General Meeting for Scotland archive
Until 20 September 2025, General Meeting for Scotland was the organisation bringing together Quakers across Scotland. On that date it handed on these responsibilities to the new charity Quakers in Scotland (QiS).
The QiS page has links to explain the background to this change. This page continues to provide links to previous documents and dates of meetings. Please bear with us while we move relevant current information and info about future events progressively to the QiS pages.
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History of General Meeting for Scotland
- Before 1786 there were ‘yearly meetings’ in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, within which various Monthly and other Meetings existed at various times.
- 1786 - 'North Britain Half Years Meeting' was created, subordinate to London Yearly Meeting.
- 1807 - North Britain Half Years Meeting was renamed Scotland General Meeting.
- 2025 - On 20 September members of General Meeting agreed to transfer its functions and assets to Quakers in Scotland (QiS).