Criminalising Distress literature review team meeting
2023-03-13 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-03 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
The Literature Review team meet as part of the Medact Research Network’s current project ‘Criminalising Distress’.

The 18-month project explores the evolution and impacts of, accountability for, and alternatives to Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM), a model of mental health care involving police officers into non-emergency therapeutic interventions.

For more information about the project email Research and Policy Manager Hil Aked at hilaked@medact.org

Securitisation of Health group meeting
2023-03-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
What is the securitisation of health?

A number of policing and counter-extremism measures are embedded by the government into UK health services, which at times requiring health workers to work closely with the police and other security agencies.

These 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.

Through 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.

About the group

The Securitisation of Health group is for health workers interested in working on these issues through campaigning, lobbying and research. New members are welcome! If you have any questions or concerns about attending, please email our Campaign Lead Sarah Lasoye at sarahlasoye@medact.org

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Criminalising Distress interview team meeting
2023-03-20 19:00 - 20:30
The interview team meet as part of the Medact Research Network’s current project ‘Criminalising Distress’.

The 18-month project explores the evolution and impacts of, accountability for, and alternatives to Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM), a model of mental health care involving police officers into non-emergency therapeutic interventions.

For more information about the project email Research and Policy Manager Hil Aked at hilaked@medact.org

Economic Justice & Health group meeting
2023-03-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-08-21 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
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.

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Criminalising Distress FOI team meeting
2023-03-27 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-04-17 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-05-08 19:00 - 20:30
The FOI (“freedom of information”) team meet as part of the Medact Research Network’s current project ‘Criminalising Distress’.

The 18-month project explores the evolution and impacts of, accountability for, and alternatives to Serenity Integrated Mentoring (SIM), a model of mental health care involving police officers into non-emergency therapeutic interventions.

For more information about the project email Research and Policy Manager Hil Aked at hilaked@medact.org

Nuclear Weapons Group meeting
2023-04-04 18:00 - 19:30
Medact’s Nuclear Weapons Group represents the longest standing aspect of Medact’s work to address war, armed violence and conflict as global threats to health. We meet to provide updates on our ongoing work, plan future efforts and discuss the current global political landscape as related to nuclear weapons and disarmament.

If you have any questions about the group’s work or about attending, please email Reem at reemabuhayyeh@medact.org

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Patients Not Passports New Joiners meeting: April
2023-04-18 19:00 - 20:30
Want to get involved in the Patients Not Passports campaign?

The 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.

In 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!

If 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.

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Housing & Health: London meeting
2023-04-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Medact’s Economic Justice 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.

Over the past few months, our members have been actively involved in national advocacy work through the Homes For Us Campaign, local organising work in Birmingham, and a new project organising with tenants and community organisers in Harrow.

At this meeting, you’ll hear from the members involved in our Housing and Health campaign, get updates on our local organising work in Harrow, help us develop next steps and identify other potential campaigns in London.

After the meeting we’re having a bit of a social gathering to provide an opportunity to meet other Medact members in London.

You don’t have to be a regular member of the Economic Justice & Health 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

Background

The 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.

As 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

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Housing & Health: London meeting
2023-05-17 18:30 - 20:30 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Medact’s Economic Justice 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.

Over the past few months, our members have been actively involved in national advocacy work through the Homes For Us Campaign, local organising work in Birmingham, and a new project organising with tenants and community organisers in Harrow.

At this meeting, you’ll hear from the members involved in our Housing and Health campaign, get updates on our local organising work in Harrow, help us develop next steps and identify other potential campaigns in London.

You don’t have to be a regular member of the Economic Justice & Health 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

[Registration has now closed]

Background

The 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.

As 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

Medact Research Network Quarterly Meeting
2023-05-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
The Medact Rights Research Network Quarterly is an online 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’ll be welcoming two guest speakers from US-based health justice body Human Impact Partners (HIP), Elana Muldavin and Christine Mitchell who will be in conversation with our Economic Justice & Health campaigner Jordi.

They’ll be speaking about HIP’s new Research Code of Ethics, which has been designed with guidance from community organisers in order to foster research that’s accountable, responsible, equitable, and just to the communities it seeks to serve. Join us to talk about how Medact can do the same.

Christine Mitchell is a research project director with the Health Instead of Punishment program at Human Impact Partners, a national public health nonprofit based in Oakland, CA. She is an organizer with the Boston-based DeeperThanWater Coalition and a co-author of the American Public Health Association policy statements on law enforcement violence and carceral systems. She has a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School and a Doctor of Science in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Elana Muldavin is a senior research associate at Human Impact Partners, where her work focuses on advancing economic security through collaborative, community-centered research. She believes that policy advocacy, community organizing, and participatory research are powerful tools in service of health and racial equity. Elana holds a Master of Public Health from University of California, Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in sociology from Occidental College.

Questions? Get in touch with our Research & Policy Manager, Hil Aked

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Medact Groups Check-in
2023-05-31 18:30 - 20:00 | 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.

Ideally 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!

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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Economic Justice & Health group meeting
2023-06-05 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
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.

Patients Not Passports New Joiners meeting: June
2023-06-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

Economic Justice Group Meeting
2023-06-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2023-07-03 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-07-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

Housing & Health: London meeting
2023-06-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
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.

Over the past few months, our members have been actively involved in national advocacy work through the Homes for us Campaign, local organising work in Birmingham and have recently started a new project organising with tenants and community organisers in Harrow.

You will be hearing from the members involved in our Housing and Health campaign, get updates on our local organising work in Harrow and help us develop our next steps and identify other potential campaigns in London.

After the meeting we’re having a bit of a social gathering to provide an opportunity to meet other Medact members in London.

You 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

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Background

The 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.

As 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

Housing and Health London Meeting
2023-07-26 18:30 - 20:30 | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
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.

Over the past few months, our members have been actively involved in national advocacy work through the Homes for us Campaign, local organising work in Birmingham and have recently started a new project organising with tenants and community organisers in Harrow.

You will be hearing from the members involved in our Housing and Health campaign, get updates on our local organising work in Harrow and help us develop our next steps and identify other potential campaigns in London.

After the meeting we’re having a bit of a social gathering to provide an opportunity to meet other Medact members in London.

You 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

Meetings are usually in-person, but this month we’re meeting online due to tube strikes.

[Registration has now closed]

Background

The 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.

As 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 inequalitiesYou can read more in our booklet The Public Health Case for Secure Housing

Economic Justice & Health group meeting
2023-07-31 19:00 - 20:30

Economic Justice & Health Group
2023-08-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

Housing and Health London Meeting
2023-08-30 18:30 - 20:30 | Zoom
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.

Over the past few months, our members have been actively involved in national advocacy work through the Homes for us Campaign, local organising work in Birmingham and have recently started a new project organising with tenants and community organisers in Harrow.

You will be hearing from the members involved in our Housing and Health campaign, get updates on our local organising work in Harrow and help us develop our next steps and identify other potential campaigns in London.

You 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

[Registration has now closed]

Background

The 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.

As 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

Economic Justice Group Meeting
2023-09-04 19:00 - 20:30

Medact Groups Check-in
2023-09-12 18:30 - 20:00

Nuclear Weapons Group meeting
2023-09-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
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.

We 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!

For more info or with questions, email Sarah: sarahlasoye@medact.org

[Registration has now closed]

Patients not Passports New Joiners Meeting: September
2023-09-21 19:00 - 20:30
Want to get involved in the Patients Not Passports campaign?

The 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.

In 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!

If 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
