Medact North East Group Meeting
2022-10-12 20:00 - 21:00, 2022-11-01 20:00 - 21:00, 2022-11-09 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London)
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 –

Bristol Group Meeting
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.

Economic Justice & Health group meeting
2022-10-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-11-21 19:00 - 20:30, 2022-12-05 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 Sheffield Meeting
2022-10-25 19:00 - 20:00, 2022-11-08 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.

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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Migrant Solidarity Group meeting
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:

Securitisation of Health group meeting
2022-11-14 18:00 - 19:30, 2022-11-23 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-01-17 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-02-09 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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Nuclear Weapons Group Meeting
2022-11-22 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-01-10 18:00 - 19:30, 2023-01-31 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
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 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.
Questions? Email Sarah Lasoye: sarahlasoye@medact.org
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Health for a Green New Deal: Welcome Call
2022-11-24 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
Health for a Green New Deal is building a grassroots campaign for a just and green society, one that prioritises the health of people and planet. All those who work in or study health are welcome to join us and help build the movement!
Interested in getting involved in Health for a Green New Deal? Join us for our welcome call to find out everything you need to know about our plan to build unstoppable social pressure for a transformative Green New Deal.
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Medact Research Network Quarterly Meeting
2022-11-30 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 every 3 months, and is a great way to connect with others interested in research in this area.
At this meeting we’re pleased to host Dr. Ryan Essex, research fellow at the University of Greenwich. Ryan will present new research into health workers’ non-violent resistance based on surveys and interviews with Medact members.
We’ll also hear updates on our new project Criminalising Distress from both members of the research team and members of the StopSIM campaign group who sit on its steering committee. Register below to ensure you automatically receive the video link for the meeting!
As always, we invite you to share your work with the group! This could be talking briefly about a research project you’ve recently completed or are currently working on, or a paper you’ve seen that you’d like to share and discuss with the group. It’s a great opportunity to explain a new idea and connect with other researchers keen to collaborate on your project.
Interested? Get in touch with Hil and include a few details of what you’d like to talk about at a future meeting!
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Report Launch: The Medical Consequences of Contingency Accommodation for People Seeking Asylum
2022-12-06 18:00 - 19:30
Join Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group for the launch of their new report on the medical consequences of contingency accommodation for people seeking asylum. We will present the findings of the report, hear from people working in contingency accommodation and host a panel discussion on what we can do as allies to those housed there.
Read the report
Read Profiting from Pain: Accommodating asylum seekers in England, a blog accompanying the report.
This event will be hybrid and you can attend online via Zoom or in-person at the Medact offices in Hoxton, London.
Accessibility information: Entrance to The Grayston Centre is via 3 steps leading into the building. The event will take place in a meeting room on the ground floor. There is an accessible bathroom also on the ground floor. The room in which the event will be held is lit by bright, overhead lighting. There will not be live BSL interpretation, but we can turn on captions for Zoom. There is an adjacent space which can be used if you need to step out of the event for any reason. There is not parking outside the building. The closest parking spaces are available here.
Please indicate whether attending in-person or online when registering.
For those attending in person there will be a small end of year social event afterwards nearby for some food and drinks.
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Medact Birmingham: Druids Heath Campaign Meeting
2022-12-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Cherry Reds Cafe, 88-92 John Bright St, Birmingham, B1 1BN
Meet other Medact members and health workers interested in our Economic Justice work, hear the latest updates on our Druids Heath campaign, and find out about how to get involved.
The Economic Justice & Health group is currently working in Birmingham to support the Druids Heath Community Forum and their Build 1ST campaign – a community campaign organising against the demolition of council housing in Druids Heath.
“Build 1ST Druids Heath” is a campaign to build first before eviction, ensuring that residents get to move to a new house, stay in the area and only move once: into a permanent, quality home within their communities, alongside a guaranteed right to return for those families who have already been moved.
Recently, health workers launched a petition to Birmingham City Council. We will discuss how else we can support the community in Druids Heath, and how we can win the Build First demand. We’ll also explore the impact of housing on health more widely, and the health community’s involvement in organising around the housing crisis.
This is an in-person meeting at Cherry Reds Cafe (map)
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Economic Justice & Health group meeting
2023-01-16 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-01-30 19:00 - 20:30, 2023-02-13 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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Medact Groups Check-in
2023-02-07 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.

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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Medact Birmingham: Housing & Health campaign meeting
2023-02-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Cherry Reds Cafe, 88-92 John Bright St, Birmingham, B1 1BN
Meet other Medact members and health workers local to Birmingham who are interested in our Economic Justice work, hear the latest updates on our Druids Heath campaign, and find out about how to get involved!
The Economic Justice & Health group is currently working in Birmingham to support the Druids Heath Community Forum and their Build 1ST campaign—a community campaign organising against the demolition of council housing in Druids Heath.
“Build 1ST Druids Heath” is a campaign to build first before eviction, ensuring that residents get to move to a new house, stay in the area and only move once: into a permanent, quality home within their communities, alongside a guaranteed right to return for those families who have already been moved.
Last year, health workers launched a petition demanding that Birmingham City Council listen to residents. At this meeting we’ll discuss how else we can support the community in Druids Heath, and how we can win the Build First demand.
We’ll also explore the impact of housing on health more widely, and the health community’s involvement in organising around the housing crisis.
Whether you’ve been involved in our work for a while or are new to Medact, everyone is welcome! If you have any questions about this campaign or our economic justice work, drop me a line at jordilopezbotey@medact.org
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