Photo: Edinburgh Meeting House.

‘There was a spirit of hope present among us.’

Quakers in Scotland: Robin Waterston reports

‘There was a spirit of hope present among us.’

by Robin Waterston 5th December 2025

Over 100 Friends met for an important November event. There have been discussions and discernments about reorganising our structures for many years. Can we make them more sustainable and release more creativity? Or are there other ways of improving the use of our resources? The initial proposal was that all four Area Meetings (AMs) here should join with General Meeting to form one unified body.