Calendar

This listing includes events and activities in the north of Britain and further afield, Quaker and non-Quaker. Where we are not the organiser, we  give links to the groups or individuals to contact where we have these.
Please let us know of any additions or changes that are needed

• February 2026

  • Wednesday 18 to Wednesday 25 Mar — Foundation Course in Nonviolent Communication
    Woodbrooke Course. Weds 7-9.14pm. Details here.
  • Monday 23 to Friday 3 Apr — Drawing Hope: Children’s Art for Peace
    Friend's House, Euston Road, London. Details here.

• March 2026

  • Tuesday 3 to Tuesday 24 — In search of Stillness: A Simple Meditation for Inner Peace
    Woodbrooke course, Tues 7-9pm. Details here.
  • Thursday 5 to Sunday 24 May — Healing Through Remembering: Everyday Objects Transformed Through Conflict
    Exhibition. Details here.
  • Friday 13 to Sunday 15 — Hope for the Future in Dark & Difficult Times
    QCCIR/Woodbrooke conference. Details here.
  • Friday 13 to Sunday 15 — Storytelling for Restoration & Connection
    Rookhow course. Details here.
  • Saturday 14 — No To Nuclear – Manchester Book Launch Conversation
    CND event. 2pm-4pm. Cross Street Chapel. Details here.
  • Saturday 14 — Stop the Nuclear Nightmare Scottish CND National demonstration
    1-3pm. More information here
  • Tuesday 17 — Defend our Right to Protest – Mass lobby of Parliament
    mass lobby of parliament to defend our right to protest, jointly organised by civil society organisations including Amnesty International UK, Greenpeace, Liberty, Quakers in Britain, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, and many trade unions.    https://www.quaker.org.uk/events/right-to-protest-mass-lobby 
  • Tuesday 17 — Resourcing and Resilience for Social Justice
    Woodbrooke Course. 7-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Thursday 19 — No to Nuclear: Shipley book launch & talk
    CND event. 5-7pm. Dandelion Cafe. Details here.
  • Tuesday 24 — Quiet Diplomacy: Connection and Community
    Woodbrooke Course. 7-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Thursday 26 — Huddersfield QM Annual Peace Lecture with Rachel Julian
    7.30pm. Friends' Meeting House, Huddersfield. 'How we keep going in turbulent times?'. Details here.
  • Tuesday 31 — Quakers in Wartime: the Friends Ambulance Unit and ‘Children of China Convoy’
    Woodbrooke Course. 7-8.30pm. Details here.

• April 2026

  • Wednesday 1 to Monday 6 — Lakenheath International Peace Camp
    Details here.
  • Thursday 2 to Thursday 3 Sep — Exploring our Quaker roots: moving toward repair
    Woodbrooke course. Looking at Quaker reparations. 6 month course, every 1st Thursday of the month. Details here.
  • Saturday 11 to Friday 17 — Rewilding Your Spirituality.
    Iona Community week. Details here.
  • Saturday 11 — The Values Crisis: A Yorkshire Conference
    By Settle Quaker Meeting at Settle Methodist Church 10.30pm-4pm. Details here.
  • Tuesday 14 — Resourcing and Resilience for Social Justice
    Woodbrooke Course. 7-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Tuesday 21 — Peace Within: Forgiving Ourselves
    Woodbrooke course. 7-9pm. Details here.
  • Friday 24 to Sunday 26 — Healing From Conflict conference
    Fellowship of Reconciliation Kents Park, Milton Keynes. Details here.
  • Tuesday 28 — Quaker Concern: From Awarenes to Action
    Woodbrooke course. 7-9pm. Details here.
  • Tuesday 28 — Quaker Concern: From Awareness to Action
    Woodbrooke Course. 7-9pm. Details here.

• May 2026

  • Monday 11 to Monday 15 Jun — People Need People: Radical Communing
    Woodbrooke course, every Monday except May 25th. 6-8pm. Details here.
  • Wednesday 13 to Wednesday 17 Jun — Making Peace With Conflict: Skills for Difficult Conversations
    Woodbrooke Course. Every Weds 7pm-9. Details here.
  • Friday 15 to Sunday 17 — Cultivating Peace: 12 Habits of a Reconciler
    Rookhow course. Details here.
  • Friday 15 — International Conscientious Objectors’ Day
    Everywhere.

• June 2026

  • Tuesday 2 to Tuesday 30 — Aritficial Intelligence: Angel or Armageddon?
    Woodbrooke course. Every Tuesday 7-8.30pm. Details here.
  • Saturday 13 — Peace testimony event – HOLD THE DATE and watch this space
    a gathering for inspiration, challenge, encouragement and connection - contact us if you want to know more about this day as plans develop https://nfpb.org.uk/lopt2026/
  • Saturday 20 to Friday 26 — Practising hope (limited availability)
    Iona community week. Details here.

• July 2026

  • Thursday 23 — Reckoning With ‘Principled Impartiality’ in Palestine and Israel
    Woodbrooke course. 10am-12. Details here.

• August 2026

  • Thursday 6 — Hiroshima Day
    Everywhere.
  • Sunday 9 — Nagasaki Day
    Everywhere.

• September 2026

  • Wednesday 16 — Black Lives Matter: Challenging the School to Prison Pipeline
    Woodbrooke course. 1.30-3pm. Details here.
  • Monday 21 — International Day of Peace
    UN Day of awareness.
  • Wednesday 23 to Wednesday 28 Oct — Creating a Non-Violent World
    Woodbrooke course. 7-9.15pm. Details here.

• October 2026

  • Sunday 11 to Sunday 18 — Week of Prayer for World Peace
  • Friday 16 to Sunday 18 — A Foundation Training in Non Violent Communication
    Rookhow course. Details here.
  • Saturday 17 to Friday 23 — Politics, Power and Protest
    Iona community week. Details here.

• November 2026

  • Tuesday 3 to Wednesday 4 Mar — Encounter Retreat at Quaker Council for European Affairs Brussels
    Details here.

• March 2027

  • Friday 12 to Sunday 14 — Active Hope
    with Gareth Thomas. Rookhow course. Details here.