Date: 
23 October 2011 - 11:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: 
Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, London, NW1 1EE

This gathering is open to everyone who wants to take action to defend welfare. We are a claimant-led network – our response to welfare reforms is led by people who feel their effects the most – but the attacks on welfare will affect us all whether we are in work or may need welfare as parents, if we become unemployed, due to sickness or disability, or as pensioners.

We plan to run the day with lots of discussion and chances to share ideas and information in workshops and an open space session where we can set the agenda on the day. If you can offer a workshop or would like to propose something for the agenda, please get in touch.
Please help make the day happen:
  • Let us know you can make it!
  • The network does not have any funding, so if your group or union branch can make a contribution to the costs of the room or participants’ travel, please help raise funds for it. Groups and individuals may want to approach union branches or organise fundraisers to raise funds for your travel.
  • Let us know if you can help with food, childcare or facilitation on the day.
  • Forward this invite to anyone else you know who might be interested, post it on your blog or social media; mention it at meetings, and help spread the word!

Upcoming events

25 May 13

On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto.

Why do we march?

  • Research studies have shown that Monsanto’s genetically-modified foods can lead to serious health conditions such as the development of cancer tumors, infertility and birth defects.
  • In the United States, the FDA, the agency tasked with ensuring food safety for the population, is steered by ex-Monsanto executives, and we feel that’s a questionable conflict of interests and explains the lack of government-lead research on the long-term effects of GMO pr
25 May 13 - 26 May 13

A place with a great vibe and teachers with a burning passion to share the beautiful Kizomba dance. The crowd are some of the warmest friendly so you can mingle freely with no worries about snooty people. DJ's playing the best Kizomba and Zouk through the night until 2am.

Classes start from 8pm EVERY Saturday

PRICE

£7 for one lesson or £10 for two lessons (text 07886471393 to be added to our text and discount list)
Party £5

ADDRESS

Bar Lenuccia
148 Camberwell New Road
SE5 0RR

TIMES
8pm Technique Class
9pm Absolute Beginner/ Beginner / Improver
10pm Party

30 May 13

You are cordially invited to join in a discussion on “Government Transparency and its Unintended Consequences” on 30 May at the residence of the Ambassador of Finland, HE Pekka Huhtaniemi.

1 Jun 13 - 2 Jun 13

A place with a great vibe and teachers with a burning passion to share the beautiful Kizomba dance. The crowd are some of the warmest friendly so you can mingle freely with no worries about snooty people. DJ's playing the best Kizomba and Zouk through the night until 2am.

Classes start from 8pm EVERY Saturday

PRICE

£7 for one lesson or £10 for two lessons (text 07886471393 to be added to our text and discount list)
Party £5

ADDRESS

Bar Lenuccia
148 Camberwell New Road
SE5 0RR

TIMES
8pm Technique Class
9pm Absolute Beginner/ Beginner / Improver
10pm Party

5 Jun 13

As the UK Government's Ministry of Defence starts fly armed drones to Afghanistan from RAF Waddington, come to this meeting to find out more and discuss what we can do to build a movement against it.

With: Chris Nineham, Stop the War Coalition
Rafeef Ziadah, War on Want
Further speakers – including on Yemen, Mali and Somalia – tba, with plenty of time for questions and discussion.