KUWG Diary Thu 21 July to Sat 17 September 2016

(NB: Kwug meetings are every Thursday that Kingsgate Community Centre, 107 Kingsgate Road, NW6 2JH is open; convene in the Small Hall from 3pm and clear the room with cleaning of the kitchen by 5:30pm)

Fri 22^nd July, 7pm Screening of The Year of the Beaver and The Lucas [Aerospace Shop Stewards Combine Alternative] Plan,  with discussion and brief talks by Kerria Box (Grunwick 40) and Solfed. at LARC, 62 Fieldgate Street, E1 (nearest tubes Whitechapel, Aldgate East.) Organised by Breaking the Frame, Grunwick 40 and North London Solidarity Federation. FREE/donation. (The Lucas Aerospace Shop Stewards Combine Alternative Plan was devised by workers themselves for going from military production to socially useful production using the same skills, following discussions with Tony Benn at a time when the machinery intensive nature of production was threatening jobs and factory closures.) Refreshments will be available for a donation. Contact info@breakingtheframe.org.uk for more information. Venue is wheelchair accessible. 

Sat 23 Jul, 11am March To Save Our Services: Bromley by Unite the Union at Norman Park, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EF http://dpac.uk.net/2016/06/march-to-save-our-services-bromley-11am-saturday-23rd-july/

Sat 23 Jul, 6pm-11pm Benefit Gig for UVW – United Voices of the World.Support low paid migrant workers on indefinite strike for a living wage. AtAmersham Arms, New Cross, 388 New Cross Rd SE14 6TY (overground: New Cross)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1171761966177869/

Tue 26 Jul, 1-5pm 1^st Burnout Workshop with Roots Collective. Open to all at KUWG. At Kingsgate Centre, 107 Kingsgate Road, NW6 2JH

Tue 26 Jul, 8pm-1am Beats Against Cuts – London’s finest DJs raise funds for Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). At Bedroom Bar, 62 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY £5 advance / £7 door http://dpac.uk.net/2016/07/beats-against-cuts-londons-finest-djs-line-up-to-raise-funds-for-dpac-26-july-at-2000-100/

Fri 29 Jul, 6pm-10pm Why Work Is Shit by MHRN – Mental Health Resistance Network. Performance & discussion at the Field in New Cross, 385 Queens Road, SE14 5HD (overground: New Cross Gate)https://www.facebook.com/events/487037628153144/

Sun 31 Jul, 12-5pm (free) Radical Journalism Day Class by Red Pepper, London N1. Fundamental journalistic principles with tips for research.http://www.redpepper.org.uk/media-training/

Tue 2 Aug, 1-5pm 2^nd Burnout Workshop with Roots Collective. Open to all at KUWG. At Kingsgate Centre, 107 Kingsgate Road, NW6 2JH

Thu 4 Aug, 10am Support Rev Paul Nicholson’s 2^nd Court Trial at Tottenham Magistrates Court, London N17 6RT.

Sat 23 Jul, 11am March To Save Our Services: Bromley by Unite the Union at Norman Park, Hayes Lane, Bromley BR2 9EF http://dpac.uk.net/2016/06/march-to-save-our-services-bromley-11am-saturday-23rd-july/

Sat 23 Jul, 6pm-11pm Benefit Gig for UVW – United Voices of the World.Support low paid migrant workers on indefinite strike for a living wage. AtAmersham Arms, New Cross, 388 New Cross Rd
SE14 6TY (overground: New Cross)https://www.facebook.com/events/1171761966177869/

Tue 26 Jul, 1-5pm 1^st Burnout Workshop with Roots Collective. Open to all at KUWG. At Kingsgate Centre, 107 Kingsgate Road, NW6 2JH

Tue 26 Jul, 8pm-1am Beats Against Cuts – London’s finest DJs raise funds for Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC). At Bedroom Bar, 62 Rivington Street, EC2A 3AY £5 advance / £7 door http://dpac.uk.net/2016/07/beats-against-cuts-londons-finest-djs-line-up-to-raise-funds-for-dpac-26-july-at-2000-100/

Fri 29 Jul, 6pm-10pm Why Work Is Shit by MHRN – Mental Health Resistance Network. Performance & discussion at the Field in New Cross, 385 Queens Road, SE14 5HD (overground: New Cross Gate)https://www.facebook.com/events/487037628153144/

Sun 31 Jul, 12-5pm (free) Radical Journalism Day Class by Red Pepper, London N1. Fundamental journalistic principles with tips for research.http://www.redpepper.org.uk/media-training/

Tue 2 Aug, 1-5pm 2^nd Burnout Workshop with Roots Collective. Open to all at KUWG. At Kingsgate Centre, 107 Kingsgate Road, NW6 2JH

Thu 4 Aug, 10am Support Rev Paul Nicholson’s 2^nd Court Trial at Tottenham Magistrates Court, London N17 6RT.

DEADLINE: Fri 16 Sep, 5pm 2^nd Independent Review of PIP must be in.#PIPFightback http://dpac.uk.net/2016/07/pipfightback-take-part-in-submitting-evidence-for-an-independent-review-of-pip/ You can respond via the online form:https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536899/pip-second-independent-review-call-for-evidence.pdf

Or by email: pip.independentreview@dwp.gsi.gov.uk

By post: PIP Independent Review Team, Department for Work and Pensions, Floor 4

Caxton House, Tothill Street, London, SW1H 9NA

Sat 17 Sep, 12.30-5pm Refugees Welcome Here by Action Aid, UNICEF UK, NUT & many more. At Park Lane (tube: Charing Cross)https://www.facebook.com/events/1563121147327378/ #WeStandWithYou

Boycott Workfare Welfare Action Gathering Manchester, Sat 9 July 2016: the programme

Further Details at http://www.boycottworkfare.org/?p=6628

Saturday 9 July, 11am to 5pm at the Mechanics Institute, Manchester M1 6DD

Welfare Action Gathering, Saturday 9^th July: Workshop Programme

The aim is for the workshops to be more or less participant led, but with facilitators to support and help focus discussions. They also aim to be not just reactive, but also look ahead to changes that will be happening in the not so distant future.

10:30 onwards	Refreshments Available – John Tocher Room
11:00 – 11:30	Greetings and meetings. Hopefully a non-cringy getting to know / catching-up with each other, welcome session. Charlotte and Liam.
11:30 – 12:45	John Tocher Room	Mary Quaile Room
	Universal Credit: How will the landscape of welfare change under Universal Credit? What will it mean for claimants and welfare activists? What are the opportunities for fighting back? Where should this fight-back focus its energies?	Strategies in Welfare Activism: Which strategies have been successful and effective? What makes them useful? Scottish Unemployed Workers’ Network (SUWN)
12:45 – 13:30	Lunch
13:30 – 14:30	Fighting the misuse of psychology in workfare and welfare: A workshop with Mental Health Resistance Network.	One Death is One Death Too Many: Campaigning to stop deaths caused by sanctions. Maggie and Gill.
14:30 – 15:30	The future of workfare and welfare in England: Youth Obligation and mandatory workfare; Universal Credit's workfare conditions; New powers for local/regional workfare'; 10 pilot work and health programme schemes. Frank.	Create your own discussion group. Is there something that was missing today that you wanted to explore? Is there something that you want to talk more about?
15:30 – 15:45	Tea Break
15:45 – 16:30	Consolidation: Bringing it back together to share, reflect, and hopefully make some sense of it all. John Tocher Room.
16:30 onwards	To the pub...