WOODBROOKE BIENNIAL CONFERENCES

For many years QAAD has worked in conjunction with staff at Woodbrooke to mount a biennial conference on different aspects of substance use and misuse.

Past subjects and speakers include:
July 1994 - Selecting a Lifestyle: Quaker Attitudes to Alcohol and Drugs
July 1996 - Know your Mind: Alcohol, Drugs and Young People: what can Friends say?
July, 1998 - Addiction in Mind, Body and Soul: How does this link with our Social Testimony? Keynote speaker: Sue Dicks
July 2000 - Understanding Addiction. Keynote speaker: Bob Johnson
July, 2002 - Creativity and Addiction. Keynote speaker, John Sheldon
July 2004 - Choices and Responsibilities. Keynote speakers: Jackie Leach-Scully and Ben Pink Dandelion
July 2006 Remembering Joy Keynote Speakers: Nick Cole and Gill Smith

QAAD WOODBROOKE CONFERENCE 2008

The Woodbrooke Conference 2008 had the theme 'Pull yourself Together?' and was focused on Spiritual Resilience and the Nurturing Meeting. The weekend's reflections were were stimulated by Tim James, a trustee of QAAD, who offered some reflections on childhood spirituality based on Edward Robinson's work. Click here to download a transcript of Tim’s talk.