London Brexiversary 31st Jan
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Mark the sad anniversary of Brexit with action
- Join SODEM at Parliament Square to protest
- Action planned from 11am, 31st January 2024
- Placards and song sheets available
- Make it a full day with an evening vigil
- Join the WhatsApp group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/BxwYrZag1lm0S0w4fjEqwo - George Kilaiditis of the European Movement will be recruiting new members.
European Movement- Saturday 20th January 2024 is the European Movement's Membership Action Day, with the aim of recruiting 1,000 new members. Can you recruit someone you know? With the Young European Movement, they are running a campaign for UK to join the Erasmus scheme.
Dorset for Europe AGM- Our Steering Group (SG) meets monthly on Zoom to plan and co-ordinate local activities. Our Annual General Meeting will be held at 7.30pm on Friday 9th February 2024. If anyone is interested in joining the SG or just sitting in, please let us know: just reply to this email.
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Don't forget the NRM Day of Action- The National Rejoin March (NRM) team will hold a second day of action on 23rd March 2024
- Dorset for Europe will join in, as we did in 2023.
- Let us know if you have ideas or would like help with organising something yourself: pro-EU dog-walk? Street stall? Brexit Bears Picnic? music gig?
- Watch this space for more information as we develop our ideas.
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- Thursday 25th January 2024, 18.45. Nigel Haigh OBE, Honorary Fellow and former Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) looks at the EU's record on environmental matters and the long term consequence's of Brexit for global environmental issues, suggesting a focus on these may attract new members to the European Movement. Followed by panel discussion, with Klajdi Selimi, President of the Young European Movement and Michael Nicholson, Head of UK Environmental Policy, IEEP UK. The floor will be open for comments and questions from the online audience.
Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yLyKpKe2TCe22QIz_-Yuaw
- Sunday 21st January 2024 17.00-18.15. Reasons to Hope and Reasons to Despair over #BrexitBritain rejoining the EU, a Zoom Seminar with Nick Tyrone. Nick is a journalist, novelist and writer who has published articles in The Spectator, Daily Express, The Independent and New Statesman. He was the Director of Operations and Finance as well as the Treasurer of the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign that in May 2011 sought to change the UK voting system, and for a period was the Executive Director of Centreforum, the think tank most known for The Orange Book: Reclaiming Liberalism, which later became the Education Policy Institute. He left to join the pro-European thinktank British Influence in the wake of the Brexit referendum in 2016, and is currently an Associate Fellow at the think tank Bright Blue, which advocates one nation Conservative policies Register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/northhertsforeurope/1071429
- Tuesday 13th February 09.00-17.15 The Future UK-EU Relationship Conference
Location: UCL Main Campus, Gower Street London WC1E 6AE
The conference will examine
the changes effected by Brexit on the UK economy and our trading relationships, security and defence, police and judicial cooperation, health and social care, migration, climate change collaboration and the UK’s place in the world. It will suggest ways ahead for the UK and EU which would improve collaboration and outcomes for both sides.
The day will be led by the Independent Commission on UK EU Relations and the UCL European Institute, in partnership with organisations including the Centre for Britain and Europe (Department of Politics, University of Surrey) and the Musicians Union.
In-person tickets - limited so please apply early:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-uk-eu-relationship-tickets-777841283217
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WatchRead Act- The European Economic and Social Committee have launched a critical survey relating to Erasmus+ and their work on furthering EU-UK youth engagement.
Please disseminate this far and wide within your networks so we can collect as many responses from UK youth stakeholders on how they experience and perceive the impact that Brexit has had on their lives. https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/YouthEngagementSURVEY2023
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Saturday 27th January 3-5pm; Dorchester Eurocafe - Please come along to meet us, or just for a coffee and chat.
- We meet in ‘The Snug’ at the Vivo Lounge, 23 Weymouth Avenue, Brewery Square, Dorchester DT1 1QR
- Check out our Eurocafe website and you can now follow us on Twitter @EuroCafeDorch
Saturday 3rd February, 11.30am - 2pm; East Dorset Eurocafe - Join us for a friendly, informal get-together with like-minded people at:
The Angel Inn, Ringwood Road, Longham, Dorset BH22 9AP. - We've set up a WhatsApp group for the Angel meetings to improve communications. Email us your mobile number if you'd like to be included.
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Dorset for EuropeDorset for Europe has close links with many organisations and we are aware of others whose aims are similar to ours. Some key organisations are highlighted each month. Please tell us of any organisations that you think we should know about. BrexitCarnageBrexitCarnage is a professionally edited live news stream that aims to draw attention to the damage that leaving the EU is continuing to do to the UK’s economy and global political influence, thereby supporting efforts to re-join the EU. There is a daily news briefing, if you wish. It is part of the United Kingdom Pro-European Network (UKPEN).
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- Check out our website DorsetforEurope.org.uk for regular updates and information
- Check in to Facebook, on https://www.facebook.com/DorsetforEurope
- Follow us on twitter @Dorset4E
- Reply to this email, if you want to contact us.
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We're always interested to receive feedback or ideas for future events.
Contact us by replying to this email or at sarah@dorsetforeurope.org
Please tell us your ideas for action, especially if you are able to help organise events.
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