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Woodbrooke is an international Quaker learning and research organisation based in Britain.

We provide opportunities for learning, connection and worship which are rooted in the Quaker tradition and open to all. We are an international Quaker learning and research organisation based in Britain. Our mission is to foster the ‘vital ministry’ of Quakers today and our learning programme allows participants to: deepen their understanding of the Quaker way, explore spirituality, support their communities and be inspired to bring about wider change the in world. Our Centre for Research in Quaker Studies provides formal opportunities for study and research in all areas of Quaker Studies including degree programmes in partnership with the University of Birmingham. We also conduct our own projects and provide support to independent researchers.

03/11/2026

Would you love to deepen your personal relationships? Would you like to connect to yourself with empathy? Do you long for greater compassion and love in public discourse? Join others to learn the basics of Nonviolent Communication.

Find out more: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/foundation-course-in-nonviolent-communication/

01/11/2026

Worship is the response of the human spirit to the presence of the divine and eternal, to the God who first seeks us. The sense of wonder and awe of the finite before the infinite leads naturally to thanksgiving and adoration.

Silent worship and the spoken word are both parts of Quaker ministry. The ministry of silence demands the faithful activity of every member in the meeting. As, together, we enter the depths of a living silence, the stillness of God, we find one another in ‘the things that are eternal’, upholding and strengthening one another.

1967; 1994
Quaker Faith and Practice 2.01

29/10/2026

Whatever your artistic practice, this course aims to build a safe non-hierarchical space of mutual support to help us all grow and flourish. The Artist’s Way serves to un-stifle the creative impulse and to liberate our inner artist.

Book your place: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/the-artists-way-a-spiritual-path-to-unlock-creativity/

27/10/2026

Leaning into Quaker traditions, participants can look forward to worship, reflection, journal writing and sharing in the opportunity of grounding ourselves more deeply in daily practise.

Find out more: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/drinking-deep-at-the-well-spiritual-practices-grounded-in-faith-and-love/

25/10/2026

Friends’ peace testimony challenges us all to be peace educators. We may not all be teachers, but we are all communicators, and we all need to be learners. Peace education should be seen as an integral part of our peace testimony. But it is essentially something one does, and not something one talks about… Learning, to be educated, means changing one’s behaviour, and peace education therefore aims at changing our own individual behaviour… We communicate our values by the manner of our lives, but how many of us negate the peaceful attitudes we fervently profess by our own aggressive behaviour?

Eva I Pinthus, 1982
Quaker Faith and Practice 23.84

22/10/2026

Being a Quaker elder can be inspiring but also challenging. This is a monthly space for those with eldership responsibilities to come together to consider and learn how to serve as an effective elder in your Quaker community. The focus of this session is 'Self-Nurture Session for Quaker Elders'.
For more information visit https://ow.ly/fMPC50ZXsW2

20/10/2026

What is at the root of the Quaker attitude to war, and the desire for peace and social justice? In what ways has this tradition been maintained over the centuries and how are we to inhabit that place as Friends today? What is it to enact a spirituality of peace?
For more information visit https://ow.ly/1xAh50ZXsNu

18/10/2026

Throughout life, rejoice in every aspect of friendship. Blessed indeed are those who enjoy a rich diversity of friends and who participate in many varying relationships. We all have the capacity of being sons and daughters, sisters and brothers, uncles and aunts, wives and husbands, metaphorically if not through blood-relationships. As well we are all both teachers and learners, both thinkers and workers, both employees and employers, nurses, parents and neighbours. We are most fortunate in being friends and lovers. True friendships grow in depth, understanding and mutual respect, as friends value ‘that of God’ in one another.

Elizabeth Seale Carnall, 1981
Quaker Faith and Practice 22.04

15/10/2026

In a different kind of session for Woodbrooke, we are inviting whole meetings to gather together after Meeting for Worship for a discussion. In this session Friends are invited to join us in an exploration of accessibility through shared learning and reflection.

Find out more: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/sunday-sessions-making-meeting-for-worship-accessible/

13/10/2026

As the year turns, we invite you to join us for this late afternoon retreat, to reflect on what you have sown and what you have harvested in 2026. What will you carry forward as soul nourishment for the coming year? What might need pruning, thinning or weeding?

Find out more: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/folding-unfolding-reflecting-on-the-past-year/

Address

The Woodbrooke Office, Fircroft College Of Adult Education, 1018 Bristol Road
Birmingham
B296LH

Telephone

+441217282360

Website

http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/

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