Local Meeting Contacts:
bethnalgreenquakers@gmail.com clerk@eppingquakers.org
clerks.harlow@gmail.com quakerclerkwanstead@gmail.com
clerk@walthamstowquakers.org clerks@wansteadquakers.com
The following Friends are appointed/nominated by the Area Meeting:
© indicates a committee clerk. Updated March 2026
Area Meeting Role Holders
Clerk: Christine Downes-Grainger clerknetam@gmail.com
Assistant Clerk: Judith Roads
Assistant Clerk (Membership): Daphne Stedman membershipNETAM@gmail.com
AM Elders:
Valda Aviks, Rosalie Bridge, Helen Carmichael, Arthur Charlton, Chris Evans, Jo Fox, Leasa Lambert, Kirstie Macqueen, John Nayar, Jan Sellers © is shared
AM Pastoral Care Team:
Lucy Ames, Valda Aviks, Margarete Briggs, Arthur Charlton, Keith Doak, Melvyn Freake ©, Rebecca Fricker, Leasa Lambert, Peter Law, Liza Moon, Tamara Stoll
Burial Ground Officer & Funerals Advice: Melvyn Freake
AM Nominations Committee:
Margarete Briggs, Fiona Day, Chris Evans, David Irwin, Rosie Kaylor
Registering Officer for Marriages: Liz Ingham
Safeguarding Officers: Fiona Day, Kate Green safe.netaqm@gmail.com
Children and Young People’s Advocate: Rebecca Fricker
Custodian of Records: David Irwin
Website Editor: Christine Downes-Grainger
AM Trustees:
Peter Green, Kirstie Macqueen ©, John Nayar, Antony Rawlinson, Anne Smith
Areas of interest:
Peter Green Finance, Walthamstow
Anne Smith Documentation; Health & Safety, Romford
Antony Rawlinson Safeguarding; Premises, Epping, Wanstead
John Nayar Employment; Data Protection, Harlow
Kirstie Mcqueen Sustainability, Bethnal Green
Treasurers Committee: (a sub-committee of Trustees)
Helen Carmichael (AM Bookkeeper), Alan Fricker ©, Peter Green, Liz Ingham, Peter Law, Sue McCarthy, Jane-Eve Straughton
Gift Aid Collector: Anne Smith
Premises Committees:
Epping: Christine Downes-Grainger ©, Alan Fricker
Walthamstow: Kate Angus, Leasa Lambert, Ray Mgadzah, Hazel Natai co-©, Len Welson
Judith Roads (employee’s line manager)
Wanstead: John Dash, Irene Davies, Sue McCarthy, Peter Ranken, John Smith ©
Meeting for Sufferings Representatives: Liz Ingham, Jo Law (alternate)
London Quakers Property Trust Trustees: John Smith, Judith Roads
NE Thames Quaker Trust Trustees:
Irene Davies, Chris Evans, © Kate Green, Peter Marple (member of another London AM), Peter Ranken
Annual Gathering Committee (High Leigh):
For the 2025 event, committee members were from NETAM, NLAM and NWLAM
London Link Group Representative: Rebecca Fricker
London Quaker Service Trust Trustee: Fiona Day
London Quakers Representative: Tamara Stoll
London Development Group Representatives:
Christine Downes-Grainger vacancy
Representative to Young Friends General Meeting: Valerie Kaufmann