London Demo |
Acts for the London Demo |
Find your nearest protest |
Protest on Social Media |
Pictures and video to share |
Join the Thunderclap |
Balham ~ Bournemouth ~ Bradford ~ Brighton ~ Bristol ~ Cardiff ~ Croydon ~ Dundee ~ Ealing ~ Edinburgh ~ Glasgow ~ Gloucester ~ Hull ~ Huddersfield ~ Inverness ~ Ipswich ~ Leeds ~ Leicester ~ Lincoln ~ Manchester ~ Norwich ~ Portsmouth ~ Plymouth ~ Reading ~ Sheffield ~ Stockton-on-Tees ~ Sunderland ~ Toronto ~ Truro ~ Wrexham and Maximus HQ in central London.
See this great promo vid by @MarquisLeDain
See Paula Peter’s interview about the Day of Action in the famous Artist Taxi Driver, Chunky Mark’s Cab
The London Protest
Roll Up!, Roll Up! Roll Up!Mark the return of the WCA (Work Capability Assessment) by attending Maximarse: Same Circus, Different ClownsMonday 2nd March @ 1pm,
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Acts and entertainments for the London Demo
Roll Up!, Roll Up! Roll Up!Gasp with awe and be inspired by our glorious & fandabulicious arts and entertainments for your delectation and delight! |
Find Your Nearest Protest
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Protest |
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Events Page |
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Irene House, 218 Balham High Road, Balham, London, SW12 9BX |
10.30 am – 12noon |
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Bournemouth Assessment Centre, Tamarisk House, 1 Cotlands Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3BG |
1:30pm – 2:30pm |
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Bradford City Centre, Wool exchange buildings, 22 Bank Street, Bradford, BD1 1PR |
8.30 am to 10.30 am |
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West Lees House, 21-35 Dyke Road, Brighton, BN1 3GD, (North End of the Clock Tower, Next to Old Job Centre.) |
1pm |
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Medical Assessment Centre, Government Buildings. Flowers Hill, Brislington, Bristol, BS4 5LA |
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Run by DAN Cmyru |
Block 2, Government Buildings, St Agnes Road, Gabalfa, Cardiff, CF14 4YJ. |
1 -4 pm |
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Stephenson House, 2 Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, CR0 6BA |
10 am – 6pm. |
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Run by Scottish Unemployed Workers Network |
Meet outside Boots |
1pm |
For futher details, contact SUWN at admin@scottishunemployedworkers.net |
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Medical Assessment Centre/Ealing Job Centre 86-92 Uxbridge Road West Ealing London W13 8RA |
9 am -10.30 am |
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Argyle House, 3 Lady Lawson Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9SJ |
1pm-3pm |
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Corunna House, 29 Cadogan Street, Glasgow, G2 7RD |
12.30 -2.30 pm |
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Job Centre Plus, Cedar House, Spa Road, Gloucester, GL1 1XL
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11am – 4pm |
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Huddersfield Jobcentre Plus Castle House, Market Street, Huddersfield, HD1 2NE
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11am to 12.30pm
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Job Centre Plus, Hill Britannia House, 2 Ferensway, Hull HU2 8NF (Organised by Hull People’s Assembly) |
1pm to 2 pm |
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Medical Assessment Centre, St. Felix House, Silent Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP1 1TF. |
1 pm to 4 pm |
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Leeds Briggate LS1 6NP (meet near the Bodyshop) |
12 noon until 2 pm |
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1st Floor, Rytland Centre, Halford Street, Leicester, LE1 1TQ |
1pm – 3.30 pm |
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Medical Assessment Centre, Viking House, 98 Newland |
1 pm to 3.30 pm |
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Maximus HQ Level 1, Queen Anne’s Gate, London, SW1H 9BU |
1 – 5 pm |
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Albert Bridge House, Bridge Street, Manchester, M60 9AT |
12 noon until 4 pm |
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St Mary’s House, Duke St, Norwich. NR3 1QA |
1pm |
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Medical Assessment Centre, Wingfield House, 316-334 Commercial Road, Portsmouth PO1 4TA |
1 pm until 5 pm |
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Argosy house, longfield road, plympton, plymouth, PL6 8LS |
12 noon until 3 pm |
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St Mary’s Butts, Reading, RG1 2LG |
11 am – 1 pm |
https://www.facebook.com/events/1404292959867177/ |
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Medical Assessment Centre, 1 Hartshead Square, Sheffield, S1 2FD. |
1- 3 pm (meet first at 12.30 pm at City centre) |
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Thornoby Assessment Centre, 2nd Floor, Christine House, Sorbonne Close, Thornoby, Stockton-On-Tees |
12 noon – 1pm
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https://www/facebook.com/ |
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Sunderland Job Centre, 60-66 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear SR1 1QT |
11 am-1pm |
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Office of Maximus Canada |
11 am EST 4pm UK time |
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| Pydar House, Pydar Street, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 2XD (the current WCA Assessment Centre) After a while spent there protest will move on to Truro City Centre outside the JobCentre Plus |
12 noon until 2 pm |
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Medical Assessment Centre, Ty Maelor, 15-17 Grosvenor Road, Wrexham LL11 1BW |
1pm – 3pm |
Social Media
If you can’t make it to one of the demos – Join us on twitter to protest online
Send your own tweets using the hashtags #ScrapWCA and #Maximarse or use our tweetlist :
Don’t forget to keep an eye on the DPAC Twitter Account @dis_ppl_protest for updates, pictures and live video feeds from the Day of Action
Pictures and Video to share
Video
Promotion Video for the protest by award winning animator Hannah Maines
Artwork
You can download any of these images (Just right-click on the image and select “Save Image As…” or “Save Picture As…..”) to share over Twitter and Facebook or print out to use at the protests around the country
Cartoon Maximus – Same Circus – Different Clowns by Phil Evans
…. and some of Brian Hilton’s magnificent artwork :
How to Join the Thunderclap for the Maximus Day of Action
Go to the Link: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/21931-maximus-day-of-action?locale=en (Either by clicking on the link above or copying and pasting it into your browser)
On the Thunderclap webpage, the picture below shows the webpage you should see, after clicking the link above
To support with Facebook. Click on the red area with the text “support with FACEBOOK” and then see part 1 below
To support with Twitter. Click on the red area with the text “support with TWITTER” and then see part 2 below
Notes:
i). You can join with Twitter and Facebook, if you have accounts with both, it doesn’t have to be one or the other.
ii). Instructions for supporting with tumblr are not given here as this is not generally used.
1 Support with Facebook
If you have clicked on “support with Facebook” in the screen above, you should now see a screen like this.
The centre of the screen shows what will appear when the thunderclap happens at noon on the day of action. This is what will appear on your facebook page (you don’t have to be using facebook at the time, or even logged in, but it won’t matter if you are).
If you want, you can add your own message to appear when the thunderclap goes off (but you don’t have to do this), just type your message in the grey area which has the text “Make It your own! Add a custom message”
Complete the process of Joining the thunderclap on Facebook, click where it says “+ Add My Support” in the box in red at the bottom of the screen.
You will then get an acknowledgement message to say that you have joined, and that’s it, you’re done!
2. Support with Twitter
If you have clicked on “support with Twitter” in the screen above, you should now see a screen like this:
The centre of the screen shows what will appear when the thunderclap happens at noon on the day of action. This is what will appear as a tweet that you have sent (you don’t have to be using twitter at the time, or even logged in, but it won’t matter if you are).
If you want, you can change the tweet message that appears when the thunderclap goes off (but you don’t have to do this), just type your message in the grey area under the text “Make It your own! Add a custom message”
To proceed with Joining the thunderclap on Twitter, click where it says “+ Add My Support” in the box in red at the bottom of the screen.
You will then see a screen which says “Authorise Thunderclap to use your account” (shown below).
Click on the “Authorize app” in blue on the left hand side of the screen.
You will then get an acknowledgement message to say that you have joined, and that’s it, you’re done!
