Category: London Development

This group has been working together on the development of the single London Area meeting since March 2024, all the minutes of our meetings can be found on the QiL website.  We now have three part-time paid free-lancers supporting our work: Sarah Donaldson focusing on project management and legal matters; Linda Craig working on the financial aspects and Kayla Hemsley appointed to support the administration of QiL and the LDG work.

This short report highlights the main matters we are dealing with at the moment:

• Preparing a listing of the further matters for discernment in 2026 by JLAM.
• Preparation of legal documents for the merger of existing Area Meeting charities and a timetable for required discernment leading to merger.
• Preparation of guidance for friends on how we will assume individual membership within the new QiL charity.
• Preparation of plans for the consolidation of AM funds across London and the management of day to day costs and income generated.
• Planning for further briefing meetings with AM Clerks and AM Trustees.

The LDG consists of Friends from each of the current AMs and LQPT, who are here to answer your questions and pass on any concerns, please reach out to them.

With 35 Local Meetings and hundreds of Quakers scattered across the city, good communication is really important. As well as containing everything you’d hope from a newsletter, The Quill hopes to be more than just updates, papers and events. The hope is that it will also serve to build our worshipping community and deepen our relationships with one another.

So, your input matters.

As well as practical information, The Quill will include articles, resources and stories about what is going on throughout the city. If your Local meeting has tried something out that might inspire others to try the same, The Quill wants to hear it. If you’ve come across a really great resource you’d love to share, send it to The Quill. If there’s a Quaker story you want to tell, The Quill’s the place.

As long as it relates to the Quaker community in London, we want to know.