Minehead

Our March/April newsletter reports on a number of events and activities we were able to fit in before the 'lockdown'! These include the annual quiz, street stall for International Women's Day and our attendance at the SW Regional...

Four members of the Minehead Group attended Amnesty's South West Regional Conference on Saturday 7 March. We had an interesting day hearing inspiring talks by brave human rights activists from Brazil and Venezuela. The Director of...

On Friday 6 March members had a stall on the Avenue in Minehead, and were delighted that the weather stayed fine! We invited the public to sign letters and a petition on behalf of women in Iran and Ecuador who have been harassed or...

On Friday 28 February teams braved wind and rain to take part in an excellent quiz in aid of Amnesty International. The Humber family from Withycombe have run a quiz in aid of Amnesty for many years and local Amnesty members would like...

Our February newsletter includes a report of the talk on Modern Slavery that took place in Minehead on 23 January. We were pleased to welcome 21 people to this open meeting, including several members of the Taunton Group. We were...

On Thursday 23 January at 7.30 pm, the Minehead AI local group is hosting a talk by John Dickinson on Modern Slavery . The talk will take place at the Quaker Meeting House, Bancks Street, Minehead TA24 5DJ, and is expected to last...

We had a busy time in Minehead, writing letters and signing cards for people featured in the 2019 Write for Rights campaign. A letter writing afternoon on 14 November resulted in 39 letters written. In addition, two members wrote a...

Our first newsletter of 2020 reports on our activities in November and January 2019, including our two Write for Rights events and our tree at the Minehead Christmas Tree Festival. It also includes 'actions you can take this month'...

The Minehead Group's November/December newsletter includes reports of recent meetings - campaign updates with our trainer, Susan Mew, in October and a presentation by Paul Bridges, chair of AIUK's Anti-Death Penalty Project, in...

Our next group meeting will be on Tuesday 15 October at the Quaker Meeting House in Minehead, starting at 1930. We will be hearing about developments in Amnesty's current campaigns . On Friday 1 November , Paul Bridges is coming to...