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.

Amnesty Bookshop
3 Edith Walk, Great Malvern
Opening Times
9.30 am to 5.00 pm
Wednesdays to Saturdays

Events in 2010

Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening

Thursday 28th January 2010, 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 February 2010, 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 Amnest - tea event
shared with the Malvern Hills Fairtrade Group

Friday 26th February 2010, 10.00 am to 12.00 noon at Priory Lodge Hall, Avenue Road, Malvern. This will take the form of a joint coffee morning style event with folks from both the Amnesty and Fairtrade Groups present. All welcome.

Malvern Group Meeting

Thursday 18th March 2010, 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 Poetry and Music Evening

Friday 26th March 2010, 7.30 pm at the Coach House Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HA. Join the Malvern Group and friends at this special poetry and music evening. All welcome.

Malvern Group Meeting
Letter Writing evening

Thursday 25th March 2010, 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
AGM

Thursday 29th April 2010, 7.30 pm at Abbey Road Baptist Church meeting room, in Malvern Town Centre. (See the map below). This will be the Annual General Meeting - but don't let that put you off - you never know what you might find out if you come! The main event will be a talk from Brian Johnson Thomas on "The Life and Times of a UN Weapons Inspector". All welcome.

Malvern Group Street Collection

Friday 11th and Saturday 12th June 2010, during the day outside Morrisons superstore. Well, OK, it's not a street collection as such - but you know what I mean. Please volunteer to come and help shake-a-tin.

Malvern Hills Supporters' Evening
"Outside the Law" - Stories from Guantanamo

Tuesday 19th October 2010, evening (timing and prices to be confirmed) at the Forum Theatre, Great Malvern. This will be the autumn's big Amnesty event for Worcestershire when the film about Guantanamo Detention Centre will be shown, followed by a discussion with ex-Guantanamo internees. Put the date in your diary now - it promises to be a special event.

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 to 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.

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.

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: 24th January 2010