Food for Thought
2018-09-21 18:45 - 2018-09-22 23:00 UTC | Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow, G41 1BA, United Kingdom
Join us for a dinner and speaker event organised in conjuction with Medact Glasgow and Medact Scotland. This will be a fantastic opportunity for Medact members, supporters and newcomers from all around the UK to swap ideas and get to know each other.
We are delighted to have Director of Nourish Scotland Pete Ritchie join us to speak on the role of health workers in campaigning for food justice in Scotland. After this we will sit down for a dinner provided by local caterers Milk, and hear from Medact members from around the UK about the work they have been doing this year.
Registration is £10, which includes dinner. We are also looking into the possibility of some traditional Scottish music to finish the evening!

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Directions to Kinning Park Complex
The Kinning Park complex is conveniently located immediately adjacent to Kinning Park Underground station which can be reached coming from either Buchanan St [ for Queen St mainline] or St Enoch’s [for Central station].

Leadership skills for sustainability and health - 1-day course in Oxford
2018-10-02 | The Jam Factory, Hollybush Row, Oxford, OX1 1HU, United Kingdom
An interactive one-day course for public health and other health professionals and trainees to develop leadership skills for environmental sustainability within and outside the health and care sector. Drawing on real-life examples, the course will explore how health professionals can work with partners to incorporate environmental sustainability into public health programmes, healthcare facilities management and clinical care pathways. Intensive, small-group exercises will develop confidence and provide the opportunity to hone advocacy, partnership working and strategy development skills.
5 CPD credits are available (Faculty of Public Health)
Full details can be found at https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/csh-sustainability-school

Sustainability in quality improvement - 1-day course in Oxford
2018-10-03 | The Jam Factory, Hollybush Row, Oxford, OX1 1HU, United Kingdom
An intensive one-day course to introduce health professionals and educators to the concept of ‘sustainable value’ and the ‘SusQI’ framework for integrating sustainability into quality improvement. Learning from real examples, participants will explore in depth how the framework can be applied in practice to develop preventative, holistic, lean, low carbon care.
Up to 6 CPD credits are available (Royal College of Physicians).
Full details may be found at https://sustainablehealthcare.org.uk/csh-sustainability-school

Musicians for Peace & Disarmament Autumn Concert - feat. Louise Alder & Roger Vignoles
2018-10-11 19:30 UTC | St Philip’s Church, Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6QH, United Kingdom
Musicians for Peace and Disarmament’s next concert is this Thursday 11 October, 7:30pm, at St Philip’s Church, Earl’s Court Road, London, W8 6QH.
Louise Alder ‘the brightest lyric soprano of the younger generation’ (The Arts Desk) and renowned accompanist Roger Vignoles will perform songs by Schumann, Fauré, Bizet, Liszt, Strauss and Britten.
Nicole Treanor from the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF UK) will speak in the interval.
Tickets are £15 (£10 conc.) and can be purchased online or with cash on the door
All proceeds from MPD concerts go to support organisations in the peace movement, including Medact!

Migrant Access to Healthcare - The Hostile Environment in the NHS
2018-11-08 20:00 - 21:30 UTC | New North London Synagogue, 80 East End Road, London, N3 2SY, United Kingdom
NHS policies are having a devastating impact on migrant health. Patients who cannot prove they have the correct immigration status can be faced with charges of up to 150% of the cost of treatment before being given vital care, and fear hospitals will share their data with the Home Office, leading to their deportation.
These policies are penalising some of the most vulnerable people in our society, including pregnant women and those fleeing torture, and are forcing health workers to act as border guards.
Join public health charity Medact and New North London Synagogue’s Asylum Seeker Drop In to discuss this issue, and the role of healthcare workers.
Speakers:
Ussumane, an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau who has experienced the devastating impact of NHS charging policies first hand
Diane Taylor, Guardian Journalist and one of the founders of and volunteer at the NNLS Asylum Seeker Drop In
James Skinner, Nurse and access to healthcare campaigner at Medact
Hosted by:
Dr Ben Eder, Member of Medact Refugee Solidarity Group, boger of Noam and leader at Our Second Home – a summer camp for teenage refugee and asylum seekers in the UK
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Take Action For Section 21
2018-11-12 08:45 - 11:30 (Europe/London)
On Monday 12th November Medact London will be handing an open letter to the Ministry of Housing calling for an end to Section 21 of the 1988 Housing Act.
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Post on Twitter or Facebook to support Medact London as they present their open letter.
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Insecure tenancies impact physical and #mentalhealth! 1/5 adults say housing issues have affected their mental health. Section 21 allows Landlords to evict without reason, @Medact London calls on @JBrokenshire to #ScrapSection21 for #bettermentalhealth #healthcare #evictions
Over 200 #healthcare professionals have signed @Medact London letter calling on @JBrokenshire to #ScrapSection21 and end no-fault #evictions. Say no to #poorhousingconditions and #poorhealth as a result! #securehousing #betterhealth @genrentuk
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Medact Brighton Local Group Meeting
2018-11-20 18:00 - 19:30 (Europe/London)
Tuesday 20th, 6-7:30pm, Audrey Emerson Building – Opposite the Royal Sussex County Hospital
(the room will be displayed on the screen by the reception desk)
The meeting will focus on introducing ourselves and establishing who we are as a group of people – what interests, skills, power and potential we have. We can then identify priority issues to focus on before brainstorming ideas to take them forward.
We hope this meeting will provide a space for us to come together and act as a launch pad for Medact action in Brighton. Email brighton@medact.org with any questions.

Medact London Meeting
2018-12-11 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join Medact London at their next meeting on 11th December at 7:30pm, in Medact’s offices near Old Street.
We will be discussing our plans for action in the new year around how we can campaign against housing policy that negatively impacts the health of renters across the UK.
Email london@medact.org with any questions.

Healthcare access for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants: training
2018-12-17 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | St Michael’s Hospital Lecture Theatre, St Michael’s Hospital BS2 8EG
Are you a doctor, nurse, physio, receptionist, healthcare assistant or other healthcare professional? Do you care about equality in healthcare access? Do you care about access for essential healthcare to vulnerable refugees, asylum seekers and migrants living in Bristol and the southwest? Then come along for some free training!
MedAct Bristol and Doctors of the World medics are running a training event on Monday December 17th from 7-9pm at St Michael’s Hospital Bristol for healthcare professionals to learn about the complex issues surrounding primary and secondary healthcare access for these vulnerable groups. Recent Home Office legislation has caused confusion among healthcare staff in understanding the rights of these groups to accessing essential and basic healthcare. This has posed a barrier for patients from these groups who often cannot access the care they need, are to afraid to, or do not know what they are entitled to. This poses a serious risk to their health and well-being and as health professionals we need to understand how our practice affect them.
Come along to our training session on Monday 17th December to find out about these issues and how you can help in your daily practice.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/healthcare-access-for-refugeesasylum-seekers-and-migrantstraining-tickets-52934949860?utm_term=eventurl_text#listing-organizer

Medact in Brighton
2018-12-18 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/London) | Audrey Emerton building, Eastern Rd,, Brighton, BN2 0AE, United Kingdom
Interested in helping homelessness? have an idea or want to explore what Medact can do locally to help in Brighton? Our next meeting will revolve around exactly that, so join us at our next meeting on Tuesday 18th December at 8pm.

Medact Tyneside - Planning the year ahead
2019-01-09 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Jesmond, Newcastle; exact location TBC, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2019 is a pivotal year for the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). This Treaty was agreed by the UN in July 2017 and so far has been signed by 69 states and ratified by 19.
The British government must be encouraged to sign the Treaty, and in November 2018, the City of Manchester endorsed the Treaty. Join us to discuss how we can get the City of Newcastle to follow Manchester’s lead, and our goals and activities for 2019.
E-mail tyneside@medact.org for more details.

Medact Manchester - January Strategy Meeting
2019-01-17 20:00 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Our next meeting on Thursday January 17th at 8pm in Manchester, will be an opportunity for us to discuss our aims and objectives for the upcoming year so that we can have as much impact as possible going forwards.
Please email manchester@medact.org for the address or with any questions.
We look forward to seeing you!

Fighting Fracking and Fossil Fuel Divestment - how health professionals can help build a Fossil Free world
2019-01-26 14:00 - 17:15 (Europe/London) | 10-12 East Parade, Leeds
Join global health charity Medact and Concerned Health Professionals UK for an afternoon of talks and workshops in Leeds. We’ll explore how health professionals can help build a fossil free world and discuss our role in campaigning against fracking and advocating for fossil fuel divestment.
Sessions will include:

The Health Impacts of Fracking; and how we can advocate for a fracking ban.
Fossil Fuel Divestment – how health professionals can use it as a tool for climate action and clean air.

Health professionals from all fields are welcome. Please email deirdreduff@medact.org for more information and fill out the form below to register for your free ticket.
The fossil fuel industry is driving climate change and contributing to air pollution; both of which are claiming lives and damaging the health of millions. Efforts to extract fossil fuels using fracking techniques also present a range of health risks to local communities in the UK. We hope you can join us as we work together for a healthier, safer and fairer world powered by renewable energy. Please share this with colleagues who may be interested.
The event will take place in The Gallery Room, Avenue HQ, 10-12 East Parade, Leeds.
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Health For All? Meeting Re: NHS Charging Policies
2019-01-29 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | St George’s – University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom
Are you a health worker at St George’s or in Wandsworth concerned about how regulations such as upfront charging, data sharing for immigration enforcement and ID checks impact on patient care and clinical practice?
Join us to discuss the policies, their impact and how we can best support our patients on Tuesday 29 January, 6pm at St George’s University, St George’s Hospital, Tooting, SW17 0RE.
Speakers include:

Healthcare staff
Local community groups and St George’s patients

Refreshments will be provided. Please be in touch with healthforallsgh@gmail.com with any questions.
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Medact London January Meeting
2019-01-29 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join us on Tuesday 29th January for our next London local group meeting.
We will continue to work on housing and homelessness, creating plans for our campaigning in 2019. New people are welcome to join us.
7pm, The Medact Offices,The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, Hoxton, London N1 6HT
Email london@medact.org with any questions.

Working towards food justice - what can healthcare professionals do?
2019-01-30 18:45 - 20:45 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Medact are in the early stages of developing a campaign on how to bring about a just food system. Will you join us for a workshop to discuss access to food as a human right, and to devise a plan for how health professionals can campaign on this issue
Who is this for?
This workshop is for healthcare professionals working across the healthcare services who are interested in becoming involved with campaigns on food justice and health.
Outline
This workshop forms the early stages of developing a campaign on identifying the barriers to a just food system. We will be collectively exploring the questions:

What is our vision for food justice?
How does the food system relate to health?
How do we challenge dominant narratives on food insecurity that ignore structural inequality
How can healthcare professionals campaign to affect every day as well as long-term sustainable change?

This will be a participatory workshop where we hope to collate ideas for action.
RSVP: Please register below
Please contact rebeccadaniels@medact.org with accessibility requirements, including if support is needed with childcare within the space and any queries.
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Medact Tyneside Monthly Meeting
2019-02-04 14:30 (Europe/London)
Our next Tyneside meeting is on Monday afternoon 4 February 2.30 pm. Please email Elizabeth Waterston tyneside@medact.org for the address.
We will be planning for the visit of Chuck Johnson Deputy Exec Director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in late March with a view to publicising and promoting the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons,
The UN endorsed a Treaty to Prohibit and eliminate Nuclear Weapons in early July. The Treaty has now been signed by 69 states and ratified by 19 states, IPPNW affiliates all over the world are pressing their governments to sign and ratify the Treaty. ICAN – UK is working hard to persuade the British government to do this.
If you feel you could find time to help, please let us know.
When 55 nations have ratified it , it will enter into force.
We hope to see you on February 4th.

Medact Migrant Solidarity Group meeting
2019-02-13 19:00 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
The next meeting for the Medact Migrant Solidary Group (Medact-msg) is the 13th February at 7pm. We’re looking forward to seeing some old faces and hopefully new too! Remember, additions to the agenda for the meeting are always welcome.

Air Pollution and Health in Bristol and Beyond: Awareness, Education and Action
2019-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Main Lecture Theatre, St Michaels Hospital, Bristol, BS2 8EG, Bristol
Air Pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK.
Exposure to small particles and gases from fossil-fuel derived air pollution contributes to diseases such as cancer, stroke, heart disease, asthma and to around 40,000 early deaths each year in the UK alone.
Join us for an evening about Air Pollution in Bristol with guest speakers from Environmental Protection UK, Friends of The Earth, Bristol Clean Air Alliance and others.
7pm on Thursday 21st February, Main Lecture Theatre, St Michaels Hospital, Bristol, BS2 8EG
Tickets are free but please register below to confirm your attendance.
We will be discussing:

What air pollution is and the biggest contributors to poor air quality
The effects of air pollution on our health
Available resources on air pollution and local air quality, and ways in which you can reduce your impact and exposure
Campaigns, action groups and how you can get involved!

This event is open to the public.
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“Selling the military” - A critical discussion on military marketing strategies
2019-02-27 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Wesley’s Chapel & Leysian Mission, 49 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AU, United Kingdom
Please join us for an evening of discussion and exploration of our new report Selling the military: A critical analysis of contemporary recruitment marketing. The report is a joint project between Medact and ForcesWatch that analyses the way the armed forces market their careers to adolescents and young people. Throughout the evening we will review how military marketing campaigns create powerful messages that at times exploit developmental vulnerabilities and social inequality, risking the health and well-being of recruits.
Chair
Dr Victoria Basham, of Cardiff University, is Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Military Studies journal (Taylor & Francis) which she also co-founded, and co-editor of the Edinburgh University Press book series, Advances in Critical Military Studies. Victoria is the President of the European International Studies Association. Her research focuses on issues of gender, race, class and sexuality in relation to militaries, militarism and militarisation.
Speakers
Dr Guddi Singh, is a paediatric doctor at the East London NHS Foundation Trust. She is the co-author of a forthcoming BMJ article written about Medact’s work on child recruitment to the military. She is a member of the Royal Society of Medicine Paediatrics and Child Health Section Council, and recently presented a three part TV programme on BBC2 called ‘Babies: Their Wonderful World.’
Rhianna Louise is co-author of the Selling the Military report, with colleague Emma Sangster. She works on Education and Outreach at ForcesWatch. Rhianna researches and writes around military recruitment in the UK, particularly the recruitment of young people, and on human rights and ethics issues related to the military. She previously coordinated the publication and was the lead author of Medact’s report on health concerns about recruitment children into the military.
Rhiannon Spear is a law student, and a Glasgow councillor with the Scottish National Party. In 2017 as National Convenor of Young Scots for Independence, the youth wing of the SNP, she led a successful motion to make raising the military recruitment age to 18 SNP party policy. Rhiannon is also the chair of the TIE campaign, an organisation campaigning for LGBT-inclusive education in Scottish Schools. She is a passionate activist known for speaking out about inclusivity and systemic sexism.
The evening will open for a reception with refreshments at 6.30pm and we will begin the discussion at 7.00pm on Wednesday 27th February. The event will be recorded, so please inform us if you would prefer not to be filmed or photographed. Copies of our new report will be available at the event. The venue is ramp accessible, and there is an accessible toilet available by lift on the first floor. Please inform us if you need anything else to be able to attend this event.
Medact is a global health charity that uses evidence-based campaigns to support health workers to take action on structural barriers to health equity and justice, in an effort to bring about a world in which everyone can access their human right to health.
ForcesWatch is an independent research and campaigning organisation which scrutinises armed forces recruitment practices in the UK and challenges efforts to embed militarist values in civilian society.

Medact Scotland Group Meeting
2019-02-28 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London) | Citizen M Hotel, Glasgow, 60 Renfrew St,, Glasgow, G23BW, United Kingdom
Join us for our next Medact Scotland meeting on Thursday 28th February at 7.30 in the Citizen M Hotel in Glasgow.
Please get in touch with Lesley if you have any questions – Scotland@medact.org

Medact Oxford meeting
2019-03-06 18:30 - 20:00 (Europe/London) | 116-120 London Road, Headington, Oxfordshire, OX3 9AX
Join us for our next meeting on Wednesday March 6th, 6:30pm at Cafe Nero in Headington. 116-120 London Road, Headington, Oxfordshire, OX3 9AX
We will come together to discuss our next steps for Medact Oxford in the upcoming year.
Be in touch with questions oxford@medact.org

Medact London March meeting
2019-03-07 19:00 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join us on Thursday 7th March for our next London local group meeting. Join us as we continue to work on housing, homelessness, and creating plans for our campaigning in 2019. New people are welcome to join us. 7pm, The Medact Offices,The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, Hoxton, London N1 6HT
Email london@medact.org with any questions.

PREVENT in the NHS - Medact Manchester
2019-03-07 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | University Place, University of Manchester, 176 Oxford Rd, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Join Medact Manchester for the next evening talk in our Medact lecture series. We are looking forward to hearing from Dr Tarek Younis, a cultural psychologist and Newton postdoctoral research fellow at UCL. He will be discussing his current project, which concentrates on the political responses of healthcare professionals to Prevent.
Prevent is part of the government’s counter-terrorism strategy, and places a statutory duty on many professionals working in public services – including schools, universities and the NHS – to report people whom they suspect of being at risk of “radicalisation”.
7pm at University Place 6.210, Oxford Road.
There will be plenty of time for discussion after the talk, so please join us.
You can find more information on Dr Younis here: https://www.tarekyounis.org/about.html
You can find more information on Prevent here: https://www.medact.org/2018/blogs/prevent-duty-in-the-nhs/
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Yemen needs us to come together
2019-03-23 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Birmingham Council House, Committee rooms 3 & 4, Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands County, B1 1BB, United Kingdom
Are you someone who longs to see peace in Yemen? Do you want to know more about how you can be part of a peace movement? Join us for a free event to help create a safe environment and move towards peace in Yemen, by working together across our different view points.
Register here

Momentum Toward Nuclear Weapons Abolition and the Role of Nuclear Weapons States
2019-04-04 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
Join us for a lunchtime meeting and discussion with Chuck Johnson, the Director of Nuclear Programs for the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
We will be discussing the humanitarian and environmental threats posed by nuclear war, the need for a global shift toward denuclearisation through international mechanisms such as the INF Treaty and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
In light of the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty and increasing tensions between nuclear weapons’ states India and Pakistan, now more than ever we must be pressuring the UK government and institutions to sign up to the TPNW and enter into discussions with other states to do the same.
The meeting will take place at the Medact Offices, The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square, London N1 6HT.
Places are limited for this meeting so registration is necessary, and refreshments will be available.
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Ensuring Universal Healthcare in the NHS: Advocacy tools in the context of migrant charging
2019-04-09 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
In October 2017 the NHS underwent a fundamental shift in the way it provides care – for the first time since the NHS was founded, Trusts are required to charge patients upfront for treatment.
This event will explore the impact of NHS charging regulations on migrants and the role healthcare workers have in improving access to care for all, both in advocating for patients facing increasing barriers to care, and in protecting the universal principles that underpin the NHS. Medact and Docs Not Cops will launch their Patients Not Passports Toolkit and Briefing: a toolkit to understand the detail of new charging policy, and detail the many ways healthcare workers can advocate for patients.
Event hosted by the Institute of Global Health, Medact, Docs Not Cops, Health Professionals for Global Health.
Ensuring Universal Healthcare: Advocacy tools in the context of migrant charging
6:30 – 8:30pm
Tuesday 9th April
Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute Of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
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Medact Bristol Meeting
2019-04-09 19:00 - 20:30 (Europe/London)
The next Medact Bristol general meeting will be held on Tuesday 9th April at 7pm at St Michael’s Hospital in the ground floor meeting room.
We will be taking a look at all we have achieved so far this year and looking ahead to further action. We will be discussing the next steps for both our Air Pollution and Refugee Healthcare Access work streams, and giving members the opportunity to bring their own ideas for campaigns to the table.
We will also be allocating organising committee roles for next year! From August, there will be leadership positions available and we need enthusiastic people to fill them! Regardless of previous experience with Medact or any other campaign group, we need people with ideas who share the values of Medact and want to take a leading role in the future work of Medact Bristol.
If you would like more information on the organising roles within Medact Bristol before the meeting, please contact me bristol@medact.org

Musicians for Peace and Disarmament concert
2019-04-25 19:30 (Europe/London) | St. James’s Church, 97 Piccadilly, London, W1 9LL
Join Musicians for Peace and disarmament for a fascinating programme featuring the masterpieces of Mozart. All proceeds from this concert will go towards organisations in the peace movement.

Fighting Blood Coal and Blood Mines: In solidarity with communities impacted by Anglo American mining
2019-04-30 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/London) | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
On 30th April, we’ll stand in solidarity with communities whose health and lives have been devastated by Anglo American’s mining operations across the Global South. Join us for lunch, discussions and some practical actions to hold this company to account.
Anglo American – some background
Anglo American operates in many parts of the Global South, leaving a trail of health destruction in its wake.
The Cerrejón open-pit coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia
This mining giant owns a large stake in the infamous Cerrejón mine, a vast open pit coal mine in Colombia. Cerrejón has been long associated with human rights abuses including displacement, a lack of consultation with indigenous communities and serious harm to the health of local communities.
Communities living near the mine are forced to breath air that is heavy with coal dust and filled with the stench of burning. Many children suffer from respiratory problems; some become so ill that they cannot run or shout. Local hospitals are inundated with patients suffering from acute respiratory problems.
In Peru, Anglo American’s Quellaveco project has raised serious concerns and opposition among local people. It is believed that copper mining in this region will use vast amounts of water in an area that is considered at high risk of drought and is heavily impacted by climate change.
There are fears that Anglo American’s mining in Chile is speeding up the melting process of glaciers and leading to their disappearance in some cases. Glacier disruption could have serious impacts on hydrological cycles in the country with potentially devastating impacts for large proportions of the Chilean population.
Anglo American and/or companies that Anglo American has part-owned, have also been associated with armed groups responsible for human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the Philippines and South Africa, local communities have faced severe repression for protesting against mining operations. And in Ghana and Mali, local people have lived in fear as extractive activities have destroyed health, lands and livelihoods.
Companies like Anglo American are exacerbating global health inequities; their extractavism damages health in the Global South while much of their profits are concentrated in the Global North.
What will the event involve?
Part 1 – Lunch and discussion at Medact
We’ll start with lunch at the Medact offices and discuss some practical action opportunities we can take as a healthcare community to hold Anglo American to account. Including;

How to use twitter and other media to get messages across to investors attending the Anglo American AGM.
Actions we can take to push for legally binding instruments to regulate the activities of multinational corporations like Anglo American.
Using fossil fuel divestment as a solidarity tactic.

Part 2 – Vigil at the Anglo American AGM
We’ll leave the Medact offices at 13.00 and travel as a group to the Anglo American AGM at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE.
We’ll hold a vigil outside the AGM as the company’s shareholders arrive.
Accessibility
If you have any accessibility requirements please contact deirdreduff@medact.org and we can organise travel from Medact to the vigil to meet your needs.
The venue for the vigil itself is flat and the nearest accessible toilets are two minutes walk away in Westminster Central Hall (see building-specific accessibility information). A portable sound system will be used for speeches. There will be some photography and filming with phones and SLR cameras, flash photography is unlikely. There are no seating areas. Email deirdreduff@medact.org if you require a foldable chair or for other information on accessibility.
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