Past events
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Jam for Bread
Dates/time: Monday 10th December 2007
Venue: Shepherds Bush Empire, London
An evening of stellar performances by UK artists to celebrate Human Rights Day in early December. Live hosted by Gilles Peterson, feat. Fink, Nitin Sawhney and many more.
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2007 Art Auction
Dates/time: 6th November 2007, from 6:30pm
Venue: The Building Centre, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT
We
are delighted to announce that we will be hosting another major Art
Auction on 6th November this year. With the likes of Tom Phillips RA
and Prof Phyllida Peake amongst the committee members, and pieces
already donated by Elizabeth Blackadder RA, Ralph Steadman and Fermin
Rocker, we hope to replicate the success of our 2003 auction.
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Shooting Dogs Screening
Dates/time: Friday 22nd June 2007 at 7pm
Venue: Gilmorehill G12 Cinema, 9 University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
The Glasgow Local Group present a screening of the film Shooting Dogs, which tells the gripping and emotional story of two men's struggle for survival when caught up in one of the most brutal genocides of the twentieth century, the 1994 Rwandan tragedy.
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Annual Supporters' Reception - Thank you Event
Dates/time: Thursday, 28th June 2007
Venue: Medical Foundation head office in North London
To thank you for your support Simon Carruth, the Medical Foundation's Chief Executive, invites you to the 2007 Supporters' Reception at our London Centre.
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Refugee Week: Blind Flight Screening
Dates/time: Tuesday 19th June 2007 at 6pm
Venue: Watershed Cinema, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol BS1 5TX
This is a special screening of Blind Flight for Refugee Week featuring a Q & A session with the film's Director John Furse. The film tells the story of Brian Keenan's and John McCarthy's kidnapping in Beruit in the 1980's.
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Midsummer Concert
Dates/time: Friday 22nd June 2007 at 8pm
Venue: The Chantry House, Hart Street, Henley-on-Thames RG9 2AU
The Reading Local Supporters Group invite you to a join them for an evening of classical music with the wind quintet Syrinx in the beautiful setting of The Chantry House, a 15th century medieval hall beside the River Thames.
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Food for thought
Dates/time: 16th May 2007, at 7pm
Venue: Good Housekeeping Institute Kitchens, Soho, London
John McCarthy CBE is hosting the MF's first Culinary Evening - Food for Thought. Michelin-starred celebrity chef, Paul Merrett of BBC's 'Ever Thought About Food...' will be our special guest.
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Refugee Week: The Challenge of Helping Survivors of Torture in 2007
Dates/time: Wednesday 20th June - 7.30pm
Venue: Friends Meeting House, 12 Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA
As part of Cambridge's Refugee Week events, Simon Carruth, Medical Foundation's Chief Executive, will speak about the work of the Medical Foundation and the issues survivors of torture are facing.
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Koma Azadi
Dates/time: Friday 20th July 2007 - 8pm
Venue: Salisbury Arts Centre, Bedwin Street Salisbury SP1 3UT
The Salisbury Local Group and the Kurdish Community Centre, London present an evening of traditional Kurdish music and dance with Koma Azadi, their Kurdish Freedom Folk Dance Group.
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Quiz Night & Fish Supper
Dates/time: Saturday 24th March 2007 - 7.30pm
Venue: St Thomas' Church, Simpson Road, Simpson, Milton Keynes
The Bedford & Milton Keynes Local Group invite you to test both your brain cells and your appetite by joining them for a quiz night and fish & chip supper.
