About learning with Woodbrooke
Woodbrooke’s learning programmes seek to support, inform and transform Quakers and others as individuals and communities. Through our learning we hope to nourish spiritual development, strengthen the Quaker community and enable and encourage work for a peaceful and just world.
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Quaker in Europe
Modules will include Quaker history, worship, process, testimony and experience. Texts, videos, galleries, quizzes and links to further resources will provide the main course content, with sharing forums and weekly Zoom sessions enhancing our learning together. This course has been developed and newly revised in collaboration with EMES. It is free and open to all, whether new or experienced Friends.
Welcoming Difference: Neurodiversity
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of neurodiversity and how social attitudes, structures, and expectations can include or exclude. The course is for anyone involved in meetings, community life, or work with children and young people who wants to grow in confidence, compassion, and practical awareness and to create spaces where difference is affirmed rather than managed. Across three two-hour
Britain Yearly Meeting: What’s Changing and Why
In this session, Sarah Donaldson, Senior Change Leader: Quaker Governance for Britain Yearly Meeting, will explain what is changing and why, and how these developments will shape participation in future Yearly Meeting sessions. She will explore in detail the new process and pattern of meetings across the year, the evolving rhythm of discernment, and how agendas will be brought forward
