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GRATITUDE WEEK – June 10th 2026

Please would GSRs remind their meetings and Group Treasurers:

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) celebrates its 91st anniversary on *June 10, *2026, marking 91 years since Bill W. and Dr. Bob met in Akron, Ohio, on June 10, 1935. This date is recognized as the “birthday” of the Fellowship.

The 91st year emphasizes the enduring, simple approach of “One Day At A Time” (ODAAT) in recovery.

Here in UK, in the late 1980’s a tradition evolved of our AA meetings marking “Gratitude Week” with a separate special cash collection to support the UK AA General Service Office. This is kept separate from the groups regular pot collection.
The traditional suggestion is members donate the current day equivalent to the cost of a typical days drinking for us before we got sober. (A tidy sum for some of us!).
But there is obviously no compulsion or requirement, and any amount at all is very welcome to support AA.

Groups are invited to remit their Gratitude Week collection direct to AA GSO. Indicating in the reference field it’s a Gratitude Week donation. (Account name:  The General Service Board; Sort code: 40-47-31; Account number:  63930408)

Alternatively they can transfer their Gratitude Week collection to the usual DCIG bank account (Acc. name:  Devon Central Intergroup; Acc. number:  33243303; Sort Code:  20 87 94) and I will then consolidate and forward these monies direct to GSO on their behalf. As I did last year.
Again please make reference to “Gratitude Week” so that I can keep these monies separate from the usual T7 contributions to DCIG.
Thank you 🙏🏾 for your attention to this.
Peter C
Treasurer. DCIG

PI Newsletter – April 2026

Welcome to the April 2026 issue of the PI Newsletter.
In this edition, there’s more exciting news of how our Fellowship is spreading the message of recovery  – on the radio, at events and special meetings, thanks to the work of our members up and down the country. In this issue:

The media matters  – Graham Duncan, AAGB NAT, on maximising media opportunities & avoiding pitfalls;
Somerset – demonstrating effective PI work across the county;
Milton Keynes railway station – PI Team arriving on all platforms!;
Stoked! – delivering the message to a major employer in Stoke-on-Trent;
Radio days – NW Region are harnessing the airwaves.
Plus lots more PI information and opportunities to get involved.

Thanks for reading, and we love to receive your news and pictures about events happening in your area that we can share with the Fellowship’
Until next time, our very best wishes,
Steve
Administrator,  General Service Office
www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk

01904 644026  (0900 – 1700hrs, Mon-Fri)

Latest AA Service News

Service News Spring Edition 2026

GSO York produce a quarterly Service News which is packed full of great stuff that they do in conjunction with AA groups and other organisations to carry the message and support the work of recovery from alcohol addiction.  Here is the latest Edition:

Download AA Service News

Officer Changes, Meeting Updates & The Pink Form

For the Website and WTF

Meeting Secretaries or GSRs have an obligation to keep DCIG and GSO up to date with any changes to their meeting times, venue , access, chits and zoom details, where this latter is applicable and don’t forget contact names and phone numbers.  Thankfully,  this generally happens but occasional communication breaks down and this is captured when someone rolls up to a meeting that has changed its time or venue or login or has no wheelchair access etc.  The consequence  for the visitor is plain for all to see – no meeting that day. So please, please keep those meeting updates coming: ecomm.devonc@aamail.org

For the National Website – The Pink Form

Now when you supply the updates to DCIG please please use the National Website Pink Form which will ensure that your meeting details are correct on alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk. The link gets you to the online form and  it takes 10 minutes to enter the update.  You will need all the group information from the Members (Confidential) WTF. Plus names and phones for Secretary, Treasure and GSR plus a postal address for mail.  Only the groups have all of this and it is their responsibility to provide it via the Pink Form.

Intergroup Officer Changes and Registration

For Intergroup Office changes and Registration please use the Officer Registration Form
downloadable on this link.  Please forward the form as directed:

Updating the Confidential Directory (e.g. registering a new service officer in post) must be done by an existing registered service officer of the Region or Intergroup. The updating process includes a request for an aamail account.

Half-Yearly PI & Ecomms Catch-Up Meeting – 7th Febuary 2026

On behalf of the PI Ecomms Sub Committee, you are invited to the Regional and Intergroup PI & Ecomms half-yearly catch-up meeting:
Date: Saturday, 7th February 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: Zoom (details, click here:)
Please could you also send through any topics you would like the committee to cover during the meeting?
Suggestions to:  Jenny.Pryke@gsogb.org.uk

Online Meeting List for UK and Europe

The national Website Meeting Finder maintains a list of almost 400 online meetings  which are independent of any intergroup or region.  About half in the UK and the rest in  most West European Countries.  To access the list use this link BUT before clicking the link read the note below:

https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/AA-Meetings/Find-a-Meeting/

When you get to the webpage you have select the ‘Online’ Intergroup from the drop down list – and its right at the end on the long list.  Then click the search button above.   If you add a Day of the Week , you will get a sub list of all online meetings for the selected day (Sunday to Saturday).  Be aware if your meeting is tagged for an intergroup it will not appear on this Online List which is specifically for meetings with no intergroup or regional affiliations. Play with the selections –  it is worth the effort but don’t use the Town or Postcode.

 

Finding Your Meeting Registration Number (UID)

The DCIG Website lists UIDs for all meetings

Use the Tag Box and select your meeting day and check for the UID after the Postcode or Zoom link.

You can then check your UID against the current GSO information via this  PDF link:  aa-devonc-meetings

This link to “Meeting Finder Results” gives a table 7 rows by 3 columns with the UID at the foot of the meeting block.  UIDs are 3, 4 or 5  digits except for Online Meetings which begin with ‘ON’ then 3 digits.

Please note that the meeting list is in alphabetic order so not in the WTF Day-of-the-Week order. There are presently 40 meetings on this list.  On the national website, the Thursday hybrid Polish Meeting is in a separate Intergroup for Polish speaking meetings.