Amnesty International

Malvern Hills Group

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Meetings
 
The Malvern Hills Group normally meet on the third Thursday of the month at the Baptist Church Hall, Abbey Road in the centre of Great Malvern. (See the map below). (Look out for different venues for specific events). The meetings feature speakers and presentations from time to time, along with sharing campaign news, planning events, and disseminating materials for human rights campaigning in many different ways concerning both local and international issues. Visitors are always welcome whether or not you are an individual member of Amnesty International itself.
 

 
Amnesty Bookshop
 
The bookshop is at 3 Edith Walk, Great Malvern, (See the map below) and started trading in June 1998. It was officially opened in October 1998 by Sir Michael Spicer M.P., and the Malvern Group of Amnesty International is grateful to him for his interest in, and support of, Amnesty International.
A committee runs the shop and the main organiser is Jenny Morgan who devotes a lot of her own time and money to the cause. The shop is staffed by volunteers - opening hours as below.
As well as buying quality second hand books the shop is a good local contact point for information about Amnesty International generally and the latest news of the Malvern Hills group in particular.
All donations of books gratefully accepted - and any volunteers to help in the shop would be very welcome.
 
Photograph of AI Bookshop, Malvern
Amnesty Bookshop
3 Edith Walk, Great Malvern
Opening Times
9.30 am to 5.00 pm
Wednesdays to Saturdays
 

 
Events in 2009
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 19th March 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening
Thursday 27th March 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). The Group set aside this evening for serious campaigning work in the form of letter writing to the wise, the great and the influential. These campaigns work - why not join in? All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 16th April 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Training Meeting
Thursday 23rd April 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church - but this time in the main hall. (See the map below). A special training meeting. All welcome.
 
Busking for Amnesty
Great Malvern Town Centre
Saturday 25th April 2009, 10.30 am to 3.30 pm at various venues around Malvern Town Centre - you will find the talented and the not so talented strutting their stuff for Amnesty - if you can breathe you can help - contact 01684 573722.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Annual General Meeting
with guest speaker Moazzam Begg
Thursday 30th April 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). This looks to be a very special evening with a guest speaker with much to tell about what it is like to have your human rights unjustly abused over many years. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 21st May 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening
Thursday 28th May 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). The Group set aside this evening for serious campaigning work in the form of letter writing to the wise, the great and the influential. These campaigns work - why not join in? All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 18th June 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 16th July 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening
Thursday 23rd July 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). The Group set aside this evening for serious campaigning work in the form of letter writing to the wise, the great and the influential. These campaigns work - why not join in? All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 20th August 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
2009 Malvern Art Exhibition
Saturday 22nd August to Monday 31st August 2009, at the Friends' Meeting House, Malvern. This year's art exhibition has a new month - but the same outstanding quality. Not to be missed. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 17th September 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening
Thursday 24th September 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). The Group set aside this evening for serious campaigning work in the form of letter writing to the wise, the great and the influential. These campaigns work - why not join in? All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 15th October 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Supporters' Evening
Monday 26th October 2009, 7.30 pm at the Malvern Forum Theatre. This will be this year's big event for the whole of Worcestershire and will feature internationally known guest speakers. More details nearer the time - but make a note in your diary now.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 19th November 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening
Thursday 26th November 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). The Group set aside this evening for serious campaigning work in the form of letter writing to the wise, the great and the influential. These campaigns work - why not join in? All welcome.
 
Malvern Group Meeting
Thursday 17th December 2009, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting with all the usual campaigning work and updates on events. All welcome.
 

 
A Record of Some of the Events in 2006, 2007 and 2008
 
The list below gives details of some recent events featuring the Malvern Group. If you volunteer you could be in the photograph too...
 
Malvern Group Supporters' Evening
The 2006 Malvern Group Supporters' Evening was held on Thursday 21st September 2006 at the Mount Pleasant Hotel. It featured a presentation by Michela Wrong, who is a freelance journalist and contributor to the New Statesman. She was talking, in particular, on human rights issues in the Congo.


In 2007, in October, Craig Murray spoke to an audience of hundreds at the Forum Theatre in Great Malvern. This inspiring event featured the former UK ambassadot to Uzbekistan telling some very uncomfortable truths about his time in that troubled country, the routine use of torture (even to the death) and the pointless harvesting of "information" from such sources. Sadly, the security services of both the UK and the USA seemed to set great store by worthless confessions obtained in this way.


In 2008 the speaker was Clive Stafford-Smith, a human rights lawyer who has campaigned tirelessly over the years for Death Penalty and other cases, especially in the US. The focus of his talk was Guantanamo Bay and the bizarre (and tragic) consequencs of the US military not being prepared tpo admit that they have an illegal prison full of innocent men. The event was held on 21st October 2008 at the Forum Theatre, Great Malvern.

 
Dodgy Geezer with Sandwich Boards
 
Malvern Art Exhibition
Malvern Hills Group event
from Saturday 20th May to Saturday 3rd June 2006, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm everyday for the whole fortnight at the Friends' Meeting House, Orchard Road, Malvern. The Group was represented throughout this event which is their most significant public platform for that year. The formal opening was on 20th May 2006 and was presided over by Guy Woodford of the Malvern Hills College.
 
Artist and subject at Art Exhibition in May 2006
 
7th Annual Art Exhibition
Saturday 17th May to 1st June 2008. The Grand Opening took place on Saturday 17th March and featured actor Simon Callow. (See picture below of Simon with Ann Palmer who started the first event of this type in 2002). Entry was free, and the focus of the exhibition was on the works of local artists in and around Malvern. Works include paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics, prints, jewellery and other craft work.
 
Simon Callow with Ann Palmer
 
Malvern May Fair
Here's a taste of another recent event - the Group had a presence throughout the Malvern May Fair collecting faces for the Million Faces Petition as part of the Control Arms Campaign. The photograph below shows buskers Jacek Agopsowicz, Nick Hart, Jon Holmes, and Rob Mason, with Dr Trevor Trueman, far left at one of the event sites. Over 300 faces were collected to add to the petition.
 
Photograph of guitarists busking in Malvern with representatives of the Malvern A.I. Group
 

For details of other Amnesty events in Worcestershire and elsewhere in the region please refer to the West Midlands Regional Website Events page.
 

Location Plan for Malvern Group meetings

Baptist Church hall, Abbey Road, Great Malvern

location plan for Malvern Bookshop and meetings
For further details please email the Group Press Contact Last updated: 2nd April 2009
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