The Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Britain, also known as Britain Yearly Meeting (and until 1995, known as London Yearly Meeting), is a Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. It is the national organisation of Quakers living in Britain.
Whilst Britain Yearly Meeting remains a part of the international Religious Society of Friends, it is independent from other yearly meetings, and has some beliefs and practices distinct from other branches of the Religious Society of Friends. Notably, some Quakers in Britain since the end of the twentieth century have not seen themselves as Christians, which is very different from Quakers in most other countries.
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