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SUMMARY:National Day of Reflection
DESCRIPTION:On 23 March 2023\, let’s all come together for the third UK National Day of Reflection – an opportunity to remember our loved ones who’ve died\, support people who are grieving\, and connect with each other. Please join us once again to mark the day with a minute’s silence at noon\, a nationwide network of Walls of Reflection\, and a series of grief-themed online programmes. \nSign up
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/national-day-of-reflection/
LOCATION:All over the country
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230321T103000
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SUMMARY:UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Preliminary Hearing (Political Decisions in Scotland)
DESCRIPTION:The Module 2A Preliminary Hearing will look at core political and administrative decision making in Scotland.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/uk-covid-19-inquiry-preliminary-hearing-political-decisions-in-scotland/
LOCATION:YouTube
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230313T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230313T193000
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SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Take Back Our NHS
DESCRIPTION:Register here or at the link below. \nWe will hear from Tony O’Sullivan (retired NHS consultant paediatrician and Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public since 2015) and Noah Berman (Covid Action steering committee member\, former customer of the American and Dutch for-profit ‘healthcare’ systems) about the ongoing effort to privatise the NHS — and how we can resist. We will have time for discussion. \nMore details about Tony: \nTony O’Sullivan is a retired NHS consultant paediatrician and Co-Chair of Keep Our NHS Public since 2015 . Member of KONP’s TU – Facing Health Campaigns Together. KONP / HCT were key to launch of NHS coalition of which COVID Action is a sponsor. Locally\, he works with the successful Save Lewisham Hospital campaign.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-take-back-our-nhs/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T150000
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SUMMARY:Zero Covid Scotland: Covid - Prevention is possible
DESCRIPTION:Since summer 2021\, there has hardly been a week when the number of Covid-19 infections across the UK dropped below 1 million. With new variants spreading all the time\, people are getting infected again and again\, and the number of people suffering from Long Covid and organ damage keeps rising. To end the cycle of illness\, we need sustainable ways of preventing infections. \nJoin us via Zoom this Saturday\, 11th March at 2pm\, to listen to two excellent speakers\, followed by discussion: \n\nProf Stephen Reicher\, St Andrews University and member of Independent Sage: Professor Reicher has also been involved in the Behavioural Science advice to the UK and Scottish Governments and now part of the Scottish Pandemic Preparedness Committee. He will be speaking in a personal capacity.\nLara Wong\, founder of Clinically Vulnerable Families\, a support and advocacy group.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/zero-covid-scotland-covid-prevention-is-possible/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230311T160000
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SUMMARY:SOS NHS Demo: End the NHS Crisis – Support the strikes
DESCRIPTION:SOS NHS DEMONSTRATION – END THE NHS CRISIS – SUPPORT THE STRIKES\nSaturday 11 March – 12pm – Central London\, NW1 3AA \nWe do not need to remind you about the unprecedented crisis in the NHS\, but we do need to ensure our voice is heard. We also stand by NHS staff forced to take strike action and seek to expose the political choices this Government is making to underfund and privatise the NHS. This is also a moment just ahead of the Spring Budget to bring people together around an issue that unites us all. \nWe’ll be there too — meet up with Covid Action at Warren Street\, just around the corner from Warren Street tube station from approx 11.45am. We’ll have our banner\, posters and flyers! Print your own Covid Action flyers here: https://covidaction.uk/2023/03/04/covid-action-flyers — hope to see you there!
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/sos-nhs-demo-end-the-nhs-crisis-support-the-strikes/
LOCATION:Opposite Warren Street Underground Station\, Warren Street Underground Station NW1 3AA\, London\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230309T200000
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CREATED:20230226T172608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230226T172657Z
UID:5529-1678370400-1678392000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Hazards Campaign: Covid Workers Inquiry
DESCRIPTION:The Hazards Campaign Covid-19 Workers Inquiry will provide a wider remit than the narrow one that the official public inquiry has taken to give grass root organisations\, workers\, trade union reps and officers and other occupational health and safety activists the opportunity to register their concerns and challenges about the impact of the pandemic and provide a living record of the issues workers have faced in the UK. It will be an opportunity to hold employers\, enforcers and Govt to account and to share good practice.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/covid-workers-inquiry/
LOCATION:Zoom
ORGANIZER;CN="Hazards Campaign":MAILTO:janet@gmhazards.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230301T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230301T163000
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CREATED:20230226T161442Z
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SUMMARY:UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Preliminary Hearing (Political Decision Making)
DESCRIPTION:The Module 2 Preliminary Hearing will look at core political and administrative decision making in the UK. \nClick here for the agenda. Note that while the agenda lists the start time as 10:00am\, the inquiry website itself says 10:30am.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/uk-covid-19-inquiry-preliminary-hearing-political-decision-making/
LOCATION:YouTube
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230228T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230228T163000
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CREATED:20230226T161132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230226T161514Z
UID:5493-1677578400-1677601800@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Preliminary Hearing (Impact on Healthcare)
DESCRIPTION:The Module 3 Preliminary Hearing will look at the impact of the pandemic on healthcare. \nClick here for the agenda. (PDF)
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/uk-covid-19-inquiry-preliminary-hearing/
LOCATION:YouTube
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230213T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230213T193000
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CREATED:20230201T174314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T174314Z
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SUMMARY:Organising Call: The Winter of our Discontent
DESCRIPTION:Announcing our next organising call — join us for a discussion about the current state of Covid in the UK. Meet others who are aware that there’s a pandemic going on\, share ideas\, get organised & energised for the year ahead!
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/organising-call-the-winter-of-our-discontent/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230109T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230109T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20230105T203835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230107T141407Z
UID:5402-1673287200-1673292600@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: COVID and the NHS Crisis
DESCRIPTION:We’ll have a speaker from Nurses United and Dave Carr (Critical care nurse\, organiser at GSTT) of Unite\, followed by general discussion. Link below or go to https://linktr.ee/covidactionuk to register! \n“Our health service is in crisis. The government would have us believe this is due to the COVID pandemic. This is untrue. It’s due to a carefully designed plan\, carried out over the last decade and more\, to bring in an Americanised private system. The Health and Care Act\, which came into operation six months ago\, has effectively abolished the national part of the health service. Instead we have 42 separate health economies with responsibility for their own budgets. The great driver is to ration and deny care\, therefore reducing any budget deficit. Both main parties talk about the need to use private health companies – “to reduce waiting lists”\, and similar. Private companies exist only to make profit. As with our other formally nationalised bodies government money goes straight into the hands of the privateers. Funding needs to be dramatically increased. \nUnless we kick out the private companies and restore a national health service\, fully nationalised and adequately funded and resourced\, nothing will change. Some private companies that have taken over GP practices for instance\, have decided to close surgeries. Our health service has been underfunded for years. Hospital beds have been cut sharply and compared badly with other similar countries. PFI\, enthusiastically taken up by the Blair government\, has crippled the health sector. Our NHS used to be efficient\, effective and cheap to run. This compared favourably with the American system which is inefficient and expensive. Nye Bevan\, the founder of the NHS\, talked about it replacing fear. The fear that people had of getting sick or having an accident. Unfortunately\, that fear has returned. It’s down to all of us to fix that. One way we can start is by taking Covid Action – now!” – Frank McEntaggart\, Covid Action Steering Committee
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/5402/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221212T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221212T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20221208T194335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221210T123138Z
UID:5378-1670868000-1670873400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Long Covid Action: How Activists Are Fighting For All Of Us
DESCRIPTION:Announcing our next campaign call on Monday (12/12) @ 6pm! We’ll hear from Ondine Sherwood of Long Covid SOS and Katie Boyd of Covid Aid about how activists are fighting for & alongside those w/Long Covid & everyone affected by this virus. Register at https://linktr.ee/covidactionuk! \nAbout our speakers: \nOndine Sherwood is one of the founders of Long Covid SOS\, a charity advocating for recognition\, research and rehabilitation for people with Long Covid. Long Covid SOS works with the NHS\, National Institute for Health Research\, NICE\, the DHSC and the WHO and has featured extensively in the press both in the UK and abroad. Ondine is an IT professional and also a member of a Health Research Authority Ethics Committee in the UK. \nKatie Boyd is Head of Operations at Covid Aid\, responsible for the day to day running of the charity\, focusing on key areas such as volunteer management\, fundraising\, partnership working and policy development. Covid Aid is a digital charity providing support to anyone significantly affected by Covid-19\, including but not limited to individuals diagnosed with Long Covid and/or individuals experiencing grief due to loss of a loved one to Covid-19. Covid Aid provides advice and information on a range of Covid related topics as well as support provision via their online support community through weekly support sessions\, Live O&A’s with experts\, workshops and courses\, all free to the user.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/long-covid-action-how-activists-are-fighting-for-all-of-us/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221114T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221114T193000
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CREATED:20221103T183015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221106T084025Z
UID:5364-1668448800-1668454200@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Why the Campaign for Bereaved Families is Fighting For Justice
DESCRIPTION:Nathan Oswin – the Campaign director for Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK – will bring us the latest updates on the CBFFJ’s campaign\, the inquiry\, and more. \nAbout Nathan: \nNathan Oswin is a Multi Award Winning Campaigner\, campaign director for Covid 19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK and director for Hillsborough Law Now. Nathan has over a decade of experience working across campaigns in charity\, trade union and political sectors. He’s passionate about helping others create the change they want to make the world better\, and about bringing lived experience groups together to elicit change and innovation across the campaigning sector. Nathan is the founder of a society that brings progressive campaigners together to share best practices. You can find him on twitter as well.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-why-the-campaign-for-bereaved-families-is-fighting-for-justice/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221105T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20221103T182355Z
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UID:5362-1667656800-1667671200@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Zero Covid Scotland: How to make communal spaces safer from infection – and why it matters
DESCRIPTION:Online Public Meeting \nHow to make communal spaces safer from infection – and why it matters \nSaturday 5th November 2pm \nwith Hilda Palmer from Hazards UK (named as the most influential individual in Health and Safety 2020 by ‘Safety Health Practitioner’) \nand Ian Mullen\, Zero Covid Scotland\, Trade Union Representative for more than 25 years\, currently with Unison City of Edinburgh Branch \nRegister here and a personal link for the meeting will be sent to your email account! \n 
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/zero-covid-scotland-how-to-make-communal-spaces-safer-from-infection-and-why-it-matters/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221010T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221010T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20221003T212522Z
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SUMMARY:Campaign Call: A New Wave Rises
DESCRIPTION:The pandemic is not over! Join Coral Jones and Jonathan Fluxman from Doctors in Unite as we discuss how we can campaign to protect our communities. Register at https://bit.ly/covidactioncall
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-a-new-wave-rises/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220911T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220911T173000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220830T171150Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220910T130318Z
UID:5266-1662908400-1662917400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Online Launch: Covid Action\, Zero Covid’s new name
DESCRIPTION:Join Professor Stephen Reicher of Independent SAGE\, Janet Newsham of the Hazards Campaign\, Alena Ivanova from Global Justice Now\, and Joan Twelves from Covid Action. They will speak about the major objectives of the campaign to massively reduce infection rates and deaths from Covid. Attendees will be invited to put forward ideas for major Covid Action priorities to stop deaths and serious harm from Covid. \nThe event will be 3-5.30pm on Sunday 11 September. Register in advance here: https://bit.ly/covidactionlaunch
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/online-launch-event/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Covid Action":MAILTO:info@covidaction.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220831T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220831T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220824T101719Z
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SUMMARY:Launching Covid Action: Zero Covid's new name
DESCRIPTION:Launching Covid Action Zero Covid’s new name \nBring banners and placards \nHear speakers from Covid Action\, Bereaved Families for Justice\, Keep our NHS public\, local trade unionists\, Florence Eshalomi MP (TBC)
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/launching-covid-action-zero-covids-new-name/
LOCATION:Covid Memorial Wall\, North Wing\, Lambeth Palace Road\, London\, SE1 3FT\, United Kingdom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220725T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220725T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220714T161025Z
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UID:5207-1658772000-1658777400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Campaign call: What action is needed to stamp down on Covid?
DESCRIPTION:An opportunity to share campaigning ideas and action to pressure a government in crisis. All welcome! \nClick here to register.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-what-action-is-needed-to-stamp-down-on-covid/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220718T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220718T200000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220714T160629Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220714T160705Z
UID:5204-1658169000-1658174400@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:As another wave hits\, have we learnt anything from previous experience? - Zero Covid Coalition
DESCRIPTION:This is one of the worst pandemics in modern times. It’s not the first\, and it probably wont be the last\, so what lessons have been learnt? \n\n\n\n\n\nBy the end of last year\, The Lancet estimated that the true global death toll from Covid was 18 million. It can only have risen since. This is one of the worst pandemics of the modern era. But it isn’t the first\, and it would be very surprising if it were the last. \nSo\, we have experience in dealing with them. But the question remains\, have governments learnt anything at all from past experience\, or the current one. \nWe are delighted to have a discussion with renowned author Laura Spinney. Among other significant works\, she has written Pale Rider\, The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world. \nWe will be talking to he about her book\, the lessons that have not been learnt and those that still could\, and her prognosis for the future. This event features a participants’ Q&A. \nClick here to register.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/as-another-wave-hits-have-we-learnt-anything-from-previous-experience/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220627T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220627T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220617T143450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220617T143522Z
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SUMMARY:At what cost? The price of staying alive in the Covid era
DESCRIPTION:Register here: https://bit.ly./workaction\n  \nThe cost-of-living crisis is throwing millions of people’s lives into chaos. The Tories have shown that they are not willing to address the root causes\, so the trade union movement is mobilising for pay rises and action on soaring energy bills.\n\n  \n\nBut what can unions do to take on the Covid crisis that is intersecting with the cost of living? Free tests are a thing of the past\, sick pay is too low to take time off work and there is no self-isolation support available. Like the Covid pandemic\, the cost of living is bound up with climate breakdown\, but the Tories’ solution is to double down on new fossil fuel infrastructure here in Britain.\n\n  \n\nOn Monday 27 June at 6pm\, we are excited to be holding a speaker event with Karam Bales from the NEU and Jackie Santana from the IWGB. Karam has been a leading figure in the NEU’s response to Covid. Jackie is an organiser for the IWGB Cleaners branch\, which is currently in dispute with London Bridge Hospital over poverty pay and access to sick pay. Join for a discussion on how the unions can take on Covid during the cost-of-living crisis.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/at-what-cost-the-price-of-staying-alive-in-the-covid-era/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220613T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220613T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220605T100710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220605T133726Z
UID:5150-1655143200-1655148600@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:The Global Covid Pandemic: An International Perspective
DESCRIPTION:A discussion with Professor Yaneer Bar-Yam\, founder of the World Health Network \nRegister by clicking the zoom link below or go to bit.ly/ZCglobal \nYaneer will brief us on the current international situation\, telling us what new developments there are in different countries\, how the situation has changed since his last talk to us\, and what developments are being predicted. He will then tell us what hope he thinks there is that things will get better and what campaigners could or should focus on. Yaneer is in frequent contact with scientists\, activists\, public health professionals and academics from around the world. He has become a leading authority on the Covid pandemic\, having founded what some view as ‘the People’s WHO.’
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/the-global-covid-pandemic-an-international-perspective/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220505T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220505T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220418T121624Z
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UID:5090-1651773600-1651779000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Why good indoor air quality saves lives and protects public health
DESCRIPTION:We are teaming up with the Hazards Campaign to discuss how indoor air quality is vital for protecting public health and preventing infections in schools and workplaces.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClick here to sign up on Eventbrite.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/why-good-indoor-air-quality-saves-lives-and-protects-public-health/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hazards Campaign":MAILTO:janet@gmhazards.org.uk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220428T153000
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SUMMARY:International Workers Memorial Day - Doctors in Unite
DESCRIPTION:Please join us at the Covid Memorial Wall (Westminster bridge end)\, to remember our colleagues who have died while working on the front line to keep us safe from the Covid-19 virus. Most workers don’t die of mystery ailments\, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because employers decided their safety just wasn’t that important. We demand that all employers make health and safety in the workplace a priority. \nCovid-19 has caused the deaths of 2\,129 health and social care workers in England and Wales up to the end of February 2022\, according to the ONS. Protections for these workers have been inadequate since the start of the pandemic\, and even now most are refused adequate protection against the main way the virus spreads\, through the air. \nOther essential workers\, like bus and train drivers\, shop workers\, cleaners\, security guards\, teachers\, food industry workers and others have also paid a heavy price due to the government’s catastrophic handling of the pandemic. Many have 2-3 times the death rate from Covid compared to managers\, as do Black and Asian workers. This has to stop\, people should not have to risk their lives doing their jobs. \nWe will have a number of speakers from trade unions and community groups to mark the event. There will also be a minutes’ silence to commemorate those who have lost their lives at work. Further details once speakers are confirmed. \nClick here to sign up.\nInternational Workers Memorial Day is commemorated all over the world on 28 April. The International Labour Organisation has made healthy and safe workplaces a priority. There are lots of events here in the UK\, and in many countries. Please see here for further information https://www.tuc.org.uk/iwmd-events
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/international-workers-memorial-day-doctors-in-unite/
LOCATION:Covid Memorial Wall\, North Wing\, Lambeth Palace Road\, London\, SE1 3FT\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220425T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220425T193000
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CREATED:20220414T124447Z
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SUMMARY:Campaign call: How a good public health system could fight Covid
DESCRIPTION:By outsourcing testing and tracing to the private sector\, the government has wasted billions of pounds of public money and failed to protect the public properly. Now we are expected to pay for our own tests and infection rates are at record highs. \nLouise will talk about how our public health system should work and what it could look like if it was funded properly. \nDr Louise Irvine is an activist from Keep Our NHS Public\, Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign\, and Health Campaigns Together. \n  \nRegister: https://bit.ly/publichealthzc
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/camapign-call-how-a-good-public-health-service-could-fight-covid/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220404T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220404T193000
DTSTAMP:20260505T042057
CREATED:20220331T084732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220404T092147Z
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SUMMARY:Campaign call: Another Covid surge. We won't be taken for fools!
DESCRIPTION:The government wants to pretend Covid has gone away. So it is scrapping free tests and all protections as Covid surges yet again. \nJoin us for a strategy discussion on what actions we should take to expose their folly \n  \nRegister: https://bit.ly/keepfreetests
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/campaign-call-another-covid-surge-we-wont-be-taken-for-fools/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220321T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220321T190000
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CREATED:20220319T140348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220319T152155Z
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SUMMARY:Campaign Call: Decolonise Vaccines
DESCRIPTION:Join our open online campaign call on Monday 21st March at 6pm to hear about how Big Pharma and the UK Government are perpetuating vaccine apartheid.\nSpeakers:\n\nTim Bierley\, pharma campaigner at Global Justice Now\nMaurine Murenga\, Lean on Me Foundation\, Kenya\n\nThe global response to Covid-19 has been so unequal that some global south activists have called it ‘vaccine apartheid’. While those of us in the UK have been offered third and even fourth doses of the vaccine\, across the whole of Africa only 11% are double jabbed. \nThis injustice is rooted in a colonial history that has devalued the lives of people in the global south over centuries. And it is reinforced by global economic rules designed to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of multinational corporations in the global north. \nFor the pharmaceutical industry\, making massive amounts of money for their wealthy shareholders has long been more important than the lives of people in the global south. Twenty years ago\, Big Pharma even sued Nelson Mandela’s government when it tried to import cheaper medicines\, because South Africa was unable to afford the astronomically-priced HIV drugs they needed during the AIDS. \nToday\, these companies are making record-breaking profits while most people in low-income countries still haven’t received a single jab. And the British government is blocking demands by countries in the global south to break the covid monopolies that maintain the stranglehold of large pharmaceutical corporations over these medicines. \nIn this vaccine apartheid\, rich countries get prioritised access and everyone else must be grateful for the charity of their former colonisers. Join our Decolonise Vaccines online event to find out how covid monopolies help Big Pharma rake in record breaking profits at the expense of people’s lives\, how countries in the global south are fighting back against the profit-driven pharmaceutical system\, and what we can do to transform health provision globally to dismantle colonial dynamics which date back centuries.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/decolonise-vaccines-online-event/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220314T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220331T210000
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SUMMARY:Global Justice Now - Decolonise Vaccines speaker tour
DESCRIPTION:Why we need to end pharma monopolies and win a new global health system!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWith: \nFatima Hassan – human rights lawyer \, social justice activist & founder of Health Justice Initiative in South Africa \nProfessor Anne Pollock – professor in global health and social medicine at King’s College London \nAasiya Versi – Just Treatment Vaccine and Health Justice Organiser \n+ guest speakers from access to medicines campaigns\, academics\, journalists\, student activists \nThe global response to Covid-19 has been so unequal that some global south activists have called it ‘vaccine apartheid’. While those of us in the UK have been offered third and even fourth doses of the vaccine\, across the whole of Africa only 11% are double jabbed. \nThis injustice is rooted in a colonial history that has devalued the lives of people in the global south over centuries. And it is reinforced by global economic rules designed to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of multinational corporations in the global north. \nFor the pharmaceutical industry\, making massive amounts of money for their wealthy shareholders has long been more important than the lives of people in the global south. Twenty years ago\, Big Pharma even sued Nelson Mandela’s government when it tried to import cheaper medicines\, because South Africa was unable to afford the astronomically-priced HIV drugs they needed during the AIDS. \nToday\, these companies are making record-breaking profits while most people in low-income countries still haven’t received a single jab. And the British government is blocking demands by countries in the global south to break the covid monopolies that maintain the stranglehold of large pharmaceutical corporations over these medicines. \nIn this vaccine apartheid\, rich countries get prioritised access and everyone else must be grateful for the charity of their former colonisers. Join our Decolonise Vaccines speaker tour to find out how covid monopolies help Big Pharma rake in record breaking profits at the expense of people’s lives\, how countries in the global south are fighting back against the profit-driven pharmaceutical system\, and what we can do to transform health provision globally to dismantle colonial dynamics which date back centuries. \nJoin the campaign to create a global health system that puts people ahead of profit! \n\nBrighton\nMon\, Mar 14\, 19:00\nFriends Meeting House \nCambridge\nTue\, Mar 15\, 17:00\nLee Hall\, Wolfson College\, University of Cambridge \nLondon\nFri\, Mar 18\, 19:00\nKing’s College London \nLeeds\nSat\, Mar 19\, 16:00\nUniversity of Leeds \nManchester\nMon\, Mar 28\, 19:00\nSt Thomas Centre \nLeicester\nTue\, Mar 29\, 19:00\nGeorge Davies Centre Lecture Theatre\, University of Leicester \nNewcastle\nWed\, Mar 30\, 19:00\nHerschel Building\, Newcastle University \nStirling\nThu\, Mar 31\, 19:00\nUniversity of Stirling • Stirling \nFind all the events on Eventbrite.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/global-justice-now-decolonise-vaccines/
LOCATION:All over the country
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220312T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220312T153000
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CREATED:20220227T124017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T124056Z
UID:5004-1647093600-1647099000@covidaction.uk
SUMMARY:Zero Covid Scotland - Scotland needs a credible COVID strategy
DESCRIPTION:How can you ever achieve an #InclusiveNewNormal if you weaken and remove protections at a time when infection rates in the community are still very high\, not everyone has even been offered a vaccine and the approach to clean air just consists of suggesting you open a window or saw bits off doors? \nProgramme:\n1. Professor Surajit Ray\, Senior Lecturer in Statistics\, University of Glasgow\n2. Hannah Hassan\, Zero Covid Scotland\n3. Professor Andrew Waterson\, Expert in Public Health\, University of Stirling\n4. Discussion\n5. Summing up by Janet Newsham\, Hazards Campaign \n  \nClick here to register.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/scotland-needs-a-credible-covid-strategy/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220311
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CREATED:20220218T184354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220310T181055Z
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SUMMARY:Hazards Campaign - Candlelit vigils to remember workers killed by Covid-19
DESCRIPTION:March 11th is the anniversary of when WHO declared the Covid-19 outbreak  a pandemic. \nThousands of workers have died because they have been exposed to infection at work and workers need employers to control the risks and Governments to provide the resources needed to protect workers and others in workplaces. \nThe Hazards Campaign encourages workers and their representatives to organise or attend events across the UK to remember all those workers who have died because of Covid-19 since the pandemic began. \nLight candles\, hold up pictures of work colleagues and loved ones who have died and invite people to say something about them. \nInvite family members\, workers\, local trade unionists and politicians to support the event and remind them that workers are still facing risks in the workplace every day. \nIt should be going dark by about 6.00pm in March.  If people can’t or don’t want to attend an event they can to put a poster in their window or light a candle safely on their door step\, and post a picture online using a hashtag. \nSome suggestions for social media \n#Candle4CovidkilledWorkers \n#VigilForWorkers \n#ShineLightOnWorkers \nShare details of your events \nSend information about what you are doing in your city\, town or workplace to janet@gmhazards.org.uk so that we can share them on social media and through our trade union networks.
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/hazards-campaign-candlelit-vigils-to-remember-workers-killed-by-covid-19/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Hazards Campaign":MAILTO:janet@gmhazards.org.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220227T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220227T170000
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SUMMARY:Zero Covid UK - Zero Covid Conference: Towards a Covid-free world
DESCRIPTION:Join the Zero Covid UK campaign for a conference about the current state of play and how we can challenge the global injustices of the pandemic. \n\n\n1.30pm – Opening Plenary: Two years on: the state we’re in\n\nProf Robert West\, Emeritus Professor\, Behavioural Science and Health\, UCL\,\nJanet Newsham\, Hazards Campaign\,\nBillie Cooper\, Care and Support Workers Organise\n\n2.45 – break \n3pm – Workshops\n\nBig Pharma and vaccine apartheid with Tim Bierley (Global Justice Now)\nBusting the Covid myths with Rowan Fortune (Zero Covid)\nChallenging the media narrative with Greg Philo (Glasgow Uni Media Unit)\nOrganising for zero Covid\n\n3.45pm – break \n4pm – Closing Plenary: Towards a Covid-free world\n\nJacky Davis\, Keep Our NHS Public\nSteve Reicher\, Independent Sage\nJoan Twelves\, Zero Covid UK\n\n\nRegister here: https://bit.ly/zerocovidconf
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/zero-covid-conference-towards-a-covid-free-world/
LOCATION:Zoom
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ORGANIZER;CN="Zero Covid":MAILTO:info@zerocovid.uk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220226
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220227
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SUMMARY:SOS NHS - National Day of Action
DESCRIPTION:Zero Covid UK is backing the SOS NHS coalition and helping to build the national day of action. See this page for more information.\n\n\n\n\nOur NHS is facing its worst ever crisis\, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Here’s why we’re making these demands of the Government now.  \nThis is a national emergency. Government could invest properly in health but over the last decade and more\, we’ve seen it doesn’t have the political will to do so. Instead it turns to private sector providers who have failed the NHS time and again\, wasting tens of billions during the pandemic. We need change now. \nThis will be the hardest winter ever in health and social care for a generation. We must act now to save staff morale\, avoid a mental health crisis among health and care staff and safeguard services for patients and service users. \nThere has also been a total failure of government during the pandemic. Public health measures have been undermined and far too many have been allowed to die\, especially among vulnerable groups. 47\,000 residents in care homes died during the pandemic\, and six out of ten deaths overall have been disabled people. \nGovernment policies have led to growing levels of inequality which have exacerbated the crisis. 30% of those admitted to ITU with Covid-19 were of ‘non-white ethnicity’ despite making up only 14% of the population. \nWe also recognise that essential steps to keep NHS workers safe are still not properly in place\, with PPE provision still well below what’s required and that immediate steps must be taken to improve ventilation in clinical areas. \nThe Health and Care Bill addresses none of these problems. It will not put an end to contracts going to the private sector\, draining resources from the NHS. \nTo save lives\, we need emergency funds now to make up for an annual deficit of around £35bn. We must recruit and retain more frontline staff and pay them properly. In future we need a return to a fully publicly funded and provided national health service\, protected from private companies who put profit before patients. \nOUR THREE DEMANDS: \n\nApprove emergency funding of £20 billion* to save lives this winter\nInvest in a fully publicly owned NHS & guarantee free healthcare for future generations\nPay staff properly: without fair pay\, staffing shortages will cost lives
URL:https://covidaction.uk/event/sos-nhs-national-day-of-action/
LOCATION:All over the country
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