Minehead

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...

Our October newsletter includes an account of our successful fundraising harp concert in September and updates on our activities in relation to the I Welcome Refugees campaign. Cherry Bird, AIUK's volunteer country coordinator for...

Our harp concert with tea on the afternoon of Sunday 22 September was a great success. Over 50 people packed in to Carhampton Village Hall to hear Hazel Prior play her harp and sing. She also talked about her harp and answered...

Our July/August 2019 newsletter includes reports of our recent activities - an exhibition in Minehead Library for Refugee Week, our AmnesTea and a letter writing afternoon. There are updates from our group's campaign coordinators on...

Our latest letter writing session took place on the afternoon of Thursday 18 July at the Quaker Meeting House in Minehead. We wrote letters on cases featured in the latest Real Lives bulletin from Amnesty International UK. Thirteen...

Our 2019 AmnesTea returned to Mayhill, Carhampton and took place on Thursday 20 June in the afternoon. About 50 people came and they enjoyed sitting in Susan's garden, drinking tea and eating cake. They were also able to browse the...

Our latest group newsletter includes a report of our recent Voices of India event on Saturday 18 May which went very well. Everyone enjoyed a lovely display of photos taken in India by Elizabeth Atkinson, Cherry Bird spoke very...