Meeting for Sufferings: Listed Informal Groups

The recommendations of the Listed Informal Groups Review Group were reported to Meeting for Sufferings

by Tara Craig 11th December 2015

Joycelin Dawes, of the Listed Informal Groups Review Group, reported on a review into Britain Yearly Meeting’s relationship with Listed Informal Groups. The review group made a number of recommendations. They proposed a new ‘Quaker Recognised Bodies’ system, that would see groups falling into one of three broad categories: linked (to other Quaker bodies, typically Area Meetings or Central Committees), externally regulated (for instance, by councils) and free-standing. Registration and de-registration would be the responsibility of Meeting for Sufferings.