Welcome to MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East
We call upon people in the North East - from Tees to Tweed - to join us in demanding that our government, and indeed the governments of the world, should act to alleviate poverty for the world's poorer countries by:
- Trade justice
- Dropping the debt
- Providing more and better aid
- Curbing climate change
- Promoting Fairtrade
Latest planned events and activities
The events listed below are organised by us, or by groups or individuals affiliated to us who have asked for their event to be included in this listing.
Journey to Justice (Breaking the Chains of Global Debt)
Sunday 18th May
What a great day it was.....
Details of what the event was.... here.
Picture of North East Supporters at the start fo their journey to Birmingham here.
Picture of North East Supporters in the square outside the venue here.
Pictures inside the venue here and here.
And details and analysis of the event from the Jubilee Debt Campaign's website here.
Great North Run 2008 - do join us as a runner
If you are running in this years Great North Run - in October - then why not join our team. See here for details.
Up and coming Christian Aid events
Christian Aid have a number of events coming up soon in the North East. Details here.
Click here for a full list of current, future and past events.
Occasional papers / articles for thought and debate
The Real Global Warming Swindle - added July 2007. This is a continuation from the article in the Climate Change Special Edition newsletter 2007. By David Golding
Carbon Offsetting - added May 2007
A paper by David Golding
I count - added May 2007
A personal look at his own carbon offsetting by David Golding
Is the Trade Justice Movement politically biased?
Written by Dr David Golding, November 2006.
Honorary Degrees Acceptance Speech by Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer
His speech which he made during the honorary degree ceremony of Newcastle University in January 2007 ends....
" I say to this great audience today, at this historic ceremony that we will remember for years to come: 'Have confidence and have faith. Hold fast to the belief that it can and will be said of our generation that we built a movement on ethical foundations that had the vision, had the courage and had the moral strength and the greatness to do the right thing; that we will continue to work unflinchingly and unfailingly to build justice in our time and indeed to Make Poverty History' ".
MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East in the press....
And a letter from Downing Street, July 2006. In this letter the prime minister encourages campaigners to "...keep up the pressure...". We agree as, although there has been progress, there is still plenty to achieve to Make Poverty History.
MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East has the following aims and objectives:
- To continue to promote the aims of the national MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign of 2005, with its emphasis on 'Trade Justice, Drop the Debt and More and Better Aid', in accordance with the manifesto of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.
- To promote urgent action to curb climate change, given that "The impacts of climate change will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor....within all countries". (Third report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
- To promote Fairtrade, and support the wider work of relief and development NGOs (non-government organisations).
- To support all those in the Tees-to-Tweed region seeking to promote the above aims.
- To work with other organisations having similar aims, and network with groups in other areas.
- To encourage other areas in the country to set up local groups to promote economic justice.
The full constitution of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East can be found here.
