YFGM is now Young Friends in Britain

At our last gathering in February at Friargate Meeting House in York, we changed our name from Young Friends General Meeting to (General Meeting of) Young Friends in Britain. All the minutes from the weekend can be read here; the minute regarding our name change reads as follows:

2026.02.2 Changing our name

Matthew Burnell introduced the item.

Young Friends General Meeting has not always been our name. In 1993, we changed from Young Friends Central Committee to Young Friends General Meeting.

In May 2025, a Special Interest Group was held to discuss whether YFGM might change our name and, if so, what our next name might be.

We have reflected on the importance of the word “Friends” for our community and of the need to speak plainly about who we are.

We have discerned that our new name will be ‘General Meeting of Young Friends in Britain’.

We ask our Trustees to begin the process of officially changing our name with the charity commission, noting that we will also be known as Young Friends General Meeting until this is finalised.

We send this minute to Meeting for Sufferings so that our name can be changed in Britain Yearly Meeting’s book of discipline.

You will probably have noticed that our logo, many things on the website, our social media accounts, etc., still say YFGM – changing everything will take some time, so please bear with us while we sort it out! We also chose not to discern on an acronym, so feel free to abbreviate as the Spirit moves you.