The people of Glasgow deserve better. We must no longer accept the embarrassment associated with the condition of our city.

Numerous children have lost parents due to the interference of CMS, resulting in mental illness, murder, suicide, or emigration.  The harshness of CMS towards parents who are pursuing contact through the court system is unconscionable. How can such an event serve the best interests of the children? CMS does not always take the child's overall welfare into account by concentrating only on financial aid. We want an alternative that will focus on the general well being of the child by providing emotional support, and making sure that the non-monetary contributions of both parents—like caring and emotional support—are taken into consideration. 1.     Injustice and Financial Abuse – Numerous paying parents are subjected to exorbitant assessments that are based on inaccurate income data, arbitrary penalties, and a lack of consideration for their financial circumstances or contact with their children. Such abuse has resulted in homelessness, mental health crises, and even suicide in certain instances. 2.     CMS takes funds intended for children: For example every £100 of child maintenance, the CMS deducts £24 in fees, leaving only £76 for the child, because CMS levies a 20% charge on the paying parent and subtracts 4% from the money received by the receiving parent. 3.     Lack of Transparency and Accountability — The CMS is operated with minimal oversight. The CMS frequently disregards or postpones appeals and complaints, and its decisions lack transparency. The procedure is emotionally taxing and heavily bureaucratic. 4.     CMS weaponization: Certain parents use the CMS as a means of personal retribution or control, utilising its capabilities to incite conflict among co-parents rather than collaboration. Few safeguards are in place to prevent the fabrication of fraudulent claims or manipulation within the system. 5.     Failure to prioritise the child's best interests— Instead of promoting the well-being of children, the CMS frequently exacerbates parental conflict, discourages shared parenting, and imposes financial distress that negatively impacts the entire family. We therefore petition the UK Government to: • Eliminate the CMS in its current form and replace it with a fair, child-focused alternative that encourages mediation, shared parenting, and balanced financial responsibility.  • Conduct an independent public inquiry into the conduct, practices, and outcomes of the CMS.  • Implement clear safeguards to prevent misuse and ensure accurate assessments.  • Enhance transparency, appeal rights, and accountability within any future system.  • Child focus legislation: The DVLA has vehicle focus legislation in place, and the RSPCA has animal focus legislation in place, but there is no child focus legislation in place for both males and females.  Urgent and substantive reform is necessary to ensure the well-being of children and the rights of both parents. Credible sources:  committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/106915/pdf/ OPFS_Child_Maintenance_Report_1.pdf Child Maintenance - NAO report Independent review of the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) response to domestic abuse - GOV.UK Child Maintenance Service: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourteenth Report of Session 2016–17 - Work and Pensions Committee - House of Commons

Birmingham City Council is in financial meltdown – but instead of fixing its mistakes, it’s trying to balance the books on the backs of bin workers. These are the people who kept the city running when no one else would. And now the council wants to cut their pay by thousands of pounds a year? It's outrageous. The council claims it’s not that bad – but workers on the ground, backed by their union, know the truth. They’re striking because they’ve been pushed to the edge, and they’re not going down quietly. Now, we need to support them – before the damage to our streets, our public health, and our values gets any worse. Sign the petition and demand Birmingham City Council respect its workers and protect essential services.

Privatisation of water isn’t failing - it is the failure. The Government is mid-way through a major review of the water sector. But so far, it has refused to consider a potential solution that’s backed by 82% of the British public: public ownership. Instead of protecting private profits, we should prioritise clean, affordable, and democratically-controlled water for all. That's why Clive Lewis MP and Compass are calling on the Government to put public ownership back on the table. Water is a critical national resource. It is something on which all life and ecological health depends. It belongs to all of us. Water access and our water system are set to come under tremendous strain as the result of climate change. We refuse to stand by while water companies drain our pockets, all while failing to tackle rampant pollution or invest adequately in climate resilience. Let’s be clear: all these polluters are doing is lining their pockets. For decades, English water firms have let infrastructure collapse, poured raw sewage into our rivers, taken out billions in debt, and prioritised £85 billion in shareholder dividends over public need. The answers do not lie in failed regulators or tinkering. We must have the courage to change the rules - and put public ownership back on the table.

Your signature matters because every resident in every community deserves a reliable postal service. It is not until something significant is missed with severe consequences that it begins to matter more. Let us be proactive, and ensure this is mitigated with a simple joining together of this petition. Written communication is a beautiful but diminishing art - let us ensure it doesn't die out unnecessarily! This isn't about occasional delays - it's about a chronic failure that at worst severely disrupts lives. When you can't count on receiving important documents when it matters it can cause signficant stress. By signing this petition we are taking steps to ensure we, and those after us can experience a stress-free and happy visitation of family, friends and importantly, deliveres of post and parcels - including reducing stress for our busy posties and delivery drivers. *Note: Even attempting to input Upper Meadow or Equus Close into this Petition failed! We are not logged in the maps system, and this needs to change to ensure smooth flowing, stress-free operations of for all involved.

We are writing to contest the proposed removal of the play park next to Bangor Carnegie Library.  We welcome the council’s addition of a new larger play park to the Gransha Road end of Ward park, but we believe the existing smaller library play park should also be retained.  The library play park’s success relates to its proximity to both the library and café. The library runs rhythm and rhyme classes for young children three mornings week after which many parents make use of the small park next to library. Both facilities support  one another and encourage children to use the library also.  When caring for small children having warm indoor bathroom and food facilities around a play park are invaluable.  Being able to change a nappy or take a potty training toddler to warm indoor toilet very nearby to a play park are necessities. Being able to go indoors to breastfeed a baby in winter or get food and drinks for parents and young children at a nearby café such a Park Life are also essential. The time it would take to walk the length of  Ward Park from the new play park back to these facilities would be too long for the needs of small children and their caregivers given the pace a toddler or parent carrying a small child can walk.  The current park meets these needs and is functional in its current state with the exception of one small ride which has been removed. It is well suited to very small children. We welcome a new park and appreciate that this is something the council has provided but feel the removal of the existing park would have a negative impact on parents.  The proposal to provide a dementia / sensory garden is very much welcome and supported. There is no reason for this to replace the existing playpark. There is evidence that being around small children is beneficial to people with dementia and these two things could be incorporated in a more creative way. There is no need to silo off various groups of people who could be adjacent to or nearby to the existing park. Alternatively, the council could find another location within Ward park for the dementia garden. Perhaps this could be an opportunity for the council to review the dated and cruel practice of keeping enclosed live birds within the park and this area would be an ideal location for a new dementia garden.  Ward Park is a large park, especially when trying to cross it with toddlers or small children on foot and Bangor has a large enough population to justify to two play parks within one major park particularly as they seem to meet slightly different needs.  In 2019 Ards and North Down Borough council declared a Climate Emergency and therefore should be more mindful of unnecessary demolition which wastes an excessive amount of carbon. Whilst the council has plans to undertake a large amount of unnecessary demolition elsewhere in Bangor, it is carbon intensive and wasteful to remove a functional and very popular children’s play park. Especially one that is well used and takes up very little space in order to provide facilities for other users where other space available available for the dementia garden or the two things could be incorporated. Almost no public money would be required to keep this play park operational, a small amount would repair the ground where an old roundabout was removed. Therefore, this proposal should be cost neutral within your overall budget and plans to develop Ward Park. We ask the council to cancel its plans to remove the play park next to bangor library.  Many of us have been taking our small children to the very popular library rhythm and rhyme class followed by the adjacent playpark weekly for a number of years so know first hand it is well used. Many parents and caregivers understand the benefit of the proximity of this park to both the library and Parklife Café when caring for small children. It’s Removal would make our job more difficult trying to navigate the length of the park with small children in need of the bathroom or warmth of an indoor café as a place to eat. As the main existing user group of this part of the park we hope our views are taken on board by the council. Thank you. 

Maryon Wilson Park is on Thorntree Road Charlton, London, situated nearby to Maryon Park. The animal care centre is hugely popular with both locals and visitors to the area. It's an oasis of calm in a bustling area and should be saved for all. Greenwich Council are seeking to offload the responsibility and costs of the animal centre in their budget cuts. Our petition aim is to convince the council that this is a mistake and is totally against the wishes of the local electorate. It is irresponsible of the council to expect the local community to provide a business case to run this service. The park is for all residents and benefits the community in supporting mental health and wellbeing, social cohesion, kindness and understanding.  It's highly educational and well used by schools and pre-school families.   The park serves many local schools and people travel from far & wide to visit. It is one of the distinguishing and defining features of the area - it's loss would be far-reaching, detrimental to the area and community. • The animal park is located in Maryon Wilson Park, which also includes woodlands, grasslands, and streams • The park is home to domestic animals like sheep, goats, pigs, chickens, geese, horses and ducks • The park offers free public tours where visitors can feed, stroke, and handle the animals • For the last 50 years the Charlton Park Riding for Disabled ponies have been stabled there, a fantastic charity supporting children with disabilities and their families • Maryon Wilson Park is a key feature of the Green Chain Walk, used by over 250,000 ramblers every year The park offers an unique opportunity for the whole community to connect with nature and experience animals up close. A treasured green space in a rapidly developing area, this park offers respite, comfort and joy to those who most need it. It teaches kindness, empathy and connection in a world that is becoming increasingly less so. This is a hub of wellbeing for young and old, no matter what your income.  We need to show the council that this park is loved and valued by residents in and out of the borough, so we ask that you write an email or letter to your Ward Councillors, copy in the Mayor of Greenwich, the executive lead of Greenwich Council and our MP, Matthew Pennycook.  A short email to all of them on what the park means to you will really help this campaign.  Find your ward councillor here: https://www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk/info/200155/councillors_and_elected_officials/598/find_your_councillor [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Thanks so much from all of the residents of Charlton for supporting this campaign.  Save the Animal Park (SOAP)!

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We need your help!  Milngavie Football Club (MFC) delivers grassroots, community-based football to hundreds of players on a weekly basis. The club is run for the benefit of the local community and is managed entirely by volunteers. We would like to take on more players in all sections and particularly expand our growing girls’ sections, mini kickers and ASN football, but the lack of local facilities and lack of all-weather capable pitches is severely limiting our capacity to provide consistent and regular training sessions and match day experiences year-round.    What we need    Key to supporting more players in all age groups is the ability to offer reliable training and match day facilities all year round. To achieve this objective, we need investment in a synthetic pitch in Milngavie which can be used to increase player participation across all levels, all year round. At the moment, the grass pitches in our local area become mostly unplayable during wintertime due primarily to the West Coast weather and persistent pitch waterlogging. About Milngavie Football Club   MFC’s aim is to develop footballing and social skills through coaching and enjoyment of football and being part of a team. The club follows the Scottish Youth Football Association (SYFA) Player Pathway, beginning with our Mini Kickers section, progressing through to Fun Fours, and onto 7-a-side football for 8 – 10-year-olds, then 9-a-side, before finally moving onto full-sized 11-a-side football. The club currently has around 50 teams over all age groups, from the mini kickers right up to the Walk Football group.    Milngavie Football Club believes in equality, enjoyment, and participation in football for everyone and the club has recently won the The Herald and GenAnalytics Diversity in Sport Award for 2024. More details can be found here -https://www.milngaviefootballclub.com/awardwinners/. Milngavie Football Club is also a Scottish FA Platinum Accredited Club, a Scottish FA Disability Inclusive Club and MOR+ accredited club with East Dunbartonshire Council - https://www.edlc.co.uk/sport-leisure/club-development/minimum-operating-requirements-mor-morplus/.    Our primary activities include regular training and matches for all age groups to improve the lives of all those that participate. To find out more about Milngavie Football Club please visit https://www.milngaviefootballclub.com/home/ 

Leisure Centres in Powys are not just a place to swim or play sport, they are a hub for communities. Leisure Centres are vital for all communities and without them it will cost Powys Country Council, Powys Teaching Health Board and Welsh Government more money on health provisions in the medium to long term. Where is the prevention is better then sure with any other approach then option 1 ? And what about the future generations act? Mental Health in rural communities must be a priority and it is proven that exercise and being in a sociable environment improves wellbeing and mental health.

Leisure Centres are not just a place to swim and play sport they are a hub for communities including plays, concerts, luncheon clubs, back to health classes. These are so important for all communities and without them it will cost Powys more on health provisions. Where is the prevention is better than cure with any other approach than option 1? And what about the future generations act?

This is so important to supporting local drummers, supporting the local store so it doesn’t disappear forever!  We’ve lost so many drum stores around us throughout the years… The only one left is Play Music Today Norwich… We need this to be the reliable place where everyone can see someone face to face for advice, the things you need right at your finger tips and not rely on the web/online, which is becoming so easy to do now. But, by doing this, it adds to returns, not being able to try products out before they buy or even see them in the flesh! It brings the community together and we can start talking face to face once again!