Huddersfield Quaker Meeting

Huddersfield Quaker Meeting Huddersfield Friends warmly invite you to come to our Meeting for Worship which takes place every Sunday from 10.30 am to 11.30 am.

Children’s Meeting is every Sunday. Shared lunch monthly on last Sunday For room hire please phone our caretaker Kim O'Brien on 07788 477148
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Our postcode is HD1 4TR (NB the entrance is on CHURCH STREET opposite a small block of flats called Church View. Your satnav may take you down the narrow Quaker Lane where there is no entrance to the Meeting House).

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s' is the shorthand term for the Religious Society of Friends which was founded as a radical Christian movement in 17th century England. Today, Quakers come from all walks of life and continue to uphold a progressive religious approach. Quakers hold Meetings for Worship which means that we come together in silence and try to open ourselves to the deeper levels of our experience. Quakers have no paid clergy to lead or interpret our spiritual life and it is open to anyone who feels moved by the spirit to make a spoken contribution. Quakers recognise the equal worth and unique nature of every person. This means working to change the systems that cause injustice and hinder true community. It also means working with people who are suffering from injustice, as well as with people such as prisoners and asylum seekers. Follow us on Twitter at

A week to go! Looking forward to hearing the excellent Rachel Julian
19/03/2026

A week to go! Looking forward to hearing the excellent Rachel Julian

Our brilliant peace lecturer this year
18/03/2026

Our brilliant peace lecturer this year

Free event and everybody welcome.
17/03/2026

Free event and everybody welcome.

Two weeks today! Rachel Julian is a brilliant speaker and this will be very pertinent for all of us.
12/03/2026

Two weeks today! Rachel Julian is a brilliant speaker and this will be very pertinent for all of us.

Very worthwhile listening to Professor Paul Rogers, from the peace studies and international development department at B...
08/03/2026

Very worthwhile listening to Professor Paul Rogers, from the peace studies and international development department at Bradford University on what is happening in the world at the moment. Highly recommend it.

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08/03/2026
Today- Extended Meeting for Worship from 9.30am -(A Friend says- Please do not be put off by the idea of TWO hours. You ...
08/03/2026

Today- Extended Meeting for Worship from 9.30am -
(A Friend says- Please do not be put off by the idea of TWO hours. You are free to leave the room when you want to, come back in or not and the two hours pass as if a normal meeting. I have been to a few and as someone who fidgets and has a butterfly mind, was expecting it to be arduous. Far from it, I found it to be a wonderful, uplifting and deeply spiritual experience. Definitely worth giving it a try!)

Also at 1.00pm Area Meeting at hebden bridge meeting house

Quaker Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police againYesterday evening, 5 March 2026, for the second time in a year, ...
06/03/2026

Quaker Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again

Yesterday evening, 5 March 2026, for the second time in a year, the Metropolitan Police raided a Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists who were meeting there, on the grounds that they were conspiring to commit a criminal act.

Oliver Robertson, head of witness and worship for Quakers in Britain, said:

“For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

“Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

“That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections."

Here’s the full statement from Quakers in Britain:

Yesterday evening, 5 March 2026, for the second time in a year, the Metropolitan Police raided a Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists who were meeting there, on the grounds that they were conspiring to commit a criminal act.

Another arrest at Westminster Quaker Meeting House of nonviolent activists meeting peacefully
06/03/2026

Another arrest at Westminster Quaker Meeting House of nonviolent activists meeting peacefully

15 Take Back Power supporters were arrested during a nonviolence training this evening being held in the Westminster Quaker Meeting House. Take Back Power is a nonviolent campaign demanding a tax on extreme wealth, to be decided by a ‘House of the People.’ [1] At around 18:35 a number of police ...

You can bomb the world to pieces but you can’t bomb it into peace.
06/03/2026

You can bomb the world to pieces but you can’t bomb it into peace.

​Quakers in Britain have called on the UK government to focus on building a just and sustainable peace in the Middle East.

George was a previous peace lecturer here
01/03/2026

George was a previous peace lecturer here

As our democracy faces an existential threat, it’s important for us to look to other countries whose people have resisted autocrats and won, according to Quaker activist George Lakey.

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For room hire please phone our Treasurer Deryck Hillas on 01484 314962. For other enquires related to the building please contact our caretaker Kim O'Brien on 07788 477148 Follow us on Twitter @HuddsQuakers Our postcode is HD1 4TR (NB the entrance is on CHURCH STREET opposite a small block of flats called Church View. Your satnav may take you down the narrow Quaker Lane where there is no entrance to the Meeting House). 'Quakers' is the shorthand term for the Religious Society of Friends which was founded as a radical Christian movement in 17th century England. Today, Quakers come from all walks of life and continue to uphold a progressive religious approach. Quakers hold Meetings for Worship which means that we come together in silence and try to open ourselves to the deeper levels of our experience. Quakers have no paid clergy to lead or interpret our spiritual life and it is open to anyone who feels moved by the spirit to make a spoken contribution. Quakers recognise the equal worth and unique nature of every person. This means working to change the systems that cause injustice and hinder true community. It also means working with people who are suffering from injustice, as well as with people such as prisoners and asylum seekers. Follow us on Twitter at @HuddsQuakers