Quaker Education and Testimonies Fund (QETF)
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Quaker Education and Testimonies Funds
The Quaker Education Fund and Testimonies Fund committees merged with the agreement of Aotearoa New Zealand Yearly Meeting in 2025.
The source funds remain separate but discernment is carried out by the combined group.
The current members are:
- Adrian Skelton (Palmerston North MM)
- Alan Greenslade-Hibbert: (Wellington MM)
- Andrea O’Hagan: (Mid-North Island MM)
- Esther Cowley-Malcolm: (Mid-North Island MM)
- Jameson Brown: (Wellington MM)
- Liz Remmerswaal (Palmerston North MM)
Quaker Education Fund
The Quaker Education Fund (QEF) Committee makes grants, large and small, to both individuals and groups primarily to support the education of members, attenders and their children.
It focuses particularly on ways in which the Quaker testimonies of integrity, equality, simplicity, peace and community are developed and used both individually and within our Quaker and wider communities in the form of service or social action.
The Quaker Education Fund was originally established at Yearly Meeting 2010 to disburse the monies from the Margaret Caverhill Bequest, and the former School Trust Administration Committee.
The purpose of the Quaker Education Fund is to support the education of Members, Attenders and their children. The fund covers four general areas:
- Spiritual deepening and growth in the Quaker community.
- Contributing to the life and work of Meetings including Yearly Meeting.
- Preparing for Quaker witness in the form of service or social action.
- General learning and development.
The Committee is guided by the Quaker Education Fund Handbook.
Click here for full information, criteria and application forms.
The Testimonies Fund
The Testimonies Fund was created by Yearly Meeting in 2008. The founding capital came from untagged legacies held by Yearly Meeting plus surpluses from previous years.
The fund enables Friends to put Testimonies (peace, simplicity, equality, integrity, sustainability) and religious witness into action.
We are particularly interested in projects which focus on problem solving, preferably addressing root causes rather than quick fixes.
Grants have varied from $300 to $23,000 with most grants being under $5,000.
Click here for full information, criteria and application forms.
Friends are encouraged to make donations and bequeath legacies to either or both funds.
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