Category Archives: News

Christmas & New Year Week Meeting News

Please advise ecomm.devonc@aamail.com of any meeting changes planned for the Christmas and New Year week starting Monday 22nd December to Friday 2 January.  So far we have :

Devon Central Meeting Changes and News

EXETER TUESDAY CORNERSTONE (Palace Gate) 7:30-8:30pm
Open during Christmas & New year period

WEDNESDAY 24th – Christmas Eve
Cullompton hybrid closed

THURSDAY 25th – Christmas Day
Exeter Breakfast ZOOM 7:30-8:30am running as usual
Exeter Palace Gate 7:30-8:30pm open as usual

FRIDAY 26th Boxing Day
Exeter Palace Gate 1-2pm open as usual

WEDNESDAY 31st New Year’s eve
Cullompton hybrid:  : open as usual

THURSDAY 1st New Years Day
Exeter Palace Gate 7:30-8:30pm open as usual

NATIONAL WEBSITE (Find a meeting):
Christmas and New Years Day Zooms

MISCELLANEOUS ONLINE MEETINGS:
Shivering Denizens (New Year):  link

 

LATEST WTF 2025 Q4 Edition

The Newcomers Public Edition

Both  editions of  the WTF  (Where To Find an AA meeting) were sent to the printers in time for  the Q4 2025 Intergroup Meeting on Sunday 16th of November at:

Park Life Centre,
Whipton Lane, Heavitree, Exeter EX1 3DN

https://parklifeheavitree.org.uk

The current revision date is now 8/12/25  The public edition is available now, as a pdf download: On This Link.  Please Note that the revision date of the download may be later than the print run date.

The revision date above indicates that all meetings changes received in the EComm email (ecomm.devonc@aamail.org) by that date have been applied to the online WTF.  These may not all be reflected in the printed WTF as each print run is confirmed in advance of the quarterly DCIG meetings.

The Members  Edition PDF

The Members (Confidential) PDF Edition is also kept up to date and available on request by email.  Just email your request to the EComm email:  (ecomm.devonc@aamail.org)

Continuous Updates

These PDF copies are continuously updated as changes are sent to the EComm email. So, downloading the Public Copy from the website or requesting the Members Copy and printing it or keeping it on your phone will give you the latest WTF meeting details.

Meeting Summary

In both WTF editions, there is a separate section for Zooms. This Online section  list both Zoom meetings and the Zoom details for any Hybrid meetings. Currently, we have 7 Online Meetings (2 Hybrids and 5 Zooms). There are 37 traditional meetings. So, we have a total of 37 (Trads and Hybrids) plus 5 Zoom only, for a total of 42 meetings.

Print Your Own Copy or Keep it on your Mobile

The downloadable pdf is a colour edition but will print very well in black and white. If you have a printer which can print on both sides, you can make a very decent WTF either in colour or B&W.  This PDF can also be kept on a mobile and use the mobile ‘zoom in’ to read it.

See Link for ‘How-To’.

 

GSO Reports, Service News, Flyers & Literature Order Form

Annual Report

For the 2024 Annual Report of the General Service Board please click here:

Latest Service News

AA Service News, Autumn 2025, please click here:
PI Newsletter, Autumn 2025, please click here:
YP Newsletter, Autumn 2025, please click here:

Handbooks

AA Service Handbook 2024, please click here:  

AA Structure Handbook 2024, please click here:  

Flyers

Young Persons Online Workshops 2025, please click here:  

Literature Order Form

AA Literature Order Form:  

Responders Needed for Our Local Help Line

The AA Telephone Helpline is always answered by a recovering alcoholic, usually from the Devon and Cornwall region.

The helpline is available to all and serves a variety of needs, but its primary purpose is to carry AA’s message of recovery to those still suffering from active alcoholism.

Additionally it can provide help, support and information in the following areas;

      • Someone who needs help with an alcohol problem
      • A relative or friend of someone with an alcohol problem
      • An employer with an employee with an alcohol problem
      • General enquiries such as Website Feedback

The AA Helpline always requires people who are willing to be telephone responders. The Helpline is covered by 4 Intergroup areas, Devon Central, South Devon, Plymouth and Cornwall.

The telephone shifts are either a morning, 8.30am-1pm, afternoon, 1pm-6pm or evening,6pm-10pm once every 3 weeks. The requirements for a prospective responder are as follow:

      • 12 months continuous sobriety
      • Home Group
      • Sponsor
      • Telephone landline or mobile number
      • Internet access

 

If you would like to volunteer for a shift or would like further information, then please feel free to contact Rich at the following email address, telephones.devonc@aamail.org .

75 Years Of AA in Great Britain Video

For the 75th anniversary of AA in the UK, our General Service Office in York has produced a wonderful History of AA in the UK. The video opens with these words:

“For 75 Years AA GB has been working in these islands. Right from the start, they have been committed to supporting people in every walk of life, in every environment, in every place because the disease of alcoholism knows no frontiers, it knows no boundaries.  And over those 75 years AA GB has demonstrated time and time again that wherever it is needed it will go.”

Video Link

It can be accessed via the attached link:  75 Years of AA GB