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London Queer Social Centre: Location Announced & Programme of Events
20-06-2013 22:55
63 Sancroft Street, London SE11 5UG – in an abandoned pub called The Duchy Arms.
Here’s a map:
http://goo.gl/maps/1H52W We’ve been working away at making it nice, and we think you’ll like it. It’s wheelchair-accessible (though without adapted toilets unfortunately), and has space for all the events we have planned, plus a nice outside area for smoking.
We open on Saturday. Be sure to check our full programme of events, and come by and see us.
Open Letter to Secretary of State (DWP assumed) and Seetec Romford!
20-06-2013 17:35
Open Letter to SoS DWP and Seetec relating to Mandatory Work Activity. Letter delivered by hand to Seetec Romford.What is the purpose of the Free Syrian Army
20-06-2013 13:27
The west seems to be supporting a very dangerous and disparate group in Syria.Is #nosecondnightout just another Tory scam?
20-06-2013 11:48
So, the night before last whilst out walking my dog, I found a guy sleeping in the gardens behind my tower block. Last night he came back. After an internet search I found details for No Second Night Out (NSNO) who claim that they:
focus on helping those who find themselves rough sleeping on the streets of London for the first time. We will ensure there is a rapid response to new rough sleepers, and will provide an offer that means they do not have to sleep out for a second night...
Elsewhere on the site , we are informed that:
Homelessness charity Broadway has won the £5 million two-year contract to take on the mayor of London’s no second night out project from June this year. Howard Sinclair, chief executive of Broadway, said: ‘We are committed to ending rough sleeping in the capital and by working in partnership on this tender – and by expanding the service to south London – we are confident that the great strides we have already made to ease homelessness problems in London will continue.’
So, is this expensive scheme involving Mayor Boris and a homeless NGO a good thing, or is it is just more spin which sees the Tories handing out cashpayers money, with little positive result to be gained? And yes, of course the question is rhetorical......
Framework are troubled by action, keep it up!
20-06-2013 08:55
Framework have found it necessary to issue some guidelines on how and what to post on their facebook site.
I guess this means that they are troubled by action and the critical postings there. Good! keep it up!
They are obnoxious in their view that operating workfare schemes were an unemployed / homeless person can be sanctioned [benefits removed] for not doing as they are told. Tough love. ...... or greedy bastards with their nose in the trough to get the government money ...... You decide!
Framework Official Site · 992 like this.
Monday at 16:39 ·
After consultation with our senior management team we have decided to implement some basic Facebook Community Guidelines to ensure the continued enjoyment of this page by all visitors.
These can be found now in the “about” and “notes” sections of our page.
Over the last couple of years we have worked hard to develop a fun and vibrant social media presence that allows for effective two way communication with our supporters and the wider public.
For the most part our Facebook page has proved to be an effective forum and meeting place for people with an interest in our life-changing work. It has also provided a vital resource for people in desperate need of help.
In order of it to remain so we have decided to set out some simple guidelines to ensure the continued enjoyment of this page by the greatest number of people.
Thank you.
https://www.facebook.com/frameworkcharity/posts/534186323284744
and so they say: ......
Framework’s Facebook Community Guidelines
Welcome to Framework’s Facebook page. We are glad that you are here. Our Facebook page is intended to provide a place to share information about Framework and the work that we do; including breaking news and initiatives.
This space aims to be a friendly and safe place which can be used by everyone. We do not take decisions about moderating posts lightly but we do expect that participants post content and commentary that is both relevant and respectful to the community as a whole.
We would prefer not to have to remove any content but we will if there are any posts which fail to respect our guidelines. Individuals who repeatedly ignore these guidelines risk being permanently removed as fans.
Framework’s Facebook Page Community Guidelines.
1.Above all please be respectful to others when you visit our site.
2.Please do not post misleading, false, threatening, abusive, aggressive, obscene, defamatory or profane statements.
3.Please do not post an image of any adult or child without their permission (and in the case of children, the permission of their parent or guardian)
4.Please do not attack specific groups or post any comments meant to harass, threaten or abuse an individual.
5.Please do not disclose personal information (i.e. contact information).
6.Please keep your comments relevant to the topic of the post.
7.Please do not post discriminatory comments regarding race, ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or political beliefs.
And, if you would like to advertise something, please obtain our permission beforehand.
Thank you.
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Framework uses Workfare
http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5639
Nottingham charity involved in workfare
http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5648
Charity targeted in protest over forced work scheme: Nottingham Post
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Charity-targeted-protest-forced-work-scheme/story-19170288-detail/story.html
Framework Anti-Workfare & work-prog Demo
http://nottingham.indymedia.org/articles/5766
Women and Austerity - Peoples Assembly Nottingham
20-06-2013 08:55
Concerns over the organisation of the People's Assembly Nottm - lack of creche facilities
Please see the attached letter which has been sent to the Notts TUC setting out concerns raised at the Women and Austerity Workshop over the failure to provide a creche at the Nottingham Peoples Assembly event on Saturday 18 May.
Refugee Week Exibition in Nttm Library
20-06-2013 08:55
June 2013
Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts. Part of Nottingham's contribution, was an Exhibition in the City Library, Nottingham.
It is an exhibition by, for and about refugees comprising photographic work, completed in workshops led by Gaylan Nazhad in partnership with City Arts, and a series of hand-painted banners. The banners were produced during workshops at Nottingham Refugee Forum and were facilitated by artists Anna Wels and Jeffer Garib. This three part exhibition also features work by the internationally acclaimed Brian Sokol.
All of the artwork is connected by the shared themes of migration, displacement and identity.
Refugee Week is a UK-wide programme of arts, cultural and educational events and activities that celebrates the contribution of refugees to the UK and promotes better understanding of why people seek sanctuary. Anyone can take part by organising, attending or taking part in activities.
Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum (NNRF) is an independent, voluntary organisation set up to work with and for asylum seekers and refugees in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. For a copy of our Statment of Values and Aims, click here.
The Refugee Forum is a volunteer led organization, run by a volunteer management committee. The Centre has a number of paid staff, but relies heavily on the time, dedication and enthusiasm of volunteers from refugee, asylum seeking and host community backgrounds.
We offer advice, practical assitance and friendship to all refugees and asylum seekers regardless of race, religion or political opinion.
Nottingham and Notts Refugee Forum (NNRF) http://www.nottsrefugeeforum.org.uk
Refugee Week National http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk
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Got a room to help and an asylum seeker?
Accommodation for Destitute Asylum Seekers
If you could offer a spare room to a destitiute asylum seeker for a few days, weeks or even months, please consider being a host. Initially, we are looking for hosts who live within two miles iof the city.
HOST Nottingham has been set up jointly by Nottingham Arimathea Trust, NNRF, Refugee Action, the Rainbow Project and the British Red Cross, to coordinate the provision of hosting in Nottingham.
They provide training and support for those who are able to provide temporary accommodation in Nottingham, and their guests.
The scheme is flexible, fitting to our host families' needs. Some hosts do emergency hosting for a few days, others for a few weeks or longer.
If you've looked at any of the stuff on this web site, you will already realise that destitute asylum seekers have been forced to flee their own countries, having experienced severe persecution because of their political opinions, faith or sexuality. They will have suffered further trauma and abuse on the hazardous journey that brought them to Britain, where they find that the main aim of the British legal process is to return them to the danger from which they have been trying to escape. Once turned down, asylum seekers may try further legal processes to be allowed to remain here but have no support while doing so, and nowhere to live. Some sleep rough or on friend's floors. This is where HOST is needed.
Hosts are checked for their suitability and matched with appropriate guests. Hosts and guests agree the ground rules for a placement in advance. the guest might need to leaveinthe morning when the host does and return for a set time to an evening meal, or perhaps the guest stays at home during the day. The guest might prepare meals independently, or take turns cooking the main meal, help out with household jobs, &c.
http://www.nottsrefugeeforum.org.uk/first.htm#host1
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ALAN LODGE
Photographer - Media: One Eye on the Road. Nottingham. UK
Email: tash@indymedia.org
Web: http://digitaljournalist.eu
Member of the National Union of Journalists [NUJ]
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"It is not enough to curse the darkness.
It is also necessary to light a lamp!!"
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Anti bedroom tax groups demand justice for Margaret
20-06-2013 00:55
Edinburgh Council tenant Margaret has been denied an exemption for bedroom tax by City of Edinburgh Council despite being clearly entitled - she has overnight carers stay every night. She wrote to the CEC as early as February applying for an exemption. Instead of granting the exemption the Council have been phoning her up threatening she could be evicted if she didn't pay her rent.&
Fascists in Burnley this Saturday J22
19-06-2013 18:51
Police powers finally kettled by High Court
19-06-2013 10:49
For years it has been common practice for protesters held in a kettle (police containment) to be forced to submit to police filming and/or provide their details as a condition of leaving. There have been countless incidents in which protesters who have tried (lawfully) to refuse these demands have been threatened with arrest, or told they could not leave the kettle.
Call for signatures in support of the Week of Worldwide Action
18-06-2013 20:31
EUROPEAN PRONOUNCEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE WEEK OF WORLDWIDE ACTION “JUAN VÁZQUEZ GUZMÁN LIVES! THE BACHAJÓN STRUGGLE CONTINUES!” FROM TUESDAY, JUNE 25TH TO TUESDAY, JULY 2ND, 2013
Bilderberg and the G8 summit: The global board meeting for the worlds elite.
18-06-2013 19:41
Meetings behind closed doors have no place in a 21st century society.Statement by the Socialist Labour Party - East of England Region
Obama has a Rape Room in Europe
18-06-2013 15:44
Calais : open letter from No Border squat
18-06-2013 14:07
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2013/06/510590.html
Calais : squatting court case adjourned
18-06-2013 13:38
Canada: Native struggles against dangerous tar sands oil continues
18-06-2013 11:12
On the 1st June, there was a 60,000 barrel spill of toxic industrial waste water in NW Alberta. 9.5 million litres, soaked into wetlands, and tributaries near Zama City in Northwestern Alberta. The spill was first spotted on June 1. But not until Wednesday 12th did Houston-based Apache Corp. release estimates of its size, which exceeds all of the major recent spills in North America. A recent Global TV investigative report said Alberta averages 2-spills everyday.Congo: Oil exploration in Virunga National Park condemned
18-06-2013 10:54
Located in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park, is one of the continent’s first World Heritage Sites and is home to more species than any other place in the continent. The World Heritage Committee - the body that oversee World Heritage Sites - today requested the cancellation of oil exploration permits in Virunga, some of which are currently held by international petroleum conglomerates, including UK-based Soco International PLC and French oil giant Total SA.Celebrate 2years of active solidarity by Bristol Defendant Solidarity
18-06-2013 08:57
Now after 2 years of active solidarity work since its formation, Bristol Defendant Solidarity, with a little help from Kebele Sound Collective, present a benefit night of international radical hip hop, rap and conscious beats.
Starved of Justice in Iraq: American Prisoner on Hunger Strike
18-06-2013 08:57
This is an article written by Narmeen Al Rubaye about an Iraqi man who remains in prison in Baghdad for the last 10 years who is currently on hunger strike, and whose wife who gained asylum in the UK in 2006 remains with their child separated from him. It includes a letter writing action at the end.
