The Purpose of this Website

This site does not manage the AA recovery program. If you or someone you know needs help with alcoholism, please visit https://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/, Call our freephone helpline on 0800 9177 650 or email [email protected] where there will be a member of Alcoholics Anonymous waiting to help you in full confidence.

The purpose of this website is to support Regional Business and to promote dialogue between members.  If you are an outside agency wishing to work with AA or you wish to receive any information aimed at professionals we have a number of people who are willing to help, their details can be found on the Regional Officers page.

South West Region Assembly 

We meet on the first Sunday of March, June, September and December at Whipton Barton Primary School, Hill Lane, Exeter EX1 3JP.

The Regional Year

The March meeting includes “Pre-conference” at which any member of Alcoholics Anonymous in South West England can come along and convey their views concerning the “Questions to Conference” to the delegates who will be attending the conference that year. Questions to Conference are published in early December and the conference takes place in York in April.

The June meeting includes “Post-conference” at which each of the six delegates give a verbal report covering the discussions they had and the way they voted at each session. Region doesn’t discuss the decisions or recommendations arrived at by Conference, but they do ratify (or not) the delegates for attendance at conference the following year.

The September meeting is the one at which service workshops take place for an hour before the scheduled Regional Assembly.

The December meeting includes an Annual General Meeting during which the regional officers are ratified.