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. |
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| Amnesty Bookshop 3 Edith Walk, Great Malvern Opening Times 9.30 am to 5.00 pm Wednesdays to Saturdays |
| Events in 2008 |
| 7th Annual Art Exhibition |
| Saturday 17th May to 1st June 2008, open daily from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (except Sunday mornings) at the Friends' Meeting House, Orchard Road, Malvern. The Grand Opening took place on Saturday 17th March and featured actor Simon Callow. (See picture below of Simon with Ann Palmer who strated the first event of this type in 2002). Entry is free, and the focus of the exhibition is on the works of local artists in and around Malvern. Works include paintings, sculpture, photographs, ceramics, prints, jewellery and other craft work. All proceeds go to Amnesty International. |
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| Malvern Group Meeting |
| Thursday 19th June 2008, 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 17th July 2008, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). Normal monthly meeting. All welcome. |
| The Big Chill Amnesty International at the Music Festival |
| Friday 3rd August to Sunday 5th August 2008, at Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire. This isn't an Amnesty event as such, but there will be an Amnesty presence at the festival - so if you are there please call in and do something positive for human rights. Please click for more details. |
| Malvern Group Supporters' Evening |
| Tuesday 21st October 2008,7.30 pm at the Malvern Forum Theatre, with special guest speaker Clive Stafford-Smith. Tickets will be available from 1st August at the Forum Box Office and at the Amnesty Bookshop. Put this event in your diary now - it promises to be a truly special evening with the one of the world's leading legal experts on human rights law, death penalty cases, Guantanamo prisoners and much more. |
| A Record of Some of the Events in 2006 and 2007 |
| 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. |
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| 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 the year. The formal opening was on 20th May 2006 and was presided over by Guy Woodford of the Malvern Hills College. For any follow-up action please contact the Malvern Group Media contact. |
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| 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. |
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| 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
| For further details please email the Group Press Contact | Last updated: 24th May 2008 |