Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-05-25 19:30 - 20:30 (Europe/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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Agenda TBC

Medact Yorkshire: Divestment webinar
2020-06-23 18:30 - 20:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

Medact London: Meeting
2020-07-01 18:30 - 20:00
Medact London will be meeting online on Wednesday 1st July at 6.30pm
If you would like joining details please email london@medact.org

Medact Yorkshire: Meeting
2020-07-01 19:00 - 20:30
Medact Yorkshire will be having an online meeting on Wednesday 1 July from 7.00pm – 8.30pm.
If you would like details for how to join the online meeting please email yorkshire@medact.org.

False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch)
2020-07-02 18:30 - 20:00
Thank you to all who joined us for the online launch of our latest report ‘False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare’.
We heard from an incredible panel of experts on the subject:

Dr Hilary Aked – Research Manager at Medact and a writer and investigative researcher with a background in political sociology
Dr Mayura Deshpande – Consultant forensic psychiatrist, deputy Chief Medical Officer at the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, and chair of the Ethics and Professional Practice Committee at the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Dr Tarek Younis – Cultural and critical clinical psychologist, and currently a Lecturer in Psychology at Middlesex University
Rosalind Comyn – Policy and Campaigns Officer at Liberty, where she leads work across policing and counter-terrorism

Watch it back

False Positives: the Prevent counter-extremism policy in healthcare (report launch)

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Medact Bristol: Meeting
2020-07-06 19:00 - 20:30
Medact Bristol will be having a virtual planning meeting on Monday 6th July at 7.00pm
For details on how to join the online meeting please email bristol@medact.org

Medact Migrant Solidarity Group: Meeting
2020-07-07 18:30 - 20:00
Medact’s Migrant Solidarity Group will be meeting on Tuesday 7th July at 6:30pm.
For information about how to join the meeting please email migrantsolidarity@medact.org

Medact Sheffield: Meeting
2020-07-07 19:30 - 20:30
Medact Sheffield will be meeting on Tuesday July 7th at 7:30pm.

Please email the Medact Sheffield Co-ordinators at sheffield@medact.org for information about how to join the online meeting

Medact Manchester: Meeting
2020-07-07 20:00 - 21:30
Medact Manchester will be meeting online on Tuesday, 7th July, at 8pm.
For further information and details on how to join the online meeting please email machester@medact.org.

Medact Research Network: Climate & Health Research Meeting
2020-07-08 18:30 - 20:00
The Medact Research Network will be convening for a Climate & Health research meeting on Wednesday 8 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.

Economic Justice & Health Group - third meeting
2020-07-08 18:30 - 20:00
Our next group meeting will focus on orientation of the issue group. We will spend time organizing what training, resources and actions are required. We will hear back from our working groups and decide on how they will work together.
RSVP below for joining details on the day:
[Registration has now closed]

Action Call: Building the Health Movement for a Green New Deal
2020-07-09 19:00 - 20:30
We need a global Green New Deal with public health at its core. We need investment in green jobs and infrastructure that puts the health of people and planet first. The health community has a key role to play in calling for this transformative change.

Join us for this action call on Thursday 9th July as we discuss the what, why and how of building the health movement for transformative climate justice.
Joining us will be our special guests:

Dr Abdul El-Sayed – Former Health Director of Detroit and professor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health
Guppi Bola – Former Medact Director, Chair of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, researcher and public health strategist with a background in economic justice campaigning.
Dr Stephanie Davis Le Brun – Clinical psychologist working in older adult mental health services and a member of the North West branch of Psychologists for Social Change.

Registration for this call has now closed. If you have Facebook you can follow along on Facebook Live.
