What does the Earth want?
Charney Manor Friday 14th August-Sunday 16th August
Led by Paul Hodgkin, and Alex Wildwood
What does it mean to move from answering that of god in every one, to answering that of god in every thing? We will explore how we might be led to live in these times of incipient collapse, how our Quakerism may be changing, and what a spirituality that is fully embodied in the Earth might look like in both witness and worship.
This course is based on some of the issues discussed at the Quaker Earthcare Gathering in October 2025 but is open to everyone regardless of whether they attended the Gathering.
Further information available on the website Charney Manor Events Programme 2026
Book using the Charney Manor Booking Form
7:00pm BST until 8:30pm
Facilitator: Quaker Arts Network
The Zoom link will be available on the QAN website on the day. To RSVP, you can simply reply to quakerartsuk@gmail.com.
This is a special workshop in honour of the Quaker Arts Network Greenbelt gazebo, which has been organised for the third year running at Greenbelt 2026. We are excited to host several arts-based activities and community outreach again, from QAN members and friends alike.
The workshop will begin with some silent worship and ministry, listen to some poems on this theme and enjoy some prompts to help with writing for the poetry anthology to be published online this year, and in print in Spring 2027. You do not have to be a Quaker (or a poet) to attend. You are very welcome.
Hope as a Practice - Woodbrooke Course
Tuesday 1 September - Tuesday 22 September 2026
The live Zoom sessions are at 18:30-20:30 (UK time) every Tuesday with a follow up session on Tuesday 24 November.
Facilitators: Ella Asheri, Simonne Wood
Do you feel despair or numbness at the state of the world? Join us to develop a deliberate practice of ‘active hope’, that helps overcome feelings of helplessness in these turbulent times.
For full details on this course, please go to the Woodbrooke website https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/and click on Climate Crisis tab
Celebrating Times and Seasons As Quakers - Woodbrooke Course
Monday 21 September 2026 - Monday 21 June 2027
19:00-21:00 (UK time) on
Mondays 21 September, 14 December, 15 March 2027 and 21 June 2027
Facilitator: Gill Sewell
An opportunity to explore a variety of seasonal themed practices and to discern what might be useful in our own spiritual journey across the year, whether that’s a refreshed version of our established practice or something new and ‘shiny’. Let’s celebrate together!
For full details on this course, please go to the Woodbrooke website https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/and click on Climate Crisis tab
Resilient Spiritual Practices for a Time of Climate Crisis - Woodbrooke Course
Monday 5 October - Monday 9 November 2026
The live Zoom sessions are at 19:00-21:00 (UK time) every Monday.
Facilitator: Stephen Lingwood
How can you be sustained in a deeper way as you face the state of the world? How can spiritual practice nourish a more rooted approach to justice-making? This course will be a journey exploring resilience, spirituality, and activism.
For full details on this course, please go to the Woodbrooke website https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/and click on Climate Crisis tab