Medact

Migrant Solidarity Group: Meeting
2020-05-05 | London
Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group will be meeting remotely on Tuesday 5th May.
For further information please email rachelpiper@medact.org

Medact Research Network: Initial Meeting
2020-05-05 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | London
During times like these the need for solid research that’s well communicated and impactful has never been more pressing.
This first meeting of the Medact Research Network will be a chance to explain the purpose of the research network, get to know each other a bit and put faces to names, share ideas, ask questions and start breaking off into smaller research clusters.
We understand that many members will currently be extremely busy – so we’ll aim to make it fun and there will be no obligatory homework! Please join us if you’re interested, whatever your capacity.
If you would like to join the meeting, please get in touch with Hilary Aked with brief details of your interest in the Research Network.

Medact Climate & Health Working Group
2020-05-06 17:00 - 18:00 | London
Medact’s Climate & Health working group will be meeting remotely on the 6th May, 5.00pm to 6.00pm.

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-05-12 20:30 - 21:30 | London
Medact’s Sheffield Group is on the 12th of May.
Please contact the Medact Sheffield Co-ordinators at sheffield@medact.org for information about how to join the online meeting.

Medact Liverpool: Health and the Green New Deal Webinar
2020-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | London
Over the coming weeks, the government will begin planning for covid economic recovery and it is essential that we engage in discussions about how we want this to look. As a society, we have learned that we are capable of making major changes at a policy and personal level in the name of public health. We must continue to keep health at the top of the agenda when the time comes to look to the future, and rebuild in a way that ensures food and housing security, tackles inequality and creates jobs by investing in green technology solutions.
Join us for this webinar as we explore how we can transition to a zero carbon society and the benefits that this will bring in terms of public health. We will discuss the role of healthcare professionals in bringing about this transition and opportunities for a greener and healthier future in the North West and Merseyside.
Speakers:

Deidre Duff / Rob Abrams – Climate and Health Campaigners for Medact
Gina Dowding – Former MEP for the North West, Green Party Member
Ed Gommon – Nurse and climate activist for Merseyside Labour for a Green New Deal

Please RSVP below for joining instructions, and email liverpool@medact.org if you have any questions.
[Registration has now closed]

Building Economic Justice ─ workshopping for a Just Response to the coronavirus crisis
2020-05-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
Come join Medact’s newly convened Economic Justice working group as we come together to work on the campaign for a Just Response to the coronavirus crisis.
You will learn about the pressing economic issues that are having a public health impact and what we should collectively be doing together as health workers to lift the burden of socio-economic inequalities that are being exacerbated due to this crisis.
Please note – we will be using Zoom to host the call.
[Registration has now closed]

Seminar: Radiation and Women's Health [POSTPONED]
2020-05-16 10:30 - 16:30 | NW1 2BJ, Leslie Forster Suite, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, London, NW1 2BJ, United Kingdom
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament are hosting a day of seminars discussing scientific research that sheds a light on how women are considerably more sensitive to radiation than men, and children than adults. There seminars will also explore the strong scientific evidence of raised cancer levels among children living near nuclear facilities worldwide.
Saturday 16th May, 10am to 4pm @ Leslie Forster Suite, Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ

Medact Scotland: Meeting
2020-05-18 19:30 - 20:30 | London
If you work or have worked in health and you’re based in Scotland, you’re very welcome to join this Medact Scotland meeting. We will be discussing the links between COVID-19, militarism, climate and health, and the next steps in the campaign for nuclear disarmament.
The meeting will take place online and please email scotland@medact.org for details on how to join.

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-05-18 19:30 - 20:30 | London
Medact Sheffield will be meeting online on Monday 18th May at 7.30pm.
Please contact the Medact Sheffield Co-ordinators at sheffield@medact.org for information about how to join the online meeting.

IPPNW World Congress XXIII: Disarmament, Development and Health [POSTPONED]
2020-05-25 - 2020-05-29 | Prideinn Paradise Beach Resort, Mombasa, Kenya
We regret to inform you that due to the #COVID19 pandemic we have postponed the IPPNW 23rd World Congress previously scheduled for May 25-29, 2020 in Mombasa, Kenya. New dates have not yet been set as we will be monitoring the worldwide health situation. Keep well!
— IPPNW (@IPPNW) March 13, 2020

The IPPNW World Congress will be meeting in Mombasa, Kenya from 25-29 May 2020.
Delegates from over 50 states in the world will gather to discuss disarmament and development as a pre-requisite for social justice, good health and ecological sustainability in Africa and the world at large.
Topics covered include violence & health, nuclear famine, universal health coverage, achieving Sustainable Development Goals in Africa and nuclear disarmament.
You can register to attend the conference here now, and for a limited time you will be able to pay early bird rates.

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-05-25 19:30 - 20:30 | London
Medact Sheffield will be holding their next meeting on Monday 25th May at 7:30pm. You can find the agenda for the next next meeting by clicking here.
Please email the Medact Sheffield Co-ordinators at sheffield@medact.org for information about how to join the online meeting.

Medact London: Meeting on Economic Justice & COVID-19
2020-05-26 | London
As Medact London we have a focus on economic justice, particularly in this city where the already significant inequalities have been made glaringly obvious during this pandemic.
Building on our previous work on housing, we are trying to think about what we might want the post-COVID London to look like, and how as people working in healthcare we might affect change to see that.
If this sounds like something you are interested in, join us on Tuesday 26th at 7pm to help start to build our campaign for an economically just future for London.
If you would like the Zoom details to join please email london@medact.org

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-06-02 19:30 - 20:30 | London
Medact Sheffield will be meeting on Tuesday June 2nd at 19:30.
Please email the Medact Sheffield Co-ordinators at sheffield@medact.org for information about how to join the online meeting

Economic Justice & Health Group ─ first meeting
2020-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 | London
Medact’s newly convened Economic Justice & Health issue group will be meeting online on Wednesday 3rd June at 6:30pm.
This will be the first meeting of the new Medact issue group for Economic Justice & Health. We will establish the terms of the group; how it will function, what roles need to be assigned and our collective aims for the group.
We will also be going over in detail the strategy, situational analysis and actions for the campaign for a Just Response to the Coronavirus Crisis.
Please RSVP below if you would like to join. We will send through joining details for the online call on the day of the event.
[Registration has now closed]

Medact Yorkshire: Meeting
2020-06-03 19:00 - 20:30 | London
Medact Yorkshire will be meeting on Wednesday 3rd June, 7.00-8.30pm.
To find out about the online meeting details please contact yorkshire@medact.org

Nuclear Weapons Group: Meeting
2020-06-04 11:00 - 12:30 | London
The Nuclear Weapons Group will be meeting online on Thursday 4th June from 11:00am to 12:30pm.
If you are interested in joining, please email reemabuhayyeh@medact.org.

Medact Migrant Solidarity Group: Meeting
2020-06-04 18:30 - 20:00 | London
Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group will be meeting on Thursday 4th June at 6:30pm.
For information on how to join the online meeting, please email migrantsolidarity@medact.org

Medact Manchester: Meeting
2020-06-04 20:00 - 21:30 | London
Medact Manchester is meeting online to discuss their work.
If you would like the details for joining please contact machester@medact.org

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-06-09 19:30 - 20:30 | London
Medact Sheffield will be meeting on Tuesday 9th June at 7:30pm.

If you are interested in attending the meeting, you can sign up for email updates from Medact Sheffield.

Climate & Health Group: June meeting
2020-06-10 18:30 - 20:00 | London
June monthly meeting of the Medact Climate & Health group.
If you are new to the group, please RSVP to receive joining details on the day.
[Registration has now closed]

East Midlands Medact ─ launch meeting
2020-06-16 19:00 - 20:00 | London
Join the East Midlands Medact group for their first meeting! We will get to know each other and discuss possible projects for our group.
RSVP below to receive joining details on the day of the event
[Registration has now closed]

Economic Justice & Health Group - second meeting
2020-06-18 18:00 - 19:30 | London
In our second group meeting we will go deeper into the roles and function of the working groups, where we are in the campaign cycle and moving forward the actions from our Building Economic Justice webinar.
Please RSVP to receive details of how to join the call.
[Registration has now closed]

Medact London: Meeting [Postponed]
2020-06-23 | London
Agenda TBC

Medact Yorkshire: Divestment webinar
2020-06-23 18:30 - 20:00 | London
On Tuesday, 23rd June at 6.30pm, Medact Yorkshire are hosting a webinar on fossil fuel divestment with special guest John Ashton, the former special representative for Climate Change at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and founder of the think tank ‘Third Generation Environmentalism’.
By dismantling the power of the fossil fuel industry, we can make space for real climate solutions,
and build a future powered by clean, community-led renewable energy. Councils across the UK are
investing massively in the fossil fuel industry. They must stop #fuellingthefire.
Active campaigns in North and East Yorkshire led by Medact Yorkshire members are working to
persuade their respective county council pension fund committees to divest from fossil fuels.
Join us as we explore why now, in the wake of Covid-19, fossil fuel divestment is more important than ever.
Please RSVP below to join!
[Registration has now closed]

Medact Oxford - Meeting
2020-06-23 18:30 - 20:00 | London
Over the last few months we have been building up our local Patients not Passports campaign in collaboration with Migrants Organise. We have organised a few training sessions to increase healthcare workers’ awareness of the impact of the Hostile Environment on access to healthcare.
As a result, we’ve had a growing number of people expressing their interest in starting a local action to pressure the OUH to scrap unfair charging regulations. As such, we would like to invite you to the first Medact Oxford virtual meeting. We would like to know you better, explore your interests, and understand how you can help us build a bigger and better movement in Oxford both on this issue and others.
Because Medact also works in other areas – climate & health, economic justice, etc. – we welcome any suggestions to build up other local campaigns.
If you would like details how to join the online meeting, please email oxford@medact.org

Medact Research Network: Economic Justice Research Meeting
2020-06-24 18:30 - 20:00 | London
The Medact Research Network will be convening for an Economic Justice research meeting on Wednesday 24 June, 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Further details on how to join the meeting will be posted shortly.
If you have any questions, please email Hilary, our Research Manager.

Medact Yorkshire: Building Our Divestment Campaigns
2020-06-27 10:30 | London
By dismantling the power of the fossil fuel industry, we can make space for real climate solutions,
and build a future powered by clean, community-led renewable energy. Councils across the UK are
investing massively in the fossil fuel industry. They must stop #fuellingthefire.
Join us for this interactive, online session action planning session. We’ll be exploring some of the theory behind successful campaigns and co-creating a plan to win fossil fuel divestment in Yorkshire.
[Registration has now closed]

Co-ordinator Online Gathering/Training
2020-06-30 17:00 - 19:00 | London
Session for group co-ordinators to meet and learn from one another.
Amongst other things we’ll be looking at:

How to facilitate online meetings even more inclusively, accessibly and effectively.
How to design and run and inspiring webinars
How to facilitate the group between meetings & increase members sense of ownership of tasks
How to build your group & members engagement

For details please check the group coordinators email list, or contact Becky or Rachel.

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-06-30 20:00 - 21:30 | London
Medact Sheffield will be having an online meeting on Tuesday 30th June at 8.00pm.
For details on how to join the meeting please email sheffield@medact.org

Medact Research Network: Access to Healthcare Research Meeting
2020-07-01 18:30 - 20:00 | London
The Medact Research Network will be convening for an Access to Healthcare research meeting on Wednesday 1 July, 6.30pm – 8.00pm.
Further details on how to join the meeting will be posted shortly.
If you have any questions, please email Hilary, our Research Manager.
