ROOKHOW 

LAKE DISTRICT group accommodation & woodland

QUIET DAY 17TH NOVEMBER

Monday 17th November 10am-4pm. With Caroline Stow and Suan Marston. Free of charge with donations to Rookhow welcome. Up to 20 people. Quakers and non-Quakers welcome. Craft and walking meditation in the woods. 

SOUNDCAPE ECOLOGY DAY 19th November

Propellor lead sessions in Quakers' Wood

winter notes 

Thursday 4th Dec 

6pm soup & roll 

7pm Music

The Almanac returns this winter. A musical stirring that combines instrumental music with poetry, song, found texts, improvisations and a certain trademark creative curiosity. This performance sees some of Cumbria’s finest chamber musicians come together to continue to forge a musical tradition. It has a thread… Summer Notes become Winter Notes, a turning of the year, an Almanac for Cumbria, a book of days.

Come and take a seat at the fireside of this ensemble, with their voices, clarinet, bass clarinet, harmonium, piano and percussion. Expect the slightly unexpected as they weave musical creatures from the air and earth, sing of rivers, moons, and local legends. A new set of carols to accompany the old - carrying homelessness and ambition, songs of love and of time, the crack and spin of winter leaves and rain, dry-stone-walls of poems, words of grief and hope, lullabies, and tunes – well known and brand new – but mostly an invitation to be taken on a journey. We hope you enjoy it.

£18 adults. Pay on the door (cash/card). Under 18s free




STORYTELLING FOR RESTORATION & CONNECTION

13TH-15TH MARCH 2026

A creative development weekend for adults involved or interested in peace and reconciliation, restorative practice and community building with Hannah Moore, storyteller supported by Sue Nicholls. Explore storytelling as a powerful ingredient for peace and reconciliation work and for bringing people together.

Suggested donation £150 or pay what you feel

easter gathering 3RD-6TH aPRIL 2026

'CONNECTING PEOPLE- BUILDING COMMUNITY'

An all-age community weekend of shared meals, discussions, walks, Epilogues, Easter egg hunt, egg throwing and toasting marshmallows round the campfire. Families, couples and single people of every age welcome, Quakers and non-Quakers. 

Suggested donation £120 adults. £60 for 21s and under or pay what you feel

CULTIVATING PEACE: 12 HABITS OF A RECONCILER

15th-17th May 2026

A weekend led by Hannah Larn (photo) and Anna Caffell from the Rose Castle Foundation. Throughout our reflective time together we’ll be exploring the 12 habits of a reconciler, including gratitude, creativity, curiosity, and how to hold on to hope, especially during times of conflict and change. 

These 12 habits have been seen time and time again among ordinary peacemakers who have managed to cross deep lines of division and sow lasting peace in their local communities. We’ll be sharing some practical tools and reflective practices to encourage us to build these practices into our everyday lives, so we too can be people of peace in our communities.

Suggested donation £150 or pay what you feel

A FOUNDATION TRAINING IN NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION

16TH-18TH October 2026

With Shona Cameron

Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a practical, learnable process for communicating with empathy, honesty, power and compassion. The purpose of NVC is to ensure everyone’s needs are valued equally and fulfilled in ways that contribute to connection, harmony and peace. Nonviolent Communication develops people’s ability to listen to and transform blame, anger and criticism into respectful, constructive communication, and to resolve conflicts peacefully. 


NVC is a means for giving feedback empathically, so as to sustain self esteem, and enable people to learn and grow. NVC has a profound effect on our relationships and on the contexts of our lives.

This training which presents the concepts and tools used in NVC; introduces you to the steps of the NVC process for use in expressing yourself to others, listening to others and listening compassionately to yourself, will give you sufficient information and practice to start using NVC in your daily life.


Suggested donation £150 or pay what you feel