Join our Refugee Solidarity Group - we're meeting 7pm on 7th June
2017-06-07 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | Medact Office, The Brick Yard, 28 Charles Square, London, N1 6HT, United Kingdom
We’re welcoming new members to our Refugee Solidarity Group. Join our next meeting on Wednesday 7th June at 7pm at the Medact office – The Grayston Centre, 28 Charles Square London N1 6HT. Please contact Feryal Awan, if you would like to attend.
The agenda for the evening includes:

Upcoming volunteer trip to Calais
Doctors of the World ‘Stop Sharing’ campaign (Medact is supporting Doctor of the World’s campaign to stop the Home Office from accessing migrant patients’ personal information)
Organising the next ‘Right to Healthcare’ training (designed to train health professionals to help migrants access healthcare)
Sharing plans and actions for the upcoming months

The Refugee Solidarity Group develops projects to defend access to health care rights for refugees and migrants, and inform civil society about existing rights and barriers to accessing healthcare. It is a friendly group of healthcare professionals and students, welcoming new members to participate as much as time allows. Activities fall under three main domains: Advocacy, Education and Action.
The Refugee Solidarity Group is part of a wider movement the Health Through Peace Movement. Please contact us if you could like to be involved in Medact’s work in this area.

Launch of Medact Yorkshire - Fracking & the Role of the Local Health Community
2017-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | York University – HYMS Building – 1st Floor Meeting Room (107), Heslington, York , YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
This is the launch event for a new Yorkshire-based local group for Medact!

The event will include an introduction to Medact for newcomers, a discussion on the role of the health community in responding to fracking at a local level (* speakers TBA *), and an opportunity to meet each other and discuss ideas for taking the group forward.

All are welcome – if you have an interest in health, fracking and/or progressive social change, please do join us.

For more info on the event please do contact Margaret Jackson or Angela Harley.

Programme
7.00 – Welcome and introduction to Medact
7.30 – Fracking – the Role of the Local Health Community
8.30 – Group discussion – plans for taking the group forward
Speakers

Tim Thornton – Yorkshire GP
Leigh Coghill – Frack Free
