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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T183000
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UID:31390-1697049000-1697052600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:October Action Planning Meeting – Health for a Green New Deal
DESCRIPTION:Want to join a movement of health workers fighting for climate justice? \n\n\n\nJoin the next Health for a Green New Deal campaign Action Planning Meeting! You’ll meet our new campaigner\, Maria Carvalho\, to explore a renewed strategy and focus for climate justice campaigning. \n\n\n\nThe Health for a Green New Deal Action Planning group organises national activity and supports our Health for a Green New Deal network. We have started meeting fortnightly to discuss the current climate & health justice landscape and strategise how we can contribute to the wider movement. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to have been involved before to get involved\, everyone is welcome! If you’re unable to attend any of the meetings but are keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, get in touch. \n\n\n\nRegister below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or any questions\, email Maria: mariacarvalho@medact.org. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-oct-action-planning/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231016T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231016T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T111356Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T111918Z
UID:31056-1697482800-1697488200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Economic Justice & Health Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Economic Justice & Health group meet regularly 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 our EJ&H campaign lead Jordi. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/ejh-oct16/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231023T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231023T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231011T135959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T140041Z
UID:31471-1698087600-1698093000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-oct-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T114557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T114652Z
UID:31489-1698258600-1698262200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health for a Green New Deal: Action Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Want to join a movement of health workers fighting for climate justice? Join the next Health for a Green New Deal campaign Action Planning Meeting!  \n\n\n\nThe Health for a Green New Deal Action Planning group organises national activity and supports our Health for a Green New Deal network. We meet every 2 weeks\, on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month\, to discuss the current climate & health justice landscape and strategise how we can contribute to the wider movement. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to have been involved before to get involved now—everyone is welcome! If you’re unable to attend any of the meetings but are keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, get in touch. For more info or any questions\, email Maria: mariacarvalho@medact.org. \n\n\n\nRegister below to receive the meeting link. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-oct25/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T123355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T123637Z
UID:31521-1698264000-1698267600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East is an active local group based around Newcastle\, Sunderland\, Tynemouth and across the North East. \nThe group meets 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: \n\nWorking with Newcastle City Council to endorse the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.\nWriting to the Foreign Secretary requesting that British children in Syrian refugee camps be returned to Britain.\nGiving talks on planetary health at the Royal Victoria infirmary.\nContacting Newcastle City Council to find out which energy supplier they use.\n\nFor more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. Register to receive the Zoom link. \n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/north-east-mtg-oct25/
CATEGORIES:Group,Hybrid,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231003T132727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231023T135500Z
UID:31326-1698343200-1698348600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group: October Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid meeting: Online and at Medact’s office in Hoxton\, London \n\n\n\nWhat is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org  \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-october-meeting/
LOCATION:Medact Office\, The Brick Yard\, 28 Charles Square\, London\, N1 6HT\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T115205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T093542Z
UID:31491-1699468200-1699471800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health for a Green New Deal: Action Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Want to join a movement of health workers fighting for climate justice? Join the next Health for a Green New Deal campaign Action Planning Meeting!  \n\n\n\nThe Health for a Green New Deal Action Planning group organises national activity and supports our Health for a Green New Deal network. We meet every 2 weeks\, on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month\, to discuss the current climate & health justice landscape and strategise how we can contribute to the wider movement. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to have been involved before to get involved now—everyone is welcome! If you’re unable to attend any of the meetings but are keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, get in touch. For more info or any questions\, email Maria: mariacarvalho@medact.org. \n\n\n\nRegister below to receive the meeting link. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-nov8/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T134156Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231019T093556Z
UID:31523-1699473600-1699477200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East is an active local group based around Newcastle\, Sunderland\, Tynemouth and across the North East. \nThe group meets 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: \n\nWorking with Newcastle City Council to endorse the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.\nWriting to the Foreign Secretary requesting that British children in Syrian refugee camps be returned to Britain.\nGiving talks on planetary health at the Royal Victoria infirmary.\nContacting Newcastle City Council to find out which energy supplier they use.\n\nFor more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. Register to receive the Zoom link. \n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/north-east-mtg-nov8/
CATEGORIES:Group,Hybrid,Meetings
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231011T140711Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T152341Z
UID:31328-1700503200-1700508600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group: November Meeting
DESCRIPTION:What is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org  \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-november-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T134651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231012T134757Z
UID:31525-1700683200-1700686800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East is an active local group based around Newcastle\, Sunderland\, Tynemouth and across the North East. \nThe group meets 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: \n\nWorking with Newcastle City Council to endorse the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.\nWriting to the Foreign Secretary requesting that British children in Syrian refugee camps be returned to Britain.\nGiving talks on planetary health at the Royal Victoria infirmary.\nContacting Newcastle City Council to find out which energy supplier they use.\n\nFor more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. Register to receive the Zoom link. \n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/north-east-mtg-nov22/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231107T172933Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154954Z
UID:31890-1701283500-1701289800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:London Housing & Health meeting (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Housing & Health Group is organising to improve policies for better access to secure and sustainable housing.  \n\n\n\nThis includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level for better support for social housing\, community-owned housing stock and protections for renters. \n\n\n\nIn this meeting\, you will be hearing from the members involved in our work\, get updates on our local organising work in North West London\, and help us develop the next steps and identify potential campaigns in other boroughs. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to be a regular member of the EJ&H group or a health worker to get involved\, everyone is welcome. If you’re unable to attend meetings but keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, you can contact Jordi: jordilopezbotey@medact.org.  \n\n\n\nRegister to attend below! \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed] \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground \n\n\n\nThe housing system in the UK is broken. Currently\, 1.6 million households are on social housing waiting lists and millions more are struggling to meet unaffordable rents in the private sector.  One in five dwellings in England fail to meet decent standards for living\, with disregard for basic health and safety measures all too common. Housing is not equitably distributed in the UK: poorer households\, ethnic minority groups\, the elderly and adults with disabilities are all more likely to live in low-quality\, unsafe\, insecure housing. Despite all of this\, social and private rents are growing faster than the cost of living. Social housing stock is dwindling\, yet there are around five times more empty homes in the country than households in need of housing. \n\n\n\nAs part of the health community\, we see and care for the symptoms of an unjust economic system. We are united in struggle with friends and colleagues within and beyond the NHS in organising to end housing-related health inequalities. You can read more in our booklet The Public Health Case for Secure Housing
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/housing-health-mtg-nov/
LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, London\, E1 5QJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231003T113352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231121T124333Z
UID:31215-1701284400-1701289800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Researching state violence: Deaths by Welfare x Criminalising Distress
DESCRIPTION:For this edition of the Medact Research Network Quarterly meeting\, we’re excited to welcome guest speaker Dr China Mills\, who manages the Deaths by Welfare Project at Healing Justice London\, to introduce us to this project and its impact and implications for health justice work. \n\n\n\nMembers of the Medact Research Network will then present preliminary findings from our Criminalising Distress project. \n\n\n\nWe’ll also discuss the parallels between the two—especially the violence of state neglect towards those viewed as a burden on resources. We think this is going to be a great event\, so register below! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChina Mills leads the Deaths by Welfare project at Healing justice Ldn – researching welfare state violence alongside those most impacted. She is committed to research practice that cultivates and restores dignity\, belonging\, safety\, and that is abolitionist – in community with those harmed by state violence. She has published widely on state\, and corporate\, violence\, structural oppression\, suicide and mental health\, and is the author of Decolonising Global Mental Health (published by Routledge). She is also a member of the Poverty\, Power\, and Stigma design team at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation\, working alongside people with lived experience of poverty. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/mrnq-nov/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231106T125203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T155002Z
UID:31595-1701801000-1701806400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Groups check-in
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nIdeally one or more people from each group can come along and represent their group\, and the group representative(s) don’t need to be a coordinator: anyone who is involved is welcome! \n\n\n\nAs 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. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or would like to chat through anything\, get in touch with Kate:  katebernard@medact.org \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/groups-check-in-dec/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231206T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231116T103721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154946Z
UID:31954-1701885600-1701891000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group meeting: December
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-dec/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231207T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231205T104906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T115256Z
UID:32072-1701975600-1701981000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Sheffield meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join Medact Sheffield for their last meeting of 2023 to meet group members old and new\, catch up on current campaigns on Patients Not Passports and Heath for a Green New Deal and reflect on the last year of working together. \n\n\n\nThis meeting will be hybrid with the option to join in-person at a group member’s home in Upperthorpe. Contact the group if you’d like to attend in-person to get the address\, or to get the Zoom link for joining online. Email sheffield@medact.org\, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates on group meetings and activities.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-sheffield-meeting-30/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T092336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231121T124353Z
UID:31330-1702490400-1702495800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health Group:  December Meeting
DESCRIPTION:What is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org. This meeting will be hybrid with the opportunity to attend in-person at our office in Bethnal Green. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-december-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231115T122746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154950Z
UID:31900-1702492200-1702497600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health for a Green New Deal: December network meeting
DESCRIPTION:This is a space for people active in Medact’s climate & health work to connect and to share collective learning from our organising. This December\, we will be sharing exciting updates about the power of the health voice in UK climate campaigning. This will include: \n\n\n\n\nInspiring stories & updates from recent campaigns  including a successful campaign against airport expansion in Leeds\,  an ongoing campaign against waste incinerators on Teesside\, and the People’s Health Tribunal .\n\n\n\nWe will also hear from our national campaign – bringing the voices of health workers in stopping oil & gas expansion in the UK- great opportunity to find out more and get stuck in!\n\n\n\nHear from campaigners and collectively discuss the power of the health voice in climate campaigning in the UK and globally\n\n\n\n\nEveryone is welcome – whether you/your group is already active in climate campaigning\, or just wants to find out more.  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or would like to chat through anything\, get in touch with Kate (katebernard@medact.org) or Maria (mariacarvalho@medact.org).  \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-december-network-mtg/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231221T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231206T161101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154940Z
UID:32075-1703184300-1703190600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:London Housing & Health meeting (in-person)
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s EJ Housing & Health Group is organising to improve policies for better access to secure and sustainable housing. This includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level for better support for social housing\, community-owned housing stock and protections for renters. \n\n\n\nLast month\, Medact members joined tenants from across the country with the Healthy Homes Coalition at a lively protest outside the so-called Affordable Housing Awards in Old Trafford on Friday 17 November – a grotesque\, self-congratulatory awards ceremony for landlords whose neglect is putting tenants’ health at risk.  \n\n\n\nOver the past few weeks Medact members in the London Housing and Health Group have been supporting a group of tenants in east London that reported suffering from health problems as a result of their housing conditions. After a session facilitated by the local tenants association and Medact\, tenants decided to come together to campaign against their landlord to force them to carry out the necessary disrepairs. It has been a pleasure working with Fatima\, one of the tenants\, and Channel 4 to tell their story and how they are fighting back. \n\n\n\nMeet other Medact members and health workers interested in our Housing & Health work\, hear about our ongoing campaign and organising work and find out about how to get involved! \n\n\n\nThe meeting will be followed by a social in Dalston. Come join us! \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou will be hearing from the members involved in our Housing and Health campaign\, get updates on our local organising work in Harrow\, news on our work with the Homes for Us coalition\, and help us develop our next steps and identify other potential campaigns in London.  \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to be a regular member of the EJ&H group or a health worker to get involved\, everyone is welcome!If you’re unable to attend any of the meetings but keen to get involved or develop a local campaign you can contact Jordi: jordilopezbotey@medact.org \n\n\n\nBackground\n\n\n\nThe housing system in the UK is broken. Currently\, 1.6 million households are on social housing waiting lists and millions more are struggling to meet unaffordable rents in the private sector.  One in five dwellings in England fail to meet decent standards for living\, with disregard for basic health and safety measures all too common. Housing is not equitably distributed in the UK: poorer households\, ethnic minority groups\, the elderly and adults with disabilities are all more likely to live in low-quality\, unsafe\, insecure housing. Despite all of this\, social and private rents are growing faster than the cost of living. Social housing stock is dwindling\, yet there are around five times more empty homes in the country than households in need of housing. \n\n\n\nAs part of the health community\, we see and care for the symptoms of an unjust economic system. We are united in struggle with friends and colleagues within and beyond the NHS in organising to end housing-related health inequalities. You can read more in our booklet The Public Health Case for Secure Housing
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/london-housing-health-meeting-dec2023/
LOCATION:Medact\, Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, E1 5QJ
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Social
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/04/EJH-Housing-and-Health-Meeting.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240110T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240110T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20231012T121831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231123T162325Z
UID:31495-1704911400-1704915000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health for a Green New Deal: Action Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Want to join a movement of health workers fighting for climate justice? Join the next Health for a Green New Deal campaign Action Planning Meeting!  \n\n\n\nThe Health for a Green New Deal Action Planning group organises national activity and supports our Health for a Green New Deal network. We meet every 2 weeks\, on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month\, to discuss the current climate & health justice landscape and strategise how we can contribute to the wider movement. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to have been involved before to get involved now—everyone is welcome! If you’re unable to attend any of the meetings but are keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, get in touch. For more info or any questions\, email Maria: mariacarvalho@medact.org. \n\n\n\nRegister below to receive the meeting link. \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-jan10/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/10/AP-Meeting-Graphic.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240115T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240115T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240105T171759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154720Z
UID:32176-1705341600-1705347000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group January meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-jan/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2022/10/Nuclear-Weapons-Group.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240116T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20230926T142716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T114356Z
UID:31369-1705431600-1705437000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Patients not Passports New Joiners Meeting: January
DESCRIPTION:Want to get involved in the Patients Not Passports campaign? \n\n\n\nThe best way to get up to speed with the campaign and connected with work going on across the country is to come to our next New Joiners meeting.  \n\n\n\nIn this meeting we’ll explore how NHS charging works and 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 take part. To win\, we need everyone working together to oppose NHS charging – you don’t need to work in healthcare to be involved! \n\n\n\nIf you can’t make the next New Joiners meeting\, don’t worry! 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 jamesskinner@medact.org \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/pnp-nj-january2024/
CATEGORIES:Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2022/12/Winter-appeal-2022-cover.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240117T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240117T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240105T172952Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154717Z
UID:32113-1705514400-1705519800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group meeting
DESCRIPTION:What is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org. \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-jan/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2020/09/Securitisation-Of-Health-Group-banner.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240117T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240109T144727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154701Z
UID:31720-1705521600-1705525200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East group meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East is an active local group based around Newcastle\, Sunderland\, Tynemouth and across the North East. \n\n\n\nThe group meets 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. For more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. To attend online\, register to receive the Zoom link! \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/northeast-jan17/
CATEGORIES:Group,Hybrid,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/03/3-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240125T203000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240103T121843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154912Z
UID:32204-1706208300-1706214600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:London Housing & Health meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Housing & Health Group is organising to improve policies for better access to secure and sustainable housing.  \n\n\n\nThis includes working alongside local groups to support local campaigns\, as well as demanding policy change on a national level for better support for social housing\, community-owned housing stock and protections for renters. \n\n\n\nIn this meeting\, you will be hearing from the members involved in our work\, get updates on our local organising work in North West London\, and help us develop the next steps and identify potential campaigns in other boroughs. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to be a regular member of the EJ&H group or a health worker to get involved\, everyone is welcome. If you’re unable to attend meetings but keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, you can contact Jordi: jordilopezbotey@medact.org.  \n\n\n\nRegister to attend!\n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed] \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground \n\n\n\nThe housing system in the UK is broken. Currently\, 1.6 million households are on social housing waiting lists and millions more are struggling to meet unaffordable rents in the private sector.  One in five dwellings in England fail to meet decent standards for living\, with disregard for basic health and safety measures all too common. Housing is not equitably distributed in the UK: poorer households\, ethnic minority groups\, the elderly and adults with disabilities are all more likely to live in low-quality\, unsafe\, insecure housing. Despite all of this\, social and private rents are growing faster than the cost of living. Social housing stock is dwindling\, yet there are around five times more empty homes in the country than households in need of housing. \n\n\n\nAs part of the health community\, we see and care for the symptoms of an unjust economic system. We are united in struggle with friends and colleagues within and beyond the NHS in organising to end housing-related health inequalities. You can read more in our booklet The Public Health Case for Secure Housing
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/london-housing-mtg-jan/
LOCATION:Pelican House\, 144 Cambridge Heath Road\, London\, London\, E1 5QJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Meetings
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/04/EJH-Housing-and-Health-Meeting.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240131T210000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240109T150525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154652Z
UID:31835-1706731200-1706734800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact North East group meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact North East is an active local group based around Newcastle\, Sunderland\, Tynemouth and across the North East. The group meets 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. For more information or to join a meeting in-person\, get in touch at northeast@medact.org. To attend online\, register to receive the Zoom link! \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/northeast-jan31/
CATEGORIES:Group,Hybrid,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.medact.org/app/uploads/2022/03/3-1.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240207T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240207T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240105T170845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154726Z
UID:31989-1707330600-1707334200@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health for a Green New Deal: Action Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Want to join a movement of health workers fighting for climate justice? Join the next Health for a Green New Deal campaign Action Planning Meeting!  \n\n\n\nThe Health for a Green New Deal Action Planning group organises national activity and supports our Health for a Green New Deal network. We meet every 2 weeks\, on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month\, to discuss the current climate & health justice landscape and strategise how we can contribute to the wider movement. \n\n\n\nYou don’t have to have been involved before to get involved now—everyone is welcome! If you’re unable to attend any of the meetings but are keen to get involved or develop a local campaign\, get in touch. For more info or any questions\, email Maria: mariacarvalho@medact.org. \n\n\n\nRegister below to receive the meeting link. \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/h4gnd-feb7/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2023/10/AP-Meeting-Graphic.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240215T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240108T173254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154706Z
UID:32115-1708020000-1708025400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Securitisation of Health group meeting
DESCRIPTION:What is the securitisation of health?\n\n\n\nA number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services\, which at times require health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies. \n\n\n\nThese measures risk undermining therapeutic relationships\, confidentiality and trust in practitioners – as well as drawing health services and workers into becoming an arm of policing and counter-terror agencies. \n\n\n\nThrough research and campaigns\, Medact aims to shift understandings of ‘security’\, from typically “hard” measures (border enforcement\, a punitive criminal justice system\, counter-terror measures) and advocate for collective and human security\, health and wellbeing. Read more about our work on Securitisation here. \n\n\n\nAbout the group\n\n\n\nThe Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning\, lobbying and research. New members are welcome!  \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or concerns about attending\, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org. \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/sohg-february/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2024/01/Securitisation-Of-Health-Group-feature.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240208T120622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154247Z
UID:32178-1708365600-1708371000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group February meeting
DESCRIPTION:Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work towards nuclear abolition\, and to address war\, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. \n\n\n\nWe will meet to provide an update on our ongoing work\, and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament. Register below to receive the meeting link! \n\n\n\nFor more info or with questions\, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-feb/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2022/10/Nuclear-Weapons-Group.png
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240219T200000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240123T142724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T110530Z
UID:31979-1708367400-1708372800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Groups check-in: February 2024
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nIdeally one or more people from each group can come along and represent their group\, and the group representative(s) don’t need to be a coordinator: anyone who is involved is welcome! \n\n\n\nAs 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. \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions or would like to chat through anything\, get in touch with Kate:  katebernard@medact.org \n\n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/groups-checkin-feb2024/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240304T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240304T193000
DTSTAMP:20260418T143249
CREATED:20240206T125931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240304T111601Z
UID:32365-1709575200-1709580600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Weapons Group: New Joiners Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Are you concerned about the catastrophic health and environmental consequences of a nuclear war? \n\n\n\nDo you want to take a stand with longstanding members of the medical peace movement who are campaigning for nuclear disarmament\, and the abolition of nuclear weapons altogether? \n\n\n\nThis meeting is the best way to get up to speed with the work of the Nuclear Weapons Group! We’ll provide a space for anyone interested in getting involved in the group’s activities to meet others\, learn more about the state of global nuclear weapons\, and explore the different ways you can get involved in our campaigns.  \n\n\n\nIf you can’t make this\, don’t worry! Our Peace and Security campaigner Sarah can make time for a quick phone call—get in touch by email at sarahlasoye@medact.org
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nwg-newjoiners/
CATEGORIES:Group,Meetings,Online
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://stat.medact.org/wp-uploads/2024/02/NWG-New-Joiners-meeting.png
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END:VCALENDAR