Medway council want to cut support for children in Medway to pay for an elaborate 10 day celebration and re-enactment of a 350 year-old naval battle - the Battle of Medway. £60,000 will be taken from children’s services to pay for the celebrations - which include jet ski demonstrations, fireworks and over-the-top battle reenactments. This money should be ring fenced for children's services. As a Medway council tax payer I know where I want the money to be spent - on children! Find out further information via: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-39802511 Please share widely across your social networks.

We believe that Brookfield campus is not fit for the purpose of locating the School of Business: it will undermine teaching and research, and damage the student experience. The reasons for this are manifold, as voiced on many occasions by numerous members of School staff in various fora. These include: • Substantial physical and practical ‘distancing’ of ULSB academic and other student-facing staff from the students’, whose primary base will remain the main campus. • Negligible teaching space and learning facilities for approximately 5,000 campus-based ULSB students despite NSS data showing students prioritise these over new buildings*. • Worsens students' access to tutors as it discourages them from choosing their stated preference for face-to-face contact**. • Planned shared offices for most academic staff is not conducive to undertaking quiet research activities, student supervision and confidential meetings. • Alternative ‘break-out’ accommodation is inadequate and insufficient for ad hoc and confidential meetings. • Staff and students with mobility restrictions are disproportionately penalized by the distance and journey-time between the main campus and Brookfield. • Personal safety concerns associated with crossing Victoria Park after dark. • The lack of a convenient and safe pedestrian crossing of London Road en route from the main campus. • Considerable risk of unpleasant and uncomfortable weather conditions during the 15 to 20-minute walk from main campus. We believe that if ULSB relocates to the Brookfield campus there will be a significant negative impact on the School’s NSS score, and its performance in the TEF and REF will be undermined. Regardless of the many valid criticisms of these performance measures and their uses, they remain the primary benchmarks used by prospective students and external stakeholders to evaluate the School and University. We believe the success of students and staff are bound to one another because “(t)eachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions”, as expressed by Diane Ravitch, Historian and Research Professor of Education. With compromised research and teaching conditions and a poor location, we are not able as a School to succeed together. Despite the Brookfield move being at an advanced stage of planning, we understand there has not been any consultation with the Leicester University Students Union (LUSU), let alone the three staff trade unions, UCU, Unite, and Unison. In addition, the views of current ULSB students have not been canvassed, which is astonishing given the current first-year cohort will be in their final year at the time of the planned move in 2019/18 - and will be NSS respondents in 2019. We call on the Provost and ULT to halt the current plans for relocating ULSB to Brookfield and instead work with staff and students to find a suitable alternative that will allow the School to thrive and expand in a location with facilities that enhance the student experience and provides the best possible working conditions for pursuing scholarly activity, as befits a research-intensive university. ________________________________________________________ CITED RESEARCH * Universities UK (2016) http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/policy-and-analysis/reports/Documents/2016/student-experience-measuring-expectations-and-outcomes.pdf ** HEPI-HEA (2016) http://www.hepi.ac.uk/2016/06/09/hepi-hea-2016-student-academic-experience-survey/

They have taken ten years to build their nursery, preschool, before and after school and this year got their OUTSTANDING rating! My son has been there since 18months old and is leaving in Summer but I was hoping my daughter would be joining at 18 months also! Unless this renewed they will have to make many wonderful staff members redundant and local parents and families will have to search for these services elsewhere - and there is already a shortage!

Children with autism are 7 times more likely to be excluded from school. They can be very vulnerable in incidents and often are unaware of potential dangers. As it is a spectrum some people with autism may find it more challenging to express themselves or be able to communicate their needs. It is important to get a standardised approach to raising awareness of autism to support people with autism and their families.

It is very important for parents and carers as they are being charged more by companies at a particular time of year (school Holidays) when the prices are cheaper at other times through the year.

Starbucks are: TAX DODGERS http://fortune.com/2016/03/11/apple-google-taxes-eu/ UNETHICAL http://www.justmeans.com/blogs/starbucks-most-unethical-coffee-chain-in-the-uk UNHEALTHY https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/starbucks-coffee-and-your-health-bucking-starbucks-experience On campus services should focus on value for Students, fair and ethical trading practices and support for the local community. Not to support a company with a history of ethical and environmental abuses, one which aims to drive out local business and which profits from horrible foreign working conditions.

Requesting a GRC or doctor's letter is in breach of the Equality Act 2010. "By changing their name trans people automatically have the protected characteristic of gender reassignment under the Equality Act 2010" (uktrans.info - http://uktrans.info/attachments/article/292/transqualcerts.pdf), creating the protected characteristic of gender reassignment. This effectively means that Pearson's requirements are discriminatory, as well as in breach of the Equality Act 2010. Trans individuals already experience enough discrimination trying to live life day-to-day, and several people I have contacted have also experienced discrimination at Pearson's hands. It's time to change to a level playing field so that we, as trans individuals, receive the qualifications we worked hard to gain, in the correct, accurate gender and name.

For decades, this wonderful Community Centre has been at the heart of life in Ladybarn, Manchester. It has been a lifeline for countless people. Over the years it has provided a number of invaluable services, including playgroups for young children, youth motivation project, clubs for disabled children, a social club for over 50s, care outreach for the elderly and much more. If we overturn the Council's decision, we can ensure that our community continues to thrive.

Children with emotional, behavioural and learning difficulties are being denied an education. In BANES (Bath and North East Somerset) there is currently only one EBD (Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties) Unit for primary age children. It offers places for just six children. The future of this Unit is now under threat and it is expected to close in the summer of 2018. The decision about the future of the Unit will be made in the next couple of months. I am the mother of Winnie who started at the school in January 2017. Winnie is a lively, bubbly, charismatic nine year old girl who also has social, emotional and learning difficulties. My daughter has the ability to learn but she needs a lot of encouragement and support to help her with this. Since moving to St Michael's she has flourished. She is receiving the support she needs. We have seen huge progress in her behaviour at school. She is playing with other children again, she is listening to the adults and she is starting to read and write and show an interest in the world around her. And we are starting to see the bright bubbly girl who had disappeared in to a shell of hostility, emerge again. The school understands her. They have the skills and experience to manage her behaviour and they have found a way to encourage her to learn. Gaining a place at the school wasn't easy. We had to fight for it because its is the only school in the area that offers this type of support. Prior to this she attended a special school. During her time there she regressed in every single way, emotionally, socially, behaviourally and academically. Although a lovely and well respected school, it’s strength lies in dealing with severely disabled children, not children like Winnie. There is very limited provision for children like Winnie within the education system. Many mainstream schools do not even return your calls when you phone to enquire about SEN (Special Educational Needs) places. Children with additional/special needs affect Ofsted ratings. Gaining a place at St Michael's wasn't easy. We had to fight for it. And now we have been informed that due to cuts in government funding and the increasing pressure on schools to meet government targets, the St Michael’s school governors feel it is no longer viable to run the Unit as part of the mainstream school. There is nowhere for children like Winnie to go. What will happen to these children? What will their future's hold? Surely in the long-run denying them an education will cost the government far more? Children like Winnie have potential. They may not grow up to be brain surgeons or stock market traders, but they do face a bright future if they are given the right support while they are young. Denying them this support is denying them a future. These children deserve an education. Without an education they have no future. This is a petition to save the St Michael’s EBD Unit. It is also a plea to the government to not forget these children and to provide them with the help and support they not only need, but above all else deserve. For more information and to read my daughter's story visit the Educating Winnie Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/pg/Educating-Winnie-887168268092797/about/?ref=page_internal

autistic people are a huge contribution to our society, in many ways they are superior to so-called normal people and they deserve our respect. Many of our brightest minds and our greatest achievers are autistic and autistic people need to be protected

Children from nursery age 3 years up to high school age 16/18 safety & well being.

The CYCLE HUB will compliment our beautiful coastline whilst providing a 'stand-out' attraction for the many cyclists, tourists and general public whom already frequent the Spanish Battery. The development will assist with the enhancement and preservation of the Tynemouth conservation area and local heritage for generations to come. North Tyneside attracts approximately 5.8 million visitors each year who inject £279 Million into the local economy, supporting over 3500 jobs. This proposal will open a disused private garden into a considerate, visually low-impact CYCLE HUB that will only be visible from the southern aspect on the River Tyne. From the outset the building has been sensitively designed to ensure the iconic views to and from the Brigade Watch House remain unspoilt. The building will be sunk beneath a manicured lawn at the same level as the current garden. We have even gone as far as to store refuse bins below ground level. Two large car parks already exist to provide customers with parking. Additional spaces will be allocated for the sole use of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigades response vehicles, whilst residents parking will remain untouched. Those living on the Battery will be un-effected by the building as the aim is to cater for passing trade that already exists. The vast majority of our intended customers will arrive by foot or cycle. Our vision is to provide Tynemouth with a gateway amenity that links to the National Cycle Network and provides a valuable facility for Tynemouth residents and the wider general public. The development will ensure a notable finishing point for those tackling the challenge of the Coast to Coast/Coast to Castles/Great North Bike Rides. In essence the Cycle Hub will establish Tynemouth as a key destination within the cycling community. A multitude of independent reporting commissioned by UK GOV indicates that development and investment in cycling infrastructure and sustainable transport provides the following: • Creates inward investment to an area. • Brings more jobs and positively effects the labour market, contractors and wider infrastructure/services. • Increases health of those in the area, with exercise in excess of Chief Medical Officers guidelines. • Boosts the local economy and business • Creates a modal shift in the well being of individuals. • Increases social inclusion and connectivity. • Makes better cities and neighbourhoods. • A reduction in Crime Rate. • An increase in rental and property prices. • Eases congestion. • Improves air quality. The North East of England is renowned for its warmth and hospitality, we look forward to providing a facility that welcomes one and all.