Refugee Week is 20 years old this year. Although the actual week is not until 18-24 June, the Minehead Amnesty International Group has already started on its contribution to the '20 things' challenge. We set ourselves the target of...

Our May 2018 newsletter includes reports of our film show Syria's Disappeared and also our letter writing afternoon. There are updates on our various campaigns and a list of actions you can take this month. A list of diary dates...

On 9 May we held another successful letter writing session in the Minehead Quaker Meeting House. We wrote about cases from the Spring edition of Real Lives Matter and current Urgent Action case sheets. Fourteen people took part and we...

On Thursday 10 May the Minehead Group showed the 50 minute documentary film, Syria's Disappeared : the case against Assad, at the Quaker Meeting House in Minehead. The film was produced by Ashfar Films and is about how tens of...

Our April newsletter sets out actions you can take this month, together with a list of diary dates and campaign updates. There are also reports on the southwest regional conference and AIUK's Annual Conference and AGM. Events coming up...

At the AIUK AGM in Swansea on 7/8 April, we were thrilled to be awarded a prize for our work with local media.We were presented with a certificate and a bag full of goodies. This included a bottle of wine which we gave to our hard...

Three of our members attended the south-west regional conference in Exeter on 17 March (in the snow!) and three of us also attended the AIUK Annual Conference & AGM in Swansea on 7/8 April. Both conferences included actions in support...

Our March 2018 newsletter includes a list of actions you can take this month, plus news of our recent events such as the annual quiz and our street stall for International Women's Day. Campaign news includes updates on the I Welcome...

For International Women's Day this year we held a street stall on Minehead's main shopping street on Friday 9 March. Although one day late, we chose to do it on Friday as this is usually the busiest day in Minehead when people come...

Our annual quiz was once again a very successful and enjoyable evening. The Humber Family organised eight rounds of interesting and challenging questions, and once again generously donated the cost of the venue and prizes. The evening...