Quaker Life Central Committee, supported by the discernment of Quaker Life Representative Council Planning Group, has decided that now is the right time to lay down Quaker Life Representative Council (QLRC). This decision will be reported to Meeting for Sufferings in Spring 2026.
QLRC was created as a “two-way channel of communication for education, inspiration and consultation" and “so that Friends can share both spiritual and practical experience of living their Quaker lives" (Quaker Faith & Practice 8.09). This sharing and communication is still vital, and the decision to lay down QLRC can be seen as an indication of the success of new ways of working and communicating, and a joyful opportunity to simplify structures.
Some of the ways Friends can continue to be involved in communication, education, inspiration and sharing our Quaker lives are:
- Yearly Meeting – From 2026 there will be several sessions a year.
- Quaker Life networks for Outreach, Youth, children & families, Children and young people's events, Chaplaincy
- Connect with your Development worker
- Quake! weekly email newsletter and other newsletters and role-holder updates from Quakers in Britain and Woodbrooke
- Revising Quaker faith & practice
- One-off themed events like the Future of British Quakerism conference held in 2024 and Radical Hearts, Open Minds days held in 2025.