Quaker Faith and Practice
- living what we believe
Welcome to Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends) in Hampshire and the Islands
Hampshire and Islands Area Quaker Meeting
Registered Charity No. 1186058 (E&W)
Employers Liability certificate - Channel Islands - is here.
Employers Liability certificate - Mainland - is here.
Please see local meeting pages for information about the reopening of local meetings.
Our Area Meeting business meeting at 10 am on Saturday 13th February 2021 will be held online using Zoom.
The following link to join the Meeting will be open from 09.40 am on Saturday 13th:
Link here
If you need them, the Meeting ID is 816 7295 2578 and the Meeting Passcode is hiqamz.
To join with any phone without video, including a land line dial
0203 481 5237 or 0203 481 5240 and when requested use Meeting ID: 816 7295 2578 followed by #
Participant ID: #
Passcode: 561213 followed by #
If entering by phone without video use *6 for mute/unmute and *9 to indicate that you wish to speak. Those with video will see a raised hand on the part of the screen which represents you.
The following link to join the Meeting will be open from 09.40 am on Saturday 13th:
Link here
If you need them, the Meeting ID is 816 7295 2578 and the Meeting Passcode is hiqamz.
To join with any phone without video, including a land line dial
0203 481 5237 or 0203 481 5240 and when requested use Meeting ID: 816 7295 2578 followed by #
Participant ID: #
Passcode: 561213 followed by #
If entering by phone without video use *6 for mute/unmute and *9 to indicate that you wish to speak. Those with video will see a raised hand on the part of the screen which represents you.
Website updated on 6 April 2021
What Quakers believe
Quaker values are traditionally called 'testimonies': read more on the Quakers in Britain website here.
- to live with truth and integrity
- to promote justice, equality and community
- to live with simplicity and work for sustainability
- to work for peace
Quakers have no formal creeds.
"In the Religious Society of Friends we commit ourselves not to words but to a way."
Find out more about Quakers

Quaker faith & Practice (the "red book") is subtitled "The book of Christian discipline of the Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain". It is readable online here.
Quaker Quest aims to help you find out about the Quaker way of life. Details are here. Several local meetings have recently held Quaker Quest discussions.
Becoming Friends: Living and Learning with Quakers aims to support those who are new to Friends. Some local meetings are holding a series of discussions. Details of the programme are here including access to an online course.News

The quarterly national Quaker News magazine is on the Quakers in Britain website here.
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