• Paediatric Services at Royal Glamorgan Hospital
    From a local resident and campaigner Sam Trask: "Last month, our 5 year old little girl Lucie was admitted to the children’s ward in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, suffering with a nasty kidney infection. She was treated for the following 6 days, and between us, my wife and I spent the entire time in hospital with her, whilst the other managed to take and collect our other daughter from school, do a couple of shifts at work, and try and keep home life going. Were it not for the ward being local, maintaining school and family life would have been virtually impossible. During the time we spent there, Lucie received excellent care (and has since made a full recovery), and we noted that even though the ward is due to be closed this summer, it was busy the entire time and even overflowing into the ward next door some nights." Closing this ward would mean there would be no children’s in-patient care anywhere in Rhondda Cynon Taff. We are very concerned that losing this ward would mean that a great number of families will face long travel times to either the Prince Charles hospital in Merthyr Tydfil or the Children’s Hospital for Wales in Cardiff, and huge disruption to their lives because of it - especially if they have to use public transport. The same applies to obstetric services: if the maternity ward is closed women in the area, particularly from the tops of the two Rhondda valleys, will face an arduous and unnecessarily long journey either to Cardiff or Merthyr. I believe these proposed closures will put more strain on the already overstretched ambulance service and I believe that lives could be put in danger because of the extra travelling time involved. We the undersigned call on Cwm Taf University health board to maintain obstetric and paediatric in-patient services at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, as it is a well used and valuable local service to the people of Rhondda Cynon Taff.
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    Created by Frances Coombs
  • Save Beulah School!
    It is important for children to have the option of a traditional, rural welsh school! For some children they excel better in smaller schools. We need your help to stop Ysgol Beulah from closing!
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    Created by Gemma Payne
  • Build a decent playground in the centre of Ashington, Northumberland
    It's sad to see the playground and bowling green have been knocked down recently at the demolished Institute and Leisure Centre, as well as the beautiful park that was demolished on the Peoples Park field many years ago. The children are in desperate need for a free place to play with swings and a slide. Not every family can afford to pay for the new Leisure Centre facilities that are currently surrounded by a derelict building site and is a danger to children on the busy roundabout.
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    Created by Myrle Howard
  • Port Seton library opening hours
    There are now only two days you can access Port Seton library in the morning and afternoon and two further afternoons per week. No evenings. No weekends. Our community deserves a better library service. We pay our council tax to have access to places like this regardless of how heavily they are used. East Lothian Council need to stop quietly reducing access to our local library. They need to consider library opening hours to encourage use rather than discourage. For example, the opening hours of North Berwick library, albeit a full time branch, (6 days per week, with at least 6 hours per day) have much more continuity and are much more inviting. Another comparison is Longniddry library where their new opening hours mean they are open 9 hours more per week than Port Seton with a population of under 3,000. As a community of well over 4,000 people we deserve an equal opportunity to access our local library.
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    Created by Karen Campbell
  • Save The Rock Barn
    The Rock Barn, Home of MuzoAkademy, provides unique services to the community of West Oxfordshire and is at risk of demolition to make way for 6 luxury flats. Based in the heart of Witney, the Rock Barn welcomes everyone to engage with music to enrich their lives and the lives of others. The Rock Barn has become a community hub for people from 3 yrs to 89 yrs many with mental health, physical, learning and clinical needs. There is no other provision like the Rock Barn in the local area. If you work, live or study in West Oxfordshire (child or adult) please sign.
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    Created by Jon Berry
  • Safe Road Crossing
    Wester Ceddens Road links local residents to 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 2 nurseries, local shops and 2 churches. During term time the council provides 4 school crossing patrol personnel however, outside of school drop off, lunch and pick up times residents risk their lives attempting to cross Wester Cleddens Road. Furthermore, numerous housing developments have been built on and around Wester Cleddens Road which has increased traffic and the population.
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    Created by Caroline McLellan
  • Save Barrington Court Gardens
    Camden's plans for houses on these sites are a really bad idea for several reasons. These will NOT be Social Housing and it is very unlikely that they'll be able to sell these plots at any profit. Camden's previous attempts at developments nearby have resulted in empty apartments. Local Residents' concerns about what will be built on the sites are being ignored so that Camden have a chance of selling them off to a private developer. Please sign our petition to object to development of these 3 sites. It is now time for Camden to listen to the local community. Your voice counts!
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    Created by Alex Newnham
  • Let Trump Baby Fly
    Donald Trump is a big, angry baby with a fragile ego. He's also a racist demagogue who is a danger to women, immigrants and minorities and a mortal threat to world peace and the very future of life on earth. Moral outrage is water off a duck’s back to Trump, but he really seems to hate it when people make fun of him. So when Trump visits the UK on Friday the 13th of July this year, we want to make sure he knows that all of Britain is looking down on him and laughing at him. That's why a group of us have chipped in and raised enough money to have a 6 meter high blimp made by a professional inflatables company, to be flown in the skies over Parliament Square during Trump's visit. Unfortunately, we need the Mayor of London's permission to be able to fly Trump Baby from Parliament Square - and Sadiq's team at City Hall have told us that flying Trump Baby does not qualify as a 'protest'. They are insisting that the only form of protest that is legally allowable on their land is "a gathering of people, with banners and placards." We are fairly sure this doesn't make any sense, but their key objection is that flying a large inflatable will occupy a (5x5M) corner of the square which will then not be available for gatherings of people with banners and placards - thereby depriving them of freedom of speech. So we need to demonstrate that there isn't, in practice, anyone planning to protest Trump's visit who would not in fact welcome a 6m high orange baby with Trump’s malevolent face flying in the sky over Parliament during this period.
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    Created by Leo Murray
  • Close Cambrian Road and High Street to unauthorised vehicles
    At around 5.30am on the 30th April 2018, a car was driven into a group of people outside a nightclub on Cambrian Road in Newport City Centre The car was repeatedly driven into a crowd and two women have received life changing injuries due to this. Newport City Council, (in their wisdom) have decided to impose restrictions on the licensing conditions of one of the clubs on the street. This is not a solution to the problem and is being used for political point scoring. Cambrian Road (where the incident happened) and High Street both have automatic bollards in place, however the Council have allowed these to fall into disrepair. This petition calls on the Council to repair those bollards and close Cambrian Road & High Street during the periods specified above. This will ensure the safety of all people on a night out in the City Centre and prevent the possibility of this sort of thing happening again. Isn't it about time that the Council listened to those who use the City at night? This would of course be done in consultation with the businesses on High Street & Cambrian Road.
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    Created by Gavin Phillips
  • Save Grassroots Sport
    This campaign is important because currently, the population is getting unhealthier, sports clubs are shutting due to a lack of funding and, when sports clubs are still running, their function is hindered by poor facilities. Sports clubs across the country will have suffered this past winter due to snow, causing waterlogging and concurrent damage to pitches and playing fields. Where is the incentive for people to go out and exercise, playing a sport that they love, if the facilities hinder the enjoyment of the game? This is the crying shame facing sport in our country, that there’s billions of pounds being passed around the elite, but everyday the sport-loving public have to cope with sports clubs struggling to survive from month to month. Let’s change this!
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    Created by Luke Oldfield
  • More self advacacy for adults with learning disbilities
    I go to a self advacacy group twice a week in my area run by andfor adults with learning disabilities aged 18+ where we pay £5 each day and meet make friends go out on activities go out for coffee have laptops an ipad karaoke we also form relationships. This petition is to ask for more self advacacy groups in the UK like ours.
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    Created by Malika Le Messurier
  • Zebra crossing on Old Wortley Road
    Children cross this road twice a day, at minimum, either going to or coming home from school. It’s a very busy road with cars coming round the corners and not slowing down for pedestrians crossing. Regularly there is a build up of pedestrians waiting to cross with nowhere safe to do so
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    Created by Lauren Beasley