2PT
Maggie Foyer of Wandsworth Quaker Meeting will speak about her experience of Palestine.
6 July 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
6 July 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Richmond Friends Meeting House, 1 Retreat Road, Richmond, TW9 1NN
We are delighted that the UK’s pre-eminent Nixon scholar Emeritus Professor Iwan Morgan of University College London, author of Nixon (Reputations) published in 2002, joins us to discuss Nixon’s Quaker upbringing in evangelical 1920s California and to consider whether it is time to re-evaluate this most complex of presidents.
How did his faith shape or obfuscate his political and financial decision making?
How did he use his birth Quaker heritage to craft his political narrative? And what can we learn to equip us for current turbulent times?
13 July 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
16 July 2025 at 19:00 – 21:00 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Online
The Quaker Business Method is a unique decision-making process rooted in spiritual discernment and direct democracy. It emphasises attentive listening and seeking unity on a decision. The approach is drawn on beyond Quakers to help organisations which are wrestling with thorny issues.
Booking is essential and the charge for the session is £10
20 July 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
27 July 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
27 July 2025 at 12:00 – 13:00 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Wandsworth Quaker Meeting House, 59 Wandsworth High Street, SW18 2PT
Wandsworth Quaker Clive Mann will speak of his recent experience of a Quaker retreat
27 July 2025 at 12:00 – 12:45 Learning about Quakers
Venue: Esher Adult Education Centre, The School House, 19 Esher Green, Esher, KT10 8AA
Every fourth Sunday, following meeting for worship, Esher friends look at a different theme from Advices & Queries.
The forty-two Advices & Queries are short examinations of subjects as varied as the stages of life, tolerance of others, personal integrity and much more. They are revised every forty or so years. They are intended to make us think and influence the way we act, but they are not instructions.
3 August 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
10 August 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
17 August 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
23 August 2025London wide event
Venue:
Junior Gathering is a week long Quaker gathering for young people aged 11 to 14. It is an exciting and busy week packed with activities and a chance to meet new people and have fun in a Quaker environment.
Dates: 23rd to 30th August 2025
Venue: Leighton Park School, Reading
Cost: £590
Ages 11 to 14 years old (friends born between 1st September 2010 and 31st August 2014, inclusive)
Theme: Global issues regarding conflict and climate change
For further information and to book please visit the event website.
23 August 2025London wide event
Venue:
Senior Conference is a spiritual gathering and Quaker conference run by and for young people aged 15 to 18; a place of friendship, laughter, and reflection, which builds a strong and supportive community over the course of the week, and friendships which last for a lifetime.
For more information and to book a place please visit
Date: 23rd – 30th August 2025
Venue: Leighton Park School, Reading
Cost: £590
Ages: 15 to 18 years old (young friends born between 1st September 2006 and 31st August 2010, inclusive)
Theme: Embracing our differing truths within a community
24 August 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.
31 August 2025 at 10:30 – 11:30 Meeting for worship
Venue: Esher, Kingston, Richmond, Wandsworth, Wimbledon
Join one of our meetings for worship at 10:30 on any Sunday. Find out where we meet here.