Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from Monday 13 – Sunday 19 May 2024. The theme, as set by the Mental Health Foundation, is “Movement: moving for our mental health.” This year, we want you to move your way by finding something that moves your body and mind.
Festival of Learning (previously Adult Learners Week) is an opportunity to celebrate, promote and advance all forms of adult learning. Usdaw’s support and participation in the event has increased year on year and the event is a tribute to the imagination and dedication of the learning teams across the divisions. From week long events to one-off tasters, Usdaw Union Learning Reps […]
Unite is proud to recognise International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on 17 May. Known as IDAHOBIT for short, this date was chosen as it commemorates the date of the decision to remove homosexuality from classification as a mental illness by the World Health Organisation in 1990. The main purpose of IDAHOBIT is to raise awareness of ongoing discrimination, […]
'Behold Ye Ramblers’ is the story of the beginnings of the struggle for the right to roam freely across open moors on ancient paths and enjoy the benefits of outdoor activities and pursuits. It’s a history based in the Clarion movement that in the 1890s onwards encouraged and celebrated healthy community activity such as cycling, music and choral singing, drama […]
Just turn up and find us at the table with MVM stuff! No booking needed. See https://www.facebook.com/levellersday/ for more details. This year's theme is DEMOCRACY. There will be speakers, a march through the town with banners, wreath laying for the 3 felled Levellers in 1649 and stalls, food etc through the day.
'Behold Ye Ramblers’ is the story of the beginnings of the struggle for the right to roam freely across open moors on ancient paths and enjoy the benefits of outdoor activities and pursuits. It’s a history based in the Clarion movement that in the 1890s onwards encouraged and celebrated healthy community activity such as cycling, music and choral singing, drama […]
Grace & Jeremy will talk about her new book & why "Everything you know about capitalism is wrong." Grace Blakeley & Jeremy Corbyn will talk about her new book Vulture Capitalism - the book you need to understand what is happening in the world around you – and what you can do to change it. (Order the book & info here.) Join us for […]
Join us in Llandudno as we celebrate 50 years of the Wales TUC. Wales TUC Congress takes place at Venue Cymru, Llandudno on 21 - 23 May 2024. The Voice of Wales at Work The Wales TUC exists to improve the economic and social conditions of workers in Wales, regardless of if they are currently in a job or not. Its mandate and purpose […]
We all deserve information we can trust. The UK Democracy Network in collaboration with ANTIPARTY are pleased to present the next in our series of AI & Democracy Webinars - with Chris Morris, CEO of Full Fact. Full Fact is a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm caused by bad information. Full […]
This spring, IPPR will host a major conference on combating transnational kleptocracy The UK has made considerable progress on tackling economic crime and illicit finance since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. This conference will ask how to build on those developments to ramp up the fight against kleptocracy, including ideas to better detect, investigate and prosecute money laundering. The UK’s nodal […]
