Summer is coming

Local events

Summer lunch and day out

The Strawberry Tree at the Town Mill, Lyme Regis offers an authentic taste of Spain: The Strawberry Tree is a restaurant & café, cooking school, event venue and shop – and we're heading there for lunch at 1pm, Saturday 8th July.
Please book your places as soon as possible and no later than 24th June - email belindabawden@gmail.com
Let us know if anyone is interested in car-sharing from BCP or East Dorset - either as driver or passenger - email sarah@dorsetforeurope.org

Eurocafes

Saturday May 20th 2023, Dorchester Eurocafe, 3-5pm

Join us in ‘The Snug’ at the Vivo Lounge, 23 Weymouth Avenue, Brewery Square, Dorchester DT1 1QR
We’ve got a new Eurocafe website and you can now follow us on Twitter @EuroCafeDorch

Saturday 3rd June, Angel Eurocafe 11am - 1pm

We are continuing with our regular monthly Eurocafé meetings as well. They take place on the first Saturday of the month: a friendly, informal get-together with like-minded people, at
The Angel Inn, Ringwood Road, Longham, near Wimborne, Dorset BH22 9AP.

Act, Watch, Read

Act

Special edition of the Davis Downside Dossier, to mark inclusion of 1000 evidenced downsides: Yorkshire Bylines. Send your MP a copy.
Respond to government consultation on employment law, about rights due to be repealed under the Removal of Retained EU Bill: Edwin Hayward explains some of the issues in the consultation

Complete European Movement UK's Business Impact Survey and help us reach more businesses to demonstrate the impact of Brexit. Share their survey with your friends and family, in your networks, and with businesses in your local area.

Sign the Parliamentary petition 'Do Not Leave the European Convention on Human Rights'

Watch

E-petition Parliamentary debate on an inquiry into the impact of the UK's exit from the European Union - 24 April, 4.30pm: watch on YouTube
- or read a summary of the proceedings in Kent Bylines
- or read Tobias Ellwood MP on Why we need a Brexit inquiry, in The New European

Should we have a Brexit Public Inquiry? A Different Bias : a lighter take on the same inquiry

Ian Dunt. On 'How can we fix Brexit Britain?'

Read

Der Spiegel: Britain in Crisis: The UK Faces a Steep Climb Out of a Deep Hole

Neil Kinnock: Lessons from seven lean years of Brexit.

Chris Grey: Brexit and Beyond: damage limitation

West Country Voices

Dorset for Europe is part of the editorial team for West Country Voices. Do check daily for new articles. We're always interested in new articles or letters to the editor about items of current interest.

Some recent articles here:

How the Leave campaign flipped the referendum: a compendium of the propaganda and a reminder of the lies -

Right to roam: Labour commit to 'replace a default of exclusion with a default of access' - West Country Voices

Brexit is 'unfinished business by a long way' - West Country Voices

From Nasty to Nat C? - West Country Voices

Planning ahead

Plans to look out for!

Interested in helping keep our beaches and rivers clean? Negotiations are underway with Marine Conservation Society (MCS): we hope to confirm a date soon. Let us know if you are interested in helping to join a litter pick!. You can check out the MCS website and see the online training offered to volunteers here.

The National Rejoin March committee have submitted plans for a second national march in London, towards the end of September. Dorset for Europe will be going, details as soon as we have a confirmed date. Planning is VERY much underway! Can you donate to help make it happen? Info here: https://marchforrejoin.co.uk/donate

Other Events

Events to join

Wednesday 24th May 12.00-17.30

Sort the System - Lobby for Equal Votes Rally at Westminster for PR organised by Make Votes Matter and Electoral Reform Society.

Sunday 4^th June 17.00-19.15

The In Limbo Project The Human Cost of Brexit and its impact on those who exercised EU treaty rights, with Cosima Doerfel Hill. Online event, free tickets here

Contact us

Contact us at sarah@dorsetforeurope.org with your ideas for action, especially if you are able to help organise events.

We're always interested to receive feedback or ideas for future events.

Dorset for Europe is a cross-party, grassroots campaigning group of local volunteers who strongly believe that the UK should remain as close as possible to the European Union and its values. We are affiliated to the national movements Grassroots for Europe and we are a branch of the European Movement.

Want to be active with Dorset for Europe? Find out how to help by filling in our volunteer survey.

As you know, campaigning is expensive and any donation would help. Many thanks indeed.

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