South Edinburgh events
Upcoming events for South Edinburgh Quaker Meeting. See newsletters for more details. Shortcut to this page: bit.ly/SEdQuakEvents
OCTOBER | 2025 |
| Sun 12 Oct | Social event at the home of Ian and Rosamond Robertson, 5.30 - 7 pm. Also an introduction to our planned series of sessions on Open for Transformation |
| Sat 18 Oct | Asylum hotel counter-protests - at 10.30 am on Zoom. The Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network will discuss our experience and approach. With contribution from Cath Dyer (Falkirk Meeting). |
| Thur 23 Oct | Book group: Nan Shepherd’s The Living Mountain. 2-4pm at Alison Chalmers' house. |
| Thur 23 Oct | Our Parliamentary Engagement Working Group needs new members - important and interesting, could it be you? This is a QiS (GM) role. For more info without committing to anything, join their Zoom meeting at 7pm. See emails from LM clerks. |
| Sat 25 Oct | Radical hearts, open minds BYM consultation on how to best support Quaker communities in the next 5 years. 10-4 at Edinburgh Meeting House. Programme for children too. Includes lunch and biscuits. Details and booking (£) at bit.ly/3IKPyfh |
| (Mon 27 Oct Thur 30 Oct) | (Open for Transformation first session postponed to 3 and 6 Nov) |
(Fri 31 Oct - Sun) | (The previously scheduled women's silent weekend retreat in Perthshire has been postponed to 17-19 April 2026.) |
NOVEMBER | 2025 |
Sat 1 Nov | Area Meeting - am and pm, all-age. South Edinburgh hosting at 7 Victoria Terrace. |
| Mon 3 Nov Thur 6 Nov | Open for Transformation Session 1 Celebrating the Quaker Way. Monday 7.30 pm at Alison Chalmers house, or Thur 2 pm at Ian and Rosamond Robertson's |
Sat 8 Nov | Quakers in Scotland (the new body taking on the functions of General Meeting for Scotland) has its second meeting at Edinburgh Meeting House, Victoria Terrace. |
| Sun 9 Nov | Remembrance Sunday Meeting for peace the regular meeting at 10.30 at Princes St Gardens (details at foot) followed by soup after MfW at Edinburgh Meeting House and then the Remembrance event which will start there at 1.30, moving down to Princes Street Gardens, ending at 3.30. |
| Sat 15 Nov | Scotland's Climate March: a better world is possible. Supporting COP30. Glasgow Green 11 am. More info |
| Mon 17 Nov Thur 20 Nov | Open for Transformation Session 2 Our spiritual experience. Monday 7.30 pm at Alison Chalmers house, or Thur 2 pm at Ian and Rosamond Robertson's |
Sun 23 Nov | Local Meeting for Business after MfW and shared lunch |
Sun 30 Nov | 5th Sunday - half hour Meeting, half hour worship sharing |
DECEMBER | 2025 |
| Thur 4 Dec | Book group: Elif Shafak's Island of the Missing Trees. 2-4pm, venue tbc. |
Mon 8 Dec | Open for Transformation Session 3 Identifying our spiritual gifts and needs as a meeting. Monday 7.30 pm at Alison Chalmers house, or Thur 2 pm at Ian and Rosamond Robertson's |
JANUARY | 2026 |
?date | Open for Transformation Session 4 How our meeting works and Session 5 Living the Quaker Way - dates tbc |
Thur 15 Jan ? | Book group - |
Mon 19 Jan | Area Meeting - 7-9 pm, Edinburgh Meeting House |
Sat 7 Mar | General Meeting for Scotland - West |
Sun 29 Mar | 5th Sunday - half hour Meeting, half hour worship sharing |
Fri Apr 17-19 | Women's silent retreat at The Bield, Blackruthven, Perthshire. Details from Carol Jennings. (Postponed from October) |
Sun 31 May | 5th Sunday - outdoor option? |
Sun 30 Aug | 5th Sunday - outdoor option? |
Sun 29 Nov | 5th Sunday - tbc |
Princes St Garden meetings - Witness for peace and meeting for worship at Princes St Gardens, 10.30 am at the Peace Tree. These meetings are simultaneous with our regular meetings at the Open Door, and dates coincide with meetings at the North Gate, Faslane, where meeting starts at 11 am. The Peace Tree is towards the West end, between the bandstand and the Ross Fountain. For both Princes St Gardens and Faslane you need clothes appropriate for the weather, and something to sit on.