Membership and Committee

Membership of QCOP

If you wish to join or be informed about QCOP, please complete the Membership form which you can find here (word) or here  (pdf). Please send it by e-mail or post to the address in the form.

There is no membership fee but donations are welcome; a suggested amount is £10. Regular annual donations are particularly helpful.  BACS payments (ie direct electronic payments) are the preferred means as cheque payments unfortunately incur higher bank charges. QCOP is unable to take card payments. 

Please make BACS contributions to
Account Name: QCOP; Account No: 56610448; Sort Code: 23-05-80

If you are unable to pay electronically, please make your cheque payable to QCOP and send to

Fran Worpe, QCOP Treasurer, Friends Meeting House, Ward Street, Guildford, GU1 4LH.

For our chosen charity CHASE Africa, see here.

Committee

Here are the current members of the QCOP Committee (formerly known as the Steering Group).  For any enquiries please e-mail us at:  qcop.contact@gmail.com

  • Martin Schweiger   Roundhay Meeting, Leeds AM (Convener)
  • Fran Worpe             Guildford Meeting , Surrey and Hampshire Border AM (Treasurer and          Membership Secretary)
  • Jason Evans             Brighton Meeting, Sussex West AM
  • Jonathan Riddell     Alton Meeting, Hampshire and Islands AM (Newsletter Editor)
  • Caroline Series        Warwick Meeting, Central England AM (Website Editor)
  • David Tinsley           Settle Meeting, Craven and Keighley AM (Communications Secretary)
  • Jeanette Cayley       Charlbury Meeting, Oxford and Swindon AM

The QCOP Constitution can be found here.

Roger Plenty

Roger Plenty 1936-2025

We were very sad to learn of the death of Roger Plenty on 3rd October 2025. Roger's deeply felt concern led him to being the founder of QCOP and he continued his tireless work on our behalf up until his death, including leaving a substantial donation to QCOP in his will. 

You can read more about Roger's work in establishing QCOP here and you can find a short piece about him by Cherry Foster here. 

"This is more than just sad news.  It’s a huge loss.  The world will be much poorer without Roger.  He did so much for the world of QCOP and never seemed to tire in the face of criticism and rejection of our cause."  Nick Chetwood, QCOP.

QCOP has decided to name their annual Special Interest Lecture at BYM The Roger Plenty Lecture in his honour. The first Roger Plenty Lecture was held in March 2026.

American Friends

American Friends have a group similar to QCOP which is a working group of Quaker Earthcare Witness. They time some of their meetings so that QCOP members can take part.  One of their leaders is Richard Grossman who runs the website  www.population-matters.org, not to be confused with the British charity Population Matters whose website is, confusingly, www.populationmatters.org.   Richard can be reached through his website. Tom Cameron is the current clerk of the working group and may be reached at  tomcamphoto@gmail.com.