• Save Waitrose Staines
    The reason given for this proposed closure is that Waitrose has “found trading from this site extremely challenging for some time and has sadly been unable to find a long-term solution to address this.” Waitrose is the only dedicated supermarket in the centre of Staines though and the impact of its loss will be felt strongly by local families and businesses. Two Rivers Shopping Centre, and the wider town centre in Staines, has benefitted greatly in recent years from improvements in shops and restaurants. These are increasingly making Staines a destination for shoppers and for those visiting the town for the cinema, restaurants, coffee shops and other leisure facilities. Losing Waitrose will drive town centre visitors away to surrounding areas, affecting the prosperity of Staines and significantly diminishing the value of the shopping centre to the local community. Likewise, the improved economic situation locally and nationally is being reflected in a large number of housing developments taking place within the area. Many of these developments are taking place in close proximity to the town centre – for those developments to thrive as part of the community, a town centre supermarket is essential. Whether you’re a regular shopper at Waitrose, or simply pick up a few items when you’re passing, the store is a huge benefit to Staines town centre. Please sign so that we can do everything possible to keep the store open, save the jobs of the staff employed there and maintain a quality supermarket presence in Staines town centre.
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    Created by David Hetling
  • Save Huntingdon Waitrose
    The High Street, in the town of Huntingdon, has suffered with many shops having to close due to high rents making it difficult for shops to remain profitable. It is hoped the JLP will work to find a solution, with the present landlord, to keep this store open, so it may continue to serve the people of the Huntingdonshire District as it has done for the last 40 years.
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    Created by Ste Greenall
  • MARVEL CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS UPCOMING UPDATE
    The champions that we use in the game, have had set abilities for a long time, and to go ahead now and turn these abilities on their heads is a slap in the face of your loyal players. What about the players who have spent money on upgrades/sig stones/awakening gems/etc. Only to have their favourite players nerfed beyond recognition. We understand the need to make the game fairer, as was done recently with the downgrade of the Willpower mastery. Even to upgrade some of the lesser champs that are used is understandable. But to lessen the very abilities that these champions rely on, is unfair and unjust. We implore you to halt the upcoming update. Revisit these changes. This feels like a money making move. It may not seem like much to any newcomers to the game, but long standing members can see this is catastrophic. This may lead to many leaving the game. And I for one will be asking for a full refund from Google Play and Itunes for any funds that I have ever spent on upgrading my champions, if this update takes place.
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    Created by Darren Mann
  • Use Veggie, biodegradable bags in place of plastic.
    These biodegradable bags can replace plastic bags and they dissolve in hot water in minutes and in cold water in about 24 hours. They can be eaten by farm animals and wildlife animals with no ill effects. They also have no adverse effects if eaten by humans. This will do away with all the damaging effects of plastic bags that blow around all over world (land, rivers and sea). The cost of these biodegradable (veggie bags) is the same if not cheaper than plastic bags.
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    Created by Gerald Lewis
  • Save Blueberry Hill Footwear in Dewsbury
    Blueberry Hill is a small family business, the last independent shoe retailer based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. We have been established for more than 55 years and for 30 years we have been selling Dr Martens. Begining of January 2017 Airwair International closed our trade account, the reason been "we are repositioning our brand" and we weren't spending enough with them. Our livelyhood is based around the sale of Dr Martens, without them we may have to close down after 50 years of service. We don't want this to happen. So we want to change their minds with you help.
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    Created by Anjum Rafique
  • Pay Camp Beaumont Staff A Living Wage
    Group Leaders at Camp Beaumont are responsible for taking care of our children - an immensely important job. However, despite the fact Camp Beaumont is a London company and their camps are all based in and around London, people working there are currently paid Minimum Wage instead of London Living Wage. Camp Beaumont charges parents £45 a day, much more than other summer camps. So why is it that an 18-year-old taking care of 12 children will only be paid £5.60 an hour, barely enough to cover travel costs? (A single journey on the Tube costs £2.20 in London.) That's under 50p an hour for each child. However, each child's parents are paying £5.62 an hour for this childcare - where is the extra £61.82 per hour going? If Camp Beaumont wishes to recruit and retain high-quality staff to look after our children, they need to start paying their workers above minimum wage. As a parent, I would feel much safer knowing my children were in well-paid and fully-qualified hands.
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    Created by Paul Bennett
  • Insurance policy documents
    My daughter recently was traveling and was involved in a bad car accident. When it came to claiming there were hidden clauses scattered throughout her travel insurance policy that were difficult to find and understand when you did. There was no explanation of what documents we would be required to produce and as soon as we produced one they would ask for more, every time we sent document/paperwork they just would find something else they required the stress this has created has affected my daughters recovery
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    Created by Andy Assan
  • Stop Ordnance Survey & Migration Lawyers ads on #Muslimban Cheerleaders Breitbart
    Breitbart News Network has been a cheerleader for Trumps presidential campaign and continues to promote his far right agenda - applauding the #Muslimban, slurring opponents of the ban and supporting French National Front leader Le Pen's plan to bring the ban to Europe. After we started this petition Newman University pulled their ads from #MuslimBan cheerleader Breitbart Media. Stating 'our values of social justice and the common good are extremely important to us'. Ordnance Survey and UK Migration Lawyers should not be paying for adverts in racist far right publications. We call on them to pull their ads from Breitbart immediately.
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    Created by Undoing Borders Picture
  • DRASTIC PLASTIC UK
    Plastic, is not the disposable, one use magic material we were led to believe in the 1950's. The miraculous cheap, lightweight, disposable, durable substance, was years later, discovered to be toxic, none biodegradable, and is having a huge global negative effect for both humans and animals. Plastic never disappears into nothing, it is always there, breaking down into small micro plastics, which attract toxic, harmful chemicals damaging all life on the planet including ourselves. Fish in the oceans, are consuming, these meaning that we are too. It's killing marine plant life which provides 70% of the earths oxygen, after all, the world is mostly blue, not green. We've produced more plastic in the past ten years than we have in our entire history with not even half of it being recycled. 8 million tones of plastic being put in the ocean a year. Other countries across the world are taking the lead with plastic bag bans, plastic cutlery and plates bans and the 'zero waste Europe' network installing plastic bottle deposit and recycling schemes, why are we so behind!? Further reading... FEW FACTS It’s a durable, versatile material ideal for many applications, however, over 50% of it is used once then thrown into landfills or the ocean. More than 8 million tons of plastic is dumped in our oceans every year 300 million tonnes are produced every year, producing more over the last ten years than during the whole of the last century. To produce one plastic bottle, it takes 6 litres of water. Which is six times the amount of water that’s going to be put inside it! Plastic production accounts for 8% of the world’s oil preserves. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Fish in the north pacific ingest 12,000 to 24,000 of plastic per year. 97.5% of Laysan Albatross chicks (Sea birds) have plastic in their stomach causing death and potential extinction. The ratio of plastic to plankton in the Mediterranean Sea is 1 to 2. In the most polluted places there’s six times more plastic than plankton. 1 in 3 species of marine species are endangered from entangled in marine litter and ingestion. Plastics toxic emissions are damaging marine eco systems which are dependent on marine plants. These plants produce 70% of the earths oxygen and remove 40% carbon. This has resulted in over 405 dead zones in the world, 5000 sq miles of the gulf of Mexico almost devoid of life being one of them. HOW THIS EFFECTS HUMAN HEALTH? Scientific research has proven plastic releases harmful chemicals. Micro plastic in the ocean absorb high levels of pollutants and dangerous endocrine disrupting chemicals, which can cause cancerous tumours, birth defects, infertility, developmental disorders and anything else hormone related. Fish that we eat are eating these plastics meaning it’s getting into our systems as well. NOT DISPOSABLE You can never ‘throw plastic away’, it’s always there. Either in the form of a smog in the ocean, or shipped to different countries. Since recycling is not a very profitable market. China banned being sold plastic in 2016, so now it gets exported to places like India where people sort through endless rivers of rubbish to find pieces to sell. The rest makes it was down the river into the sea. WEBSITE REFERENCES http://www.greenseas.org/ http://www.plasticoceans.org/ https://www.5gyres.org/
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    Created by Hannah Elizabeth White
  • Roadworks Affecting Local Businesses in Wylds Road
    Businesses are suffering with lack of customers due to the current one way system. The works were originally planned to be 29 weeks, but have now been extended to 41 weeks. Businesses are concerned about the fall in trade and the financial impact this will have on their takings. This in turn could mean closure for some of the smaller companies and possible unemployment for their staff.
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    Created by Ollie Pole
  • Stop Newman University Funding #Muslimban Cheerleaders Breitbart
    Breitbart News Network has been a cheerleader for Trumps presidential campaign and continues to promote his far right agenda - applauding the #Muslimban, slurring opponents of the ban and supporting French National Front leader Le Pen's plan to bring the ban to Europe. Universities should be at the forefront of progress not paying for adverts in racist far right publications. We call on Newman University to pull their ads from Breitbart immediately.
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    Created by Undoing Borders Picture
  • Stop Virgin Media targeting vulnerable people
    My daughter who has learning difficulties and lives in a Mencap supported house, with my support, cancelled a package she had, despite the fact it was made clear at the time she could not act individually in this sort of situation she was phoned direct and phone/bullied into a new package she did not want causing her extreme distress.
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    Created by Dave Nichols