• Save Our North Derbyshire Hospitals
    Due to government cuts Hospitals around North Derbyshire are being closed. Our standpoints should be taken into consideration due to the harmful effects which would occur if this beneficent petition were not to be signed. Factors such as travel would become problematic especially for the elderly relatives having to use public transport in rural areas such as Bakewell and surrounding villages. The staff would have to be relocated perhaps to a less convenient area which may extend their working day and affect their life/work balance and would cost more in travel. Overcrowding would be seen in the larger hospitals which would have a drastic impact on waiting times. These are just some of the multiple problems North Derbyshire would face in the shutting down of some of their many hospitals. To also show support it would be very beneficial if you would come to the meeting in the County Hall in Matlock at 7pm on the 24th of July.
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    Created by Ella Lemon
  • Support the court case demanding the UK keep it's promise to child refugees (DUBS)
    After the government has refused a second vote on the issue in parliament, the charity Help Refugees (represented by Leigh Day solicitors) is taking the Home Office to court over the Government’s failure to make suitable arrangements for relocating and supporting a specific number of child refugees as promised by the scheme currently known as "DUBS" under UK immigration law. For those who haven't heard about DUBS, it was an amendment made to 2016 law which requires the government to make arrangements ‘as soon as possible’ (after 31 May 2016) to relocate and support a ‘specified number’ of unaccompanied refugee children from Europe. This scheme was created as a response to the increasing pressure on the UK to help in what has been deemed the worst refugee crisis since World War Two. In February of this year our Home Office abandoned the continuation of DUBS quietly in Parliament, and local governments and charities across the UK have been trying to fight the decision. Help Refugees has now launched a formal legal challenge against the government as part of a last chance effort to protect what is truly a lifeline for unaccompanied/lone children fleeing war and/or conflict to Europe. Keeping the DUBS scheme is essential because currently there are 28 million children uprooted because of conflict in their own countries but over 1/9th of the world's refugees right now are in Europe and children make up a third of these numbers (and above 45% in the South East of Europe such as Greece and Macedonia), which make legal channels like DUBS essential for these kids to be able to begin a better life and to not be left to be targeted by traffickers and abusers who focus on Europe's camps. As the 6th richest country in the world, the UK is denying it's international commitments by reversing yet another safe legal passage for these children. Our local councils have said the UK can take in 4000 more children - meaning we have the capacity, all that's lacking is the willingness of our government to support our capacity to give. In its stance, the Home Office is targeting without justification children who have absolutely no one else to turn to and whose lives and futures are at significant risk right now. They have lost everything, meanwhile our government stands from a distance and says we have nothing to give. The Charity Help Refugees and those lawyers standing against the Home Office this week, are doing so because they reject this position. They reject that this is the UK we believe in. We ask the UK public to support this court case as the last chance to keep this scheme in law. We ask that you sign and spread the word about this case and that you don't let the lives of so many kids be determined behind closed doors. Let's shame the Home Office for its position, let's stand tall and fight for the right of these children to a better future from conflict.
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    Created by Shannon Jackson
  • Stop the Closure of Santander Stoke Newington Branch
    I am so sad our local branch of Santander is closing, I have had great personal service for over 20 years, and the staff have always been helpful and resolved all my banking needs. Although I have phone, and online banking, there are still physical transactions that need to take place, like paying in cash and cheques and queries that are often easier to address in person. During my visits I am aware that this branch attracts a lot of people with English as a second language; others unfamiliar with banking proticol; vulnerable adults and disabled people with their carers who all like me and other members of the public need or prefer personal assistance. There is often a que so the bank certainly isn't under used, and appears busy most of the time . It is another 25min on to the next branch, which increases the security risk when going to pay in large amounts of cash and cheques, which I do regually and will take an extra hour out of my day. If I use a bus that costs £3 a trip. If this is inconvieneinet and difficult for me it will be really difficult for those less able or on low incomes. Please sign if you support this petiion to keep the Stoke Newington Branch of Santander open and to stop closures to other local branches.
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    Created by Madelaine Heinemann
  • Campaign to reverse public transport cuts
    This is important as individuals and especially non drivers in the area have very little means of transportation, thus having a major impact on the freedom of choice and human rights of the general public. This has a major effect on the peoples mental health due to having little or no options and being stranded in one location where especially on weekends there are very few ways of catching connecting trains, as this is an area that does not serve the majority of railway stations in the sourrounding counties.
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    Created by Paul Clifton
  • Save Burton Hospital Stop the Derby Takeover
    Earlier this year, leaked documents have revealed that Derby Teaching Hospital Trust will merge with Burton Hospital Trust The documents reveal that such a merger could have wide ranging implications on clinical areas including: Cancer and Stroke Care Orthopaedics Radiology Acute Medicine   The documents show that some services could be lost from Burton and moved to Derby* We have the following concerns Concerns over loss of services at Burton Hospital Threats to staffs jobs, terms and conditions A lack of transparency in the process. Proposals to increase levels of privatisation Further pressure to remaining Hospital services in Burton and Derby
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    Created by William Walker
  • MPs Should Not Receive Any Pay Rise!
    After all the terrible atrocities that have happened recently, our emergency services (including hospital staff) should be receiving MEDALS as well as pay rises! The PM THERESA MAY praised the Police for acting so quickly, yet she then freezes their pay and cuts the numbers of police. MPs receive salaries that would pay for three nurses/police officers and more with their various expense claims and this just isn't the way things should be.
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    Created by Claire Tyers
  • Build a high quality prefab village in Hyde Park now for the Grenfell Tower residents
    The Grenfell Tower fire is the worst residential fire since World War 2. It demands a serious, immediate attention.
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    Created by Phil Bushell
  • Install sprinklers in every high rise
    People are more important than profit. The UK government's primary duty is to keep its people safe. This petition shouldn't have to exist, it should have been announced after the last coroner enquiry of the Lakanal tragedy of 2009.
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    Created by David Breeze
  • Save our lollipop lady freda merton bank road
    Shes been a part of most the adults lives whos kids now attend this school, merton bank road is always a busy road with traffic coming from every direction especially at school times, losing freda is to much of a risk to all the children + parents who attend the school!! St helens council will have blood on there hands
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    Created by Lisa Westhead
  • Save whitchurch library
    Libraries are a vital resource in Bristol not only for students to access books they need but also for those who are unable to access the internet and is a create community setting for those in local areas and beyond
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    Created by Laura Whittle
  • Restore wardens to Sheltered housing units
    I live in a sheltered unit with no on site warden, we have a warden visit the unit once a week, we have had two residents die and left until friends or family came to check on them as no warden is checking on the welfare of the elderly and disabled, when we had a warden based here they were able to spot deteriations in residents as they knew them well, now we don't know when they are here and they do not know anyone personaly, it has also destroyed the community spirit with people just staying in their flat and not socialising
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    Created by Michael Loughran
  • Reverse all police cuts
    Since 2010 the government has cut the uk wide police force to unsafe levels. We must stand united with our police and demand the government reverse all cuts to the police so that they have the resources to protect and defend our way of life.
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    Created by Alex Ashby