Quakers have ways of working that have grown out of our faith and may look unusual from the outside. This page has information about the tools and processes and the reasons they are used.

Information leaflets that are available to download:

Meeting for Listening

This leaflet describes meetings for listening is a way that Friends can gather to look at and explore issues that may be contentious, in a space created that can hold all those involved in tenderness and care.

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Clearness

A meeting for clearness offers a way of sounding out leadings and other questions of spiritual significance in the life an individual, or a couple in the case of marriage, to enable them to discern the way forward.

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Threshing Meetings

Guidance for holding a meeting at which a variety of different—and sometimes controversial opinions— can be openly expressed, often in order to defuse a situation before bringing it to a business meeting.

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Membership: Principles & Processes

This leaflet explores what Quaker membership is, the reasons membership is important to Quakers and how to become a member.

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Principles and testimonies: Nominations

An exploration and explanation of the Quaker nominations process for the appointment of Friends to roles in the Quaker community.

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Confidentiality

This leaflet considers general principles of confidentiality and examines confidentiality in formal conversations, business meetings and committees, and in minute writing.

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