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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240115T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240115T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20240105T171759Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240110T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240110T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231012T121831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231123T162325Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231221T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231221T203000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231206T161101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240408T154940Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231115T122746Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231210T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20230926T150441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231121T124340Z
UID:31373-1702206000-1702227600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:All Care For All People – A People’s Health Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Part of Healing Justice Ldn’s festival of events ‘Rehearsing Freedoms‘ (Oct 11 – Nov 11) \n\n\n\nPlease note this event has been postponed from November 11 to December 10. \n\n\n\nThis is a visioning and action session\, which will support participants to build towards radical abolitionist public health. Taking place on the last day of the festival\, this people’s gathering and assembly space invites us to collectively imagine what health for us all\, as determined by us\, looks like. The session will ground us back into the intentions of the overall festival\, and will ask the questions: \n\n\n\n– What is health\, and what are the roots health grows from?– How does the state shape our health? What role might the state play in accessing health and healing – if any?– What might our visions of health look and feel like?– How can we rehearse and practise those visions right now? \n\n\n\nThis workshop will encourage us to think\, feel\, draw\, write and play through these questions\, building with all that has come before and inviting in new offerings. The space will be held facilitated by Kavian Kulasabanathan\, Ben Eder\, Dr Stephanie Davis\, and Farzana Khan \n\n\n\nThis event will be BSL interpreted. \n\n\n\nICF @ Block 336336 Brixton RoadLondon SW9 7AA \n\n\n\n\nReserve your free place here
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/all-care-for-all-people-a-peoples-health-assembly/
CATEGORIES:External,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231207T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231207T203000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231205T104906Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231206T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231206T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T184500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231129T203000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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:20231120T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231120T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231103T113844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T114644Z
UID:31837-1700161200-1700168400@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Medact Bristol Welcoming Evening + Talk on navigating climate anxiety
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an evening of reflecting on our responses to climate change and climate action. \n\n\n\nWe are the Bristol branch of Medact\, a nation-wide collective where health workers campaign on health and climate justice. \n\n\n\n\nSign up on EventBrite\n\n\n\n\nDr Liz Marks will be holding a presentation and discussion on her research on climate anxiety and eco-distress. \n\n\n\nLiz is a clinical psychologist\, clinical director and a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Bath. She is author of over 30 articles\, currently focusing on people’s emotional responses to climate change. She co-lead the seminal 2021 global survey on young people’s feelings about climate change and governmental inaction. Liz is also an accredited cognitive-behavioural and mindfulness therapist and has been running climate cafes across Bristol and Bath. \n\n\n\nThe talk will be followed by a brief presentation about MEDACT\, current campaigns and activity of the national and local groups. \n\n\n\nThis event will be an opportunity to meet and connect\, reflect on shared values and ways of coming together to inspire and create change. \n\n\n\nYou will be able to get non-alcoholic drinks at the bar. \n\n\n\nLooking forward to seeing you there!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/medact-bristol-welcoming-evening-talk-on-navigating-climate-anxiety/
LOCATION:Cafe Kino\, Stokes Croft\, Bristol\, BS1 3RU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Group,Social,Talks & Lectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231111T180000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20230919T125027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T155715Z
UID:31317-1699711200-1699725600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Leeds: Migration is life! How do we resist borders in the everyday?
DESCRIPTION:Join local migrant justice organisations & community groups for an afternoon of practical workshops on resisting the Hostile Environment\, and a screening of ‘NHS Borderlands’. \n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re all Leeds aren’t we? \n\n\n\nWhoever we are and wherever we come from\, most strive to treat others how we want to be treated. While the people in power continue to show that they don’t care about us\, we must show that we do care about one another. \n\n\n\n\nSign up on Eventbrite!\n\n\n\n\nLocal Leeds migrant justice organisations and community groups have come together to bring this afternoon of practical workshops to learn about how we can resist violent borders that have been brought into our everyday lives through the government’s cruel Hostile Environment policies. \n\n\n\nPAFRAS\, Racial Justice Network\, Yorkshire Resists\, Stop the Scan\, Leeds Anti-Raids Action and Patients Not Passport will be sharing their expertise and practical tools for resistance as well as raising the voices of those who are subject to Hostile Environment policies. We will also be screening the award-winning Bare Life Film’s NHS Borderlands\, an investigative documentary exploring the human impact of NHS charges on migrants. The short film explores the story of Angela\, who fled persecution in Zimbabwe only to be subjected to Hostile Environment immigration policies in the UK and charged £8\,000 for vital medical care. \n\n\n\nThis event is aimed at both people who are subject to immigration control as well as those who wish to learn more about how they can stand in solidarity with migrant communities who are coming under increasing attacks from both people in power and the far-right. \n\n\n\nThis event is ticketed and you will only be allowed entry with a ticket. We ask those who can afford to donate to bring a suggested donation of £10 so we can run further events for the community. Sign up on Eventbrite!
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/leeds-migration-is-life-how-do-we-resist-borders-in-the-everyday/
LOCATION:Middle Floor\, 23-25 Wharf Street\, Leeds\, LS2 7EQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Group,Social,Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231108T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231106T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231106T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231005T094019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T160318Z
UID:31366-1699295400-1699299000@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Nuclear Militarisation: how it threatens humanity
DESCRIPTION:A new webinar from Medact’s Nuclear Weapons group\, outlining the science of nuclear weapons and the threat they pose to human survival.  \n\n\n\nRead the new briefing here\, and come along for a comprehensive but concise exploration of the nature of the nuclear challenge to global society.  \n\n\n\n\nRead the briefing ‘Nuclear Militarisation: How it threatens humanity’\n\n\n\n\nThe webinar will cover a baseline of technical knowledge\, provide information on the health impact of nuclear weapons\, and encourage health workers\, students and all committed to health justice to get involved with the movement for nuclear abolition.  \n\n\n\nFor access information\, or if you have a question that you’d like to be answered during the webinar\, please email Sarah at sarahlasoye@medact.org. We look forward to seeing you there! \n\n\n[Registration has now closed]
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/nuclear-militarisation-how-it-threatens-humanity/
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Talks & Lectures
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231104T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231104T130000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20230927T092458Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230927T092503Z
UID:31380-1699095600-1699102800@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Freedom Of Information: Knowledge For Liberation
DESCRIPTION:This event is part of Healing Justice Ldn’s ‘Rehearsing Freedoms‘ festival.\n\n\n\nIn this workshop led by Medact’s Research Manager Hil Aked\, participants will rehearse the liberatory potential – and limitations – of using freedom of information requests to empower ourselves with knowledge. Participants will discuss the politics of knowledge and power and information asymmetries between communities and the state. They will also learn practical skills for trying to start redressing that balance. There will be a skillshare element and an interactive element where these skills will be collectively applied to hypothetical case studies. Participants will leave with a greater confidence and capacity to challenge oppression in the form of state secrecy and opacity\, part of paving the way for more openness\, transparency and freedom. \n\n\n\nIf you require additional access measures to enable your participation\, including BSL interpretation please email info@healingjusticeldn.org. Inline with our commitment to disability justice\, we will try to accommodate as much as possible. \n\n\n\nICF @ Block 336336 Brixton RoadLondon SW9 7AA \n\n\n\nReserve your space
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/freedom-of-information-knowledge-for-liberation/
CATEGORIES:External,Workshops
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231102T213000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231017T162923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T141432Z
UID:31592-1698953400-1698960600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Songs to Stir Action for Peace: Frankie Armstrong and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Join Musicians for Peace & Disarmament on Zoom for their not-to-be-missed online folk concert\, Frankie Armstrong and Friends\, devised and organised by MPD Patron\, Frankie Armstrong\, who\, as ever\, has assembled a star-studded cast. She is calling the evening Songs to Stir Action for Peace. Never can a title have been more apposite. \n\n\n\nFrankie’s very special line-up will include fellow MPD Patron\, the legendary Peggy Seeger\, Frankie’s own group Bread and Roses (with Laura Bradshaw and Pauline Down)\, hard-hitting singer-songwriter Robb Johnson and\, all the way from Australia\, the unique a cappella group The Spooky Men’s Chorale. A wonderful and eclectic mix of talent. Expect the unexpected! \n\n\n\n\nBuy tickets here
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/songs-to-stir-action-for-peace-2/
CATEGORIES:External,Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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:20231025T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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:20231025T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231025T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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:20231023T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231023T203000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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:20231021T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231021T235959
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231018T143728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T091937Z
UID:31667-1697846400-1697932799@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Stop the war on Gaza! Health Blocs at national demonstrations for Palestine
DESCRIPTION:Join other health workers marching on Friday 20th October and Saturday October 21st to stand in solidarity with Palestine and call for an immediate ceasefire. \n\n\n\nThis week has seen horrific attacks and human rights abuses as Israel’s bombardment of Gaza intensifies\, following Hamas’ attack and kidnapping of Israeli citizens on Saturday 7th October. \n\n\n\nUpward of three thousand Palestinian civilians have been killed\, with sources estimating almost half of fatalities being women and children\, and many thousands more injured and without access to water\, food or fuel.  \n\n\n\nGaza’s already under-resourced health system is under intense pressure with hospitals coming under fire\, overcrowding leaving patients suffering on the floor\, and a severe lack of essential equipment. We know health workers themselves are also among the fatalities of targeted attacks on hospitals. \n\n\n\nHealth workers must take a stand against the violence and against the targeting of health infrastructure in clear breach of international law. It is vital that we come together to show the UK government that it must end its complicity and do all it can to bring about a ceasefire! \n\n\n\nKnow your rights: Read this information from Netpol on marching. \n\n\n\nFind details for how to get involved in the health-worker blocs below. These health blocs have been coordinated by health workers in the movement for health justice. \n\n\n\nIf you are interested in organising a health workers bloc at a solidarity demonstration near you\, in a location not listed below\, get in touch: office@medact.org! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLondon\n\n\n\nWe’ll be joining a health workers bloc at the National March for Palestine – Stop the War on Gaza!  \n\n\n\nWhen: 11:30am\, to join the main demonstration at 12:00pm \n\n\n\nWhere: Marble Arch Fountains\, Marble Arch\, London – (map) \n\n\n\nWear: If you feel comfortable\, wear things that identify you as a health worker\, scrubs\, stethoscope etc. The current forecast is cold and clear so dress warmly. \n\n\n\nRemember: wear sturdy shoes and bring snacks\, water and a fully charged phone. \n\n\n\nJoin the WhatsApp broadcast group: \n\n\n\n\nJoin group 1 (this group is now full!)\n\n\n\nJoin group 2 (use this one if you can’t join 1!)\n\n\n\n\nIf you’d like to buddy with someone else coming on the demo\, or you just want to have a chat beforehand\, let us know at jamesskinner@medact.org. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSheffield\n\n\n\nWhen: Saturday 21st Oct\, 12pm \n\n\n\nWhere: Sheffield City Hall\, S1 2JA \n\n\n\nPoint of contact: Jordi – jordilopezbotey@medact.org (get in touch to join the WhatsApp group!) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNorth East\n\n\n\nWhen: Saturday 21st Oct\, 12pm \n\n\n\nWhere: BBC Newcastle Broadcasting House\, Barrack Road\, Newcastle upon Tyne\, NE2 4NS  \n\n\n\nPoint of contact: Kate – katebernard@medact.org (get in touch to join the WhatsApp group!) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGlasgow\n\n\n\nWhen: Saturday 21st Oct\, 2pm \n\n\n\nWhere: Buchanan Steps\, 229 Buchanan St\, Glasgow\, G1 2NG \n\n\n\nPoint of contact: Marina – marina.politis@gmail.com (get in touch to join the WhatsApp group!) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLeeds\n\n\n\nWhen: Saturday 21st Oct\, meet at 12pm \n\n\n\nWhere: JD Sports Briggate\, Leeds\, LS1 6HFMarch at 12.30 to BCC Yorkshire\, St Peter’s Square\, Leeds\, LS9 8AH \n\n\n\nPoint of contact: Emily – Escott.emilyj@gmail.com (get in touch to join the WhatsApp group!)
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/health-blocs-palestine-national-demonstrations/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231016T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231016T203000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
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:20231011T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T193000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20230929T103450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T104741Z
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T114500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231007T130000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20231005T142520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T142526Z
UID:31484-1696679100-1696683600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:Health workers at Stop Rosebank\, Glasgow
DESCRIPTION:The UK Government has just approved the Rosebank oil field. \n\n\n\nAs healthcare students and health workers\, this directly matters to us. Join us on Saturday October 7th to show that the health community will not stand for new gas and oil. The protest starts at noon\, and we will be meeting at 11.45 outside Queen’s Street station. \n\n\n\nPlease feel free to come in scrubs/stethoscopes\, and create placards relevant to the climate crisis as a health crisis. \n\n\n\nThe WHO has forecast that without immediate and effective action\, climate change will cause 250\,000 additional deaths each year between 2030 and 2050 alone. Just like COVID-19\, it is those with the least that are being affected the most by the climate crisis. \n\n\n\nAs direct witnesses to the health crises we face\, we must take action to show that this destruction is not inevitable. There is no planetary health without human health\, and wherever you work in healthcare\, whatever your role in speciality\, it will impact us and our patients. \n\n\n\nPeople right across the UK want a reliable\, affordable energy supply\, not more oil and gas that puts all our futures at risk. Join this protest to pressure the UK to reverse their decision\, and use every tool we can to delay and eventually stop this field. \n\n\n\nEmail Marina if you want to get in touch before Saturday.
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/health-workers-at-stop-rosebank-glasgow/
CATEGORIES:Actions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231005T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231005T210000
DTSTAMP:20260507T063223
CREATED:20230919T124054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230919T140927Z
UID:31311-1696532400-1696539600@www.medact.org
SUMMARY:The Oil Machine – FREE film screening with Medact Leeds
DESCRIPTION:Explore our economic\, historical and emotional entanglement with fossil fuels – can we break the bind in time? \n\n\n\n\n\nHow can we break our addition to oil? Join Medact Leeds for a screening of the new film The Oil Machine at 7pm on Thursday 5th October in Beeston Village Community Centre as part of the South Leeds Green Film Festival for an inspiring screening and conversation on our energy future. \n\n\n\n\nSign up on Eventbrite!\n\n\n\n\nThe Oil Machine explores our economic\, historical and emotional entanglement with fossil fuels by looking at the conflicting imperatives around North Sea oil & gas. This invisible machine at the core of our economy and society now faces an uncertain future as activists and investors demand change. Is this the end of oil? \n\n\n\nThe film brings together a wide range of voices from oil company executives\, economists\, young activists\, oil workers\, pension fund managers\, and considers how this machine can be tamed\, dismantled or repurposed. \n\n\n\nhttps://www.theoilmachine.org/
URL:https://www.medact.org/event/the-oil-machine-free-film-screening-leeds/
LOCATION:Beeston Village Community Centre\, Beeston Park Place\, Beeston\, LS11 8DQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Films,Group,Meetings,Social
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