Medact

Medact Sheffield Meeting
2022-08-25 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)
Medact Sheffield are currently focusing their campaigns on Patients Not Passports and Health for a Green New Deal.

The group meets fortnightly in a hybrid format — in person at the Medical School (room to be confirmed each time) and online on Zoom.

Sign up to the Medact Sheffield email list below to get involved — or email sheffield@medact.org.

Medact Brighton meeting
2022-08-31 19:00 - 20:30
Building on our Health for a Green New Deal introduction session, we want to hear your thoughts on what the local issues are relating to climate health in our area, and start planning how we could campaign for positive change for people and planet.

New to Medact/H4GND? Don’t worry if you missed the last session, we’ll have a quick recap beforehand! Likewise, if this is your first meeting, please arrive by 6:45 for an introduction to Medact.

COVID safety: The venue is indoors, so we ask attendees to please take a lateral flow test before coming if you have access to them, and not to attend if you have symptoms or a positive test. If you would prefer, there is the option to join online via Zoom.

Venue: St George’s Community Centre, Kemptown, BN2 1ED. The entrance to the community centre is through a blue door in a glass extension to the left of the church itself. We’ve booked Community Room 1, first on the left at the bottom of the stairs.

Join the WhatsApp group and sign up to the Brighton mailing list for more info and future meetings:

Medact Sheffield Meeting
2022-09-06 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-09-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-10-11 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-10-25 19:00 - 20:00
Medact Sheffield are currently focusing their campaigns on Patients Not Passports and Health for a Green New Deal.

The group meets fortnightly from 7pm – 8pm in a hybrid format — in person at the Medical School (room to be confirmed each time) and online on Zoom.

Sign up to the Medact Sheffield email list below to get involved — or email sheffield@medact.org.

Medact Research Network Quarterly Meeting
2022-09-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Medact Research Network Quarterly is a space for us to come together, share our work, discuss new projects, or delve into deep discussion about research that has caught your interest. We aim to collectively develop our thought and research practices.
Our network meets ONLINE every three months, and is a great way to connect with others interested in activism-oriented research. If you’re looking for a way to get involved in new projects, the quarterly meeting is a good place to start.
At the 7 September meeting, we will:

hear from Dr Jo Dobbin, a member of the Migrant Solidarity Group, about research into contingency accommodation and charging in primary care
hear from Dr Hil Aked, Medact’s Research and Policy Manager, about the research network’s upcoming project ‘Criminalising Distress’ and how you can get involved

Interested? Register below! Feel free to get in touch with Hil if you have any questions.
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Migrant Solidarity Group meeting
2022-09-08 18:30 - 20:00, 2022-10-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-03 18:30 - 20:00
Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group meets monthly. The group develops projects to defend access to healthcare rights for refugees and migrants, and informs civil society about existing rights and barriers to accessing healthcare. They are a friendly and welcoming group of healthcare professionals and students who invite people to join and commit as little or as much time as they feel able. They attend events which raise awareness of forced migration, from theatre, poetry evenings, debates and lectures.

Sign up to the MSG mailing list to receive meeting details:

Bristol Group Meeting: September Social
2022-09-12 18:30 - 20:00
Calling all healthcare workers in Bristol concerned about climate change!

For this meeting we’re holding a picnic on Clifton Downs from 6.30 to 8pm. We’re aiming for the specific location to be ///makes.frock.sample on what3words (map).

Everyone is welcome, whether this is your first meeting or you’ve been involved for a whole.

The social is a chance to catch up, find out about the group and help shape Medact Bristol’s campaigns for the upcoming year.

This is the Facebook page for the event: the group will post a contingency plan here if the weather is bad!

To keep in touch with the Bristol group, you can join their WhatsApp group and/or subscribe to the mailing list for more information.

Economic Justice & Health group meeting
2022-09-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-09-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-10-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-10-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Economic Justice & Health group meet regularly on Zoom to discuss current and future campaigns, plan events, work on strategy and share knowledge. The group is open to all and welcomes new members. Questions? Email EJ&H campaigner Jordi.
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Medact North East Meeting
2022-09-14 20:00 - 21:00, 2022-09-28 20:00 - 21:00
Medact North East is an active local group based around Newcastle, Sunderland, Tynemouth and across the North East.

The group meets at the same time every two weeks. Each meeting is facilitated by a different person and they welcome new members! The time is used to discuss current campaigns and anything else relevant. Some past campaigns and activities include:

Working with Newcastle City Council to endorse the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Writing to the Foreign Secretary requesting that British children in Syrian refugee camps be returned to Britain.

Giving talks on planetary health at the Royal Victoria infirmary.

Contacting Newcastle City Council to find out which energy supplier they use.

For more information or to join a meeting, get in touch via northeast@medact.org. Sign up to the North East group’s mailing list –

Medact Birmingham: Druids Heath Community Meeting & Social
2022-09-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Manningford Hall, Bells Lane, Birmingham, B14 5RY, United Kingdom
This meeting is open to all of the community and stakeholders alike, including Medact and our members in Birmingham. Residents have invited the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) Mayor Andy Street and Labour MP Steve McCabe to attend.
This is an excellent opportunity for Medact members to meet the community campaigners and organisers, and discuss how we can effectively support their campaigning efforts.
Have a look at our project proposal ‘A People’s Health Plan for Druids Heath’, which will be discussed during the meeting.
The agenda is as follows: build first, clearance, right to return, community planning, public health campaigning angle (which Medact will be facilitating), levelling up and the formal complaint feedback from Birmingham City Council.
The meeting will be followed by a social (more details to follow) and we really encourage you to attend! Questions? Email EJ&H campaign lead Jordi at jordilopezbotey@medact.org. You can also join the Medact Birmingham WhatsApp group to connect with other members in the locality.

Bristol Group Meeting
2022-09-26 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-10-10 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-10-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-07 19:00 - 20:30
Medact Bristol is one of our more recently established local groups. They are interested and engaged in local, national and international issues that affect public health. Medact Bristol is focusing its efforts on campaigns on climate, environment and sustainability, divestment, and migrant access to health care.

The Bristol group meet every two weeks on Mondays. You can join their WhatsApp group and subscribe to the mailing list for more information.

Medact Groups Check-in
2022-10-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
This is a space for people active in Medact local or issue groups to connect, to share collective learning from our organising—the challenges and successes and how we can support each other moving forward.
We would love one or more people from each group to come if possible, and the group representative doesn’t need to be a coordinator: anyone who is involved is welcome!
As part of the check in, we would love for each group to spend two minutes sharing a few highlights from the last few months, any challenges you’ve had, and any plans you have coming up.
If you have any questions or would like to chat through anything, do get in touch with Ben Eder: beneder@medact.org
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Nuclear Weapons Group strategy session
2022-10-06 18:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group will meet to reflect on activities and achievements from the 12 months, consolidate the group’s structure, and decide on the group’s campaign strategy for the next 6 months. Register below to receive the meeting link. Questions? Email Sarah Lasoye: sarahlasoye@medact.org
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Patients not Passports New Joiners Meeting October 2022
2022-10-06 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Want to get involved in the Patients Not Passports campaign?

The best way to get up to speed with the campaign and get connected with work going on across the country is to come to our next New Joiners meeting. To win, we need everyone working together to oppose NHS charging—you don’t need to work in healthcare to be involved!

In the meeting we’ll explore how NHS charging works, how we can fight back, hear from some of the groups working on the Patients Not Passports campaign, and explore the different ways you can get involved.

If you can’t make the next New Joiners meeting, don’t worry as you can see and register for dates for future meetings below. We can also make time for a quick phone call with you or connect you directly with your local group – get in touch by emailing sarahlasoye@medact.org.

If you have time, you could:

check out How NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’ for an overview of the campaign,

watch this brilliant video from DocsNotCops on NHS Charging and the fight for Universal Healthcare, or

listen to this excellent podcast Internal Borders in Britain: Still We Rise Podcast – exploring the development and use of internal borders in Britain, and their particular harms on minoritised communities.

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Medact North East Group Meeting
2022-10-12 20:00 - 21:00, 2022-11-01 20:00 - 21:00

Health for a Green New Deal: Prescription for Climate Justice
2022-10-27 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Last year, health workers across the UK started running climate clinics to engage their communities and put pressure on MPs to oppose new fossil fuels and support the Green New Deal Bill.
Almost a year since COP26, the government has approved new oil fields with up to 40 in the pipeline. At the same time, energy companies have recorded profits, whilst people are having to choose between heating and eating.
This year, we are going to build the pressure – join us online for the October Big Meeting of the Health for a Green New Deal campaign, where we will be coming together to:

Hear updates from local groups
Launch our brand new ‘Prescription for Climate Justice’ action guide
Practice persuasive conversations
Share plans around COP 27 Global Day of Action & the People’s Health Tribunal

Whether you’ve been organising with us all along or are brand new to H4GND, the Big Meetings are the perfect opportunity to hear what’s been happening, what we have planned and how you can get involved. If you have any questions about this event or the campaign, please email Rob (robabrams@medact.org) or Ben (beneder@medact.org).
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AGM 2022
2022-10-29 13:30 - 17:00 | Sheffield, United Kingdom
The AGM is our annual opportunity to come together and explore the overall running of Medact. As always, we’re excited to bring together members old and new from the UK and beyond.

This year marks 30 years since Medact was formed, so together we will be celebrating where Medact has come from and looking ahead to the future at our 2022 Annual General Meeting on Saturday 29th October.

The day will include:

updates from our campaigns and member groups

opportunities to get involved in the coming months

essential business including scrutiny of our finances and elections

celebrating 30 years of Medact!

Everyone is welcome to join the meeting, but you must be a member to propose and vote on motions or in elections. If you would like to get involved in running Medact, why not join today?

This year we will be holding the AGM as a hybrid event, with the option to attend in-person in Sheffield at Union Street Co-working Offices or online on Zoom. Union Street is a wheelchair accessible building.

You can sign up to receive more information below.

Submitting motions

The AGM is a space to put forward proposals for how you would like to see the running of Medact. You can do this by submitting a motion for discussion at the AGM by contacting the office on office@medact.org. If you would like any support in drafting a motion, please contact Movement Organiser, Ben on beneder@medact.org.

Election of Trustees

The AGM is also the place where members elect Trustees, who are responsible for the overall governance of Medact. To nominate another candidate for Trustee election, please contact the office on office@medact.org. The deadline for submitting motions is set at 5pm on Wednesday 19th October to allow time to prepare and circulate the final agenda.

This year we will be holding the AGM as a hybrid event, with the option to attend in-person in Sheffield (at Union Street Co-working Offices) or online.

Register to let us know your coming below!

If you would appreciate assistance with joining the online meeting please let us know, and one of the team will be happy to help.

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