Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance Regional Conference Saturday March 31st

date and time: 31st March 9.30 – 4.30

venue: Burngreave Vestry Hall

cost: £5.00 waged; no charge unwaged/low income

Programme to include:

Morning

Plenary session with Wendy Savage (tbc) on Save our NHS; Alan Gibbons (Campaign for the Book); Chris Walker (Pitsmoor CAB) on the Welfare Reform Bill

First workshop sessions on

Community Campaigns
Culture – music, libraries,museums, theatre
Welfare, disability,unemployment
Trade Unions, political links, representation.

Afternoon

Second workshop sessions on

How can Councils resist the cuts
Housing crisis – Housing Emergency campaign
Education – academies,abolition of EMA, tuition fees – student/ staff

action

NHS – Kill the Bill, local & national campaigns

Plenary session on the alternatives – Climate Change Jobs; unpaid tax & tax avoidance; Occupy movement;TUC the People’s Charter

All Welcome

Tea/ coffee provided; cheap & cheerful food midday

SACA regional conference: 9:30am to 4:30pm Saturday 31 March 2012

Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance (SACA): Sheffield Anti Cuts Alliance (SACA)held its first meeting in November 2010, and since then, has been involved in organising and publicising local rallies, demonstrations and meetings against the ConDem cuts, particularly those implemented locally.

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