SOLIDARITY WITH BRIGHTON UCU
SOLIDARITY WITH BRIGHTON UCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aSf6rsdvrk
Mary Quaile Club event
National Pensioners Convention
The September / October Campaign! Bulletin
The 'triple lock'
Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed the ‘triple lock’ mechanism to safeguard and raise the state pension each year will not be scrapped
Amnesty calls for Covid public inquiry
As lockdown began, thousands of patients were sent from hospitals into care homes.
In three months 18,562 people living in Care Homes died with COVID-19. Their report 'As if Expendable' highlights the UK Government's failure to protect older people in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Read the full report on
https://www.npcuk.org/post/amnesty-international-care-homes-report
National Care Service
Calls grows for National Care Service as NPC webinar learns how neglected sector was devastated by Covid
Leading health and care experts told how the Covid-19 pandemic has ‘accelerated’ the multiple problems facing the UK’s ailing care system at a special NPC webinar summit for International Day of Older Persons.
Watch the webinar here
Order your copy of Goodbye Cinderella using the form here.
Petition
The NPC are supporting the We Own It campaign to protect the NHS from trade deals.
You can find out more and sign the petition on the link below.
https://weownit.org.uk/house-of-lords-letter
Find out more about the latest from the NPC on
https://www.npcuk.org/latest-news/
Fuel Poverty Action
Fuel Poverty Action will be holding a
conference: "Making Green Come True"
Autumn Date To Be Confirmed
which will address the gap between what is promised and what we get.
Even insulation can make things worse if done wrong
.
Please share invite and pre-register:
From the Ground Up: Global Gathering for Climate Justice is a space for our movements to come together, strategise, and build power for systemic change.
This November, COP26 was due to take place in Glasgow. To mark this moment, the COP26 Coalition is hosting From the Ground Up - a global gathering providing the space to educate, strategise and co-ordinate, to build power and connect within our global justice movements. We will discuss the need for a Global Green New Deal and work towards a global plan of action to create the change we need from the ground up.
We will be hosting discussions on:
As well as workshops exploring:
...and many more.
This Global Gathering is an opportunity for Scottish, UK, European and international climate justice movements to build momentum and capacity, and to connect to broader civil society to build power for system change.
It aims to provide a space to come together in these times of isolation, to connect and share the diversity of struggles and experiences that make our movements so powerful.
The event is free, everyone is welcome to attend. The gathering will be spread throughout the five days to enable activists from all time zones to take part. We will provide interpretation in Spanish and French (upon request), and closed captions for key panels.
For any questions, please get in touch at cop26coalitionuk@riseup.net