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About Quakers
Courses, conferences, retreats, holidays ...
Bath Groups (non-Quaker)

About Quakers

Britain Yearly Meeting: www.quaker.org.uk.
Extensive official website full of information about Quakers in Britain. Includes useful links, including a section on Quaker beliefs and views, another giving the full text of Quaker Faith and Practice, and a third that helps you 'Find a local Quaker Meeting' with locations and contact details of Meetings across Britain.

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Courses, conferences, retreats, holidays ...

Woodbrooke: http://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/
A Quaker study centre near Birmingham providing education "based around exploring Quakerism and the themes of interest to Quakers, such as Peace and Reconciliation, Quaker History and Spiritual Journeys". Woodbrooke offer a varied programme of one and two day courses and the opportunity to undertake more prolonged studies (postgraduate courses or independent research).

Charney Manor: http://www.charneymanor.demon.co.uk/
Retreat and conference accommodation and a program of events "to nourish the spirit through silence, deep listening and exploring with heart and mind".

Swarthmoor Hall: http://www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk/
Holiday accommodation, conference facilities and events including weekends for enquirers.

Claridge House: http://www.claridgehouse.quaker.eu.org/
Offering accommodation and courses, "Claridge House is a Quaker centre for healing, rest and renewal, associated with the Friends Fellowship of Healing".

Glenthorne: http://www.glenthorne.org/
Holiday accommodation and conference facilities.

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Bath Groups (non-Quaker)

Bath Stop the War coalition: http://www.bathstopwar.org.uk/
A broad coalition of campaigners and activists aligned against the wars. Website includes details of events and campaigns and an extensive collection of "useful websites for the antiwar movement and a better world".

Churches Together in Bath: http://www.bathchurches.org.uk/
A coalition of churches in Bath seeking "to strengthen their fellowship with one another, and their common mission of service and witness in the world" and part of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland network. Bath Quaker Meeting is a member of Churches Together in Bath.

Bath Sacred Chant: http://www.bathsacredchant.org.uk/
Believing sound to be one of the deepest routes to the spirit, the chant group use the sounds of the chants to facilitate a deeper connection with our essence, with the light within. The group have a wide range of Sacred Chants from all over the world, from many spiritual traditions and none. All are welcome, you don't need to be a trained singer, or to be able to read music, and there are certainly no auditions!

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