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Medact All Member Assembly (AGM) 2025
Friday 3rd October @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
The All Member Assembly is our annual opportunity to come together, reflect on Medact’s work, and engage in shaping our direction – welcoming members old and new from across the UK and beyond.
This year, we’re excited to launch our new five-year strategy, which outlines how Medact will continue working towards a world in which everyone is able to live healthy, dignified lives – supported by political and economic systems that prioritise our collective wellbeing.
The evening will include a panel discussion with guest speakers (details coming soon!), a presentation of our new strategy and an opportunity for members to vote on its adoption. We’ll close the event with music, snacks and drinks for those attending in person. Members will also have the chance to submit and vote on motions, and to elect any Trustees standing for election.
Everyone is welcome to attend the meeting, but you must be a member to vote. If you’d like to take part in Medact’s decision-making, why not join as a member today?
Submitting motions
The All Member Assembly offers a space for members to propose changes to how Medact is run. If you’d like to submit a motion, please first read “Decision Making in Medact: Governance and AGM”, then contact us at [email protected] to request a submission form.
The deadline for submitting motions is 9am on Wednesday, 24th September 2025. You must be a member to submit a motion, and it must be seconded by another member.
Election of Trustees
At the Assembly, members will also elect Trustees, who are responsible for the governance of Medact. If you are interested in standing as a Trustee, we encourage you to get in touch for an informal chat. Please email [email protected] to arrange this and request information about standing for election.
The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday, 24th September 2025. To stand as a Trustee, you must be a member and have your nomination seconded by another member.
Logistics
This year’s All Member Assembly will be held in a hybrid format – both in person at Pelican House in Bethnal Green, London, and online via Zoom.
Please register below to let us know you’re coming, and to share any access requirements.
We’ll share the final agenda as soon as it’s confirmed.
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Agenda
Part one: “Power in Community: Reimagining Organising for Health Justice” – Medact Strategy 2025-2030 launch & panel discussion
6:00 – 7:20 pm
1. Welcome & Introduction
Anuj Kapilashrami, Chair of the Board of Trustees
2. Medact 2025-2030 Strategy Presentation
Anna Peiris, Executive Director
3. Panel Discussion
Organising for Health Justice with Jo Sutton-Klein, organiser for BMA
Jo is an emergency medicine registrar and is doing a PhD looking at poverty in A&E. She has been centrally involved in organising several campaigns among doctors. Recently she established a group of doctors who organise around Palestine solidarity within the BMA. She was also a founding organiser of the pay campaign, and wrote the strategies which facilitated tens of thousands of doctors to participate in the recent strike wave. Outside of medicine, Jo has previously organised several campaigns in the Jewish community in support of Palestine.
Making a Political Home for Health Care Workers with Ben Eder, Medact Sheffield
Ben (he/him) is an organiser and GP trainee in Sheffield. He is one of the coordinators of Medact Sheffield. He was, until recently, one of the Movement Organisers at Medact from 2021 until 2024 and prior to that worked as the Climate & Health Campaigner. Ben also organises with the People’s Health Hearing Collective. Ben spends his time dreaming about autonomous spaces for radical community health, swimming and walking in the peak district, playing and chatting football, and having fun with his partner and their 18-month-old son.
Working with Impacted Communities with Izzy Braithwaite, Medact London
Isobel Braithwaite is a public health registrar and has been involved with the London Housing and Health group since 2023, including supporting campaigns in Harrow and at the Nags Head Estate. She has just finished a PhD at UCL focusing on the health impacts of cold and energy-inefficient housing, and recently started in a local authority public health role. She has also worked with the Faculty of Public Health’s Sustainability SIG around climate change and local action on fossil fuel advertising.
4. Audience Q&A / Reflections
Part two: Governance
7:30 – 8:30