Friday 16th April to Sunday 18th April 2027
High Leigh Conference Centre, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 8SG and online
MEDITATION – Deepening Connection with the Spirit
Our topic is meditation. We will be exploring it across a range of world views. We will be comparing it with Quaker worship. We will see how it leads to action in the world.
This year we have decided to return to High Leigh, where we have already had two successful conferences. It is north of London, 25 minutes on the train from Liverpool Street Station. It is set in beautiful grounds. See https://www.cct.org.uk/high-leigh/high-leigh-conference-centre
Anyone can come to our conference. You do not have to be a Quaker or a member of QUG to attend.
Our programme will include learning about and participating in various meditative practices, hearing about people’s personal experience of meditation, and looking at how meditation can lead to inward transformation and outward action. Our programme will be suitable for both beginners and those who are more experienced in meditation.
As usual, there will be breakout groups, time for worship together, and time to socialise and explore the grounds of High Leigh.
We are delighted to announce that you can now apply to attend this conference. A booking form is here:
Booking form in WORD Booking form as a PDF
Please fill in the form completely (though some questions are not relevant to those participating by Zoom).
Please either send the form by email (e.g. as an attachment) to contact@qug.org.uk or by post to QUG Conference, 2 Willow Rise, Haddenham, Aylesbury, HP17 8JR.
We are pleased to say that we are keeping all the fees the same as last year. We will accept bookings with a deposit of £60 per person: but please note this is non-returnable and the full amount must be paid 8 weeks before the conference starts, i.e. by Friday 19th February 2027.
Some people have come to our conferences with their fees paid, in part or in full, by their area or local meetings. Do ask your Quaker meetings for help if necessary. It is useful to us too if you report back to your meetings: this makes QUG better known to Quakers in general.
We understand the challenges some young people have in finding the money to attend our conferences, so we are pleased this year to have a bursary scheme for a limited number of young people. We would really welcome more young people at our conference so that we can listen to them and learn from them.
If you are interested in applying for a bursary please fill in the form here:
Bursary form in WORD Bursary form as a PDF
Please approach your local or area meeting first, to see if they will finance you, either in part or in full. All bursary application forms must be with us by the end of January 31st 2027, after which a decision will be made on who we can support.
It could be that there are participants who may wish to contribute extra money to help pay for bursaries. There is a space on the application form for you to indicate this.
We hope many people will want to come in person to this conference, but we only have a limited number of rooms, some single and some twin/double: so to guarantee your place please apply early.
We also hope to have a good attendance by Zoom: here we ask for £40.00 payment (non-returnable) to secure your place.