From summer school to shindig

50 years of Northern Young Friends

by Bronwen and Roz Currie 14th October 2010

Some time around 1961 or 1962 a residential gathering for Quaker teenagers in Scotland and the north of England was held for the first time. Over the following half-century it changed its name and moved house several times. But two things have not changed: the commitment and loyalty of the staff team, and the spiritual growth and opportunities for friendship experienced by the young participants, many of whom come from scattered rural Meetings where they may never come across another Quaker teenager.