Swarthmore Lecture 2021
Woodbrooke is delighted to announce that Thomas Penny will give the 2021 Swarthmore Lecture – Kinder Ground: Creating Space for Truth. Thomas’ lecture will address Truth in the era of…
Woodbrooke is delighted to announce that Thomas Penny will give the 2021 Swarthmore Lecture – Kinder Ground: Creating Space for Truth. Thomas’ lecture will address Truth in the era of…
Woodbrooke has been working hard to ensure that throughout the pandemic we offer learning, nurture, connection, training and worship opportunities. We have been really encouraged by the engagement from Friends,…
The popular podcast ‘A Quaker Take’ has become a joint project of Quakers in Britain and Woodbrooke. Started in 2016 by staff at Quakers in Britain, the podcast was originally…
Updated 24 November 2020 After careful deliberation, we have decided to extend our suspension of the majority of our onsite activity at the Woodbrooke Centre until November. We are not…
Woodbrooke is delighted to announce that the 2020 Swarthmore Lecture; Openings to the Infinite Ocean: A Friendly Offering of Hope by Tom Shakespeare, will be live-streamed on Saturday 1 August…
We want to share with you our plans for our learning programme for the remainder of the year. After careful consideration we have made the decision that we will only…
UPDATE: Activity at Woodbrooke’s centre, including B&B, Conferencing and onsite learning, will remain suspended until August 2020 at the earliest. We have increased our online courses which can be accessed…
Woodbrooke has been closely monitoring the situation with the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and reviewing the advice issued by Public Heath England in response. After careful consideration, and with deep regret,…
Woodbrooke is delighted to announce that the 2020 Swarthmore Lecture will be given by Tom Shakespeare. Tom is a sociologist, broadcaster, campaigner for disability rights and writer on disability, genetics…
On 18 October 1931 Mahatma Gandhi arrived at Woodbrooke as part of his tour of Britain. Ghandi spoke to a packed Cadbury Room, rumoured to contain over 300 people, on…