Greetings London Friends,
I am writing to introduce myself to you all.
My name is Kayla and I have been appointed to be the admin assistant supporting the work in establishing Quakers in London (QiL) through 2026. This is a part-time freelance role and I will be assisting on an as-needed basis.
This will include supporting the work of the London Quaker Property Trust (LQPT), the London Development Group (LDG) and QiL Committees to assist to ensure everything proceeds as smoothly as possible, and relieve some of the administrative burden on Friends who have taken on key roles in this process.
I am available via admin@quakersinlondon.org and can provide assistance answering questions or finding information you may need!
A bit more about me!
Local Meeting: Westminster local meeting (although I am originally from Canberra Northside Meeting in Canberra, Australia).
What do you see as the value of your role?: Often, administration is a significant burden on Friends’ service, and can take up time which may be more fruitfully employed elsewhere, enriching the spiritual life of the meeting and bringing our community together. My hope is that this role will allow me to lighten the load on role holders during this period of transition.
What about your role are you looking forward to?: I am looking forward to getting to know Friends across London to help ease the transition to QiL.
What’s your favourite Advice and Query? So hard to choose! However, a phrase I often return to is “attend to what love requires of you.” I think that this is an important direction toward deep reflection as to how we spend our finite time here at all stages of our lives. Asking simply what love requires of us – love of our community, our world, all life on earth, and also of ourselves can be an important grounding principle where so many different considerations contend to claim our days.
Your Friend,
Kayla
If you’d like to hear introductions from other role holders please let us know which roles you’d like to hear from in the comments!
