From: <b class="gmail_sendername">PHM Global Secretariat</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr">
<div><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64);line-height:21px;font-family:Arimo,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Nine months since the UK Health Assembly in Nottingham in July last year and
PHM-UK members are beginning to plan how to build a more diverse,
grassroots and effective platform to build a progressive health movement
in the UK. At our recent meeting, we decided:</span></div>
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<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">1. To hold a National open meeting in the Summer of 2013</b></p>
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An event during which we invite individuals, organisations &
networks to showcase our ideas & plans for a UK health movement allowing for feedback & discussion</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(64,64,64);line-height:21px;font-family:Arimo,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;direction:ltr;word-wrap:break-word" dir="ltr">
<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">2. To undertake a right to health survey for a manifesto</b></p>
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We have heard inspiring examples from other country PHM circles
including the Indian PHM example – and believe a similar exercise here
in the UK would facilitate grassroots mobilisation and allow us to build
a progressive, consultative manifesto for our movement-building and
campaigning.</p>
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<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">3. To plan and hold public hearings</b></p>
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We believe public hearings as a tool to mobilise activism by allowing
public storytelling/narratives to inspire and build enthusiasm for
movement-building.</p><p style="margin:0px 0px 1.6em;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;color:rgb(64,64,64);line-height:21px;font-family:Arimo,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;word-wrap:break-word">
<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">4. To gather together again in solidarity with our friends at a People’s Health Assembly this Autumn 2013</b></p>
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We intend to begin planning for an annual-follow up the Nottingham
Health Assembly in July 2012 to allow us to continue building momentum
for a UK health movement – and to specifically focus on training
attendees with skills to organise in their communities and build a UK
people’s health charter</p>
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<b style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px currentColor;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">5. Finally, to begin developing a UK people’s health charter</b></p>
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As the UK General Election looms in 2015 – we believe a manifesto,
written by grassroots consultation will be a powerful tool to represent
the ideas, values and aims of a progressive health movement in the UK,
and to advocate for our aims, values and ideas to policymakers at all
levels.</p>
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See our website at <a style="line-height:normal;font-family:arial;font-size:small;background-color:transparent" href="http://www.phm-uk.org.uk/?p=738" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">http://www.phm-uk.org.uk/?</font><font color="#0066cc">p=738</font></a><span name="KavHltTag"> <span style="width:17px;min-height:16px;background-image:url("");background-repeat:no-repeat"> </span> </span> for more details.</p>
</div><br clear="all"><div>--<br>Global Secretariat<br>People's Health Movement (PHM)<br>Email: <a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org" target="_blank">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a><br>Web: <a href="http://www.phmovement.org" target="_blank">www.phmovement.org</a><span name="KavHltTag"> <span style="width:17px;min-height:16px;background-image:url("");background-repeat:no-repeat"> </span> </span><input type="hidden"><input type="hidden"><div>
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