• Perfume in Hospitals and the Workplace
    Its very important in hospitals as a patient is confined... Perfumes can cause damage to all with compromised immune systems and especially MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivities sufferers.. This is an unrecognised illness by many, even doctors who dont know enough about this condition, but its on the increase and causes so many terrible symptoms. Asthma too is made worse by perfumed products.... perfumes cover cleaners too used in hospitals and it would be so easy for them to change to Bio products.. Offices and the workplace too should be perfume free, includiing shops ... People should be also made aware of what exactly is in cleaners, polishes, perfumes , air fresheners etc. and this is the governments that have to make a stand and do something.. Some countries are taking this seriously and have perfume bans now so why not Scotland.. Lead the way in the UK for a healthier place to live....Please support this.
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    Created by Donna Robertson
  • No Support for British Expats in Thailand
    The Consul in Chiang Mai, Thailand was recently closed. There is a sizable British community in and around Chiang Mai numbering thousands and we get no support. I recently renewed my son's passport and had to travel to Bangkok twice - once to apply for and once to collect it. It cost me £336.50 in air fares and hotel bills on top of the £72 for the passport itself and it can take up to 6 weeks. In contrast, my wife is Japanese; she applied at the local consulate and got a new passport in less than a week. In my capacity as a volunteer policeman I recently helped a German national whose passport was stolen. She had a replacement within 10 days. I have written to my MP and was initially ignored, so I wrote to the Home Secretary about the costs involved in getting a new passport and the Foreign Secretary about the abysmal level of service abroad. Neither has replied, instead delegating a response to a member of the British Consulate in Bangkok. This lady has not answered ANY of the questions I asked and instead wrote a lot of gobbledegook tripe about how centralizing services was giving better services. It is, of course, rubbish and the key points: cost and inconvenience were not even mentioned.
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    Created by Keith Marshall
  • Stop evictions so landlords cannot then rent to councils at a higher rate
    Private landlords are using this system to get around the housing benefit caps. It puts more pressure on councils and housing associations to supply decent accommodation to the most vulnerable people, when they do not have the resources to do so. The government should now step in and stop this happening. They introduced the housing benefit caps, but the system is flawed. They should ensure that councils themselves should not have to pay more than the benefit caps.
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    Created by Carol Palmer
  • Save Hove Library
    The City Council has announced plans to close Hove Library and re-open a new service in Hove Museum in 2017. We are concerned that the new service will be less central, smaller and won't be able to accommodate the full range and scope of the existing service. We are concerned that Hove Library as we know and love it is closing, and an iconic piece of local history will be lost forever. Hove Library is well used and loved by our community. It is a lifeline to many. It is free to use and popular. It provides great value costing the council taxpayer only 32p per week per person. Our library helps our community: 34% of library users have no home internet access and 32% are jobseeking. Over 30,000 children use libraries in Brighton and Hove ranging from homework clubs to baby boogie. Over 600 people attend reading and writing workshops. Hove library is home to special collections, provides a safe space and helps break down barriers.
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    Created by Phelim Mac Cafferty
  • Save Chobham Post Office
    Any alternative locations in the High Street are too far for the majority of residents to walk. The current location is centrally located for the majority of residents and the co location of Post office and Pharmacy, next to the doctors surgery is what is needed.
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    Created by victoria wheeler
  • Don't impose the junior doctor contract in Northern Ireland
    The proposed new junior doctor contact is not safe or fair for patients or doctors. It removes vital safeguards that protect junior doctors from working dangerously long hours thereby endangering patients and doctors. The contract changes out of hours work, devaluing the work done in the evenings and weekends. The changes would penalise those going into general practice at a time when there is a chronic shortage of GPs in Northern Ireland. The Scottish and Welsh governments have already said they will not impose the contract.
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    Created by British Medical Association Northern Ireland
  • Ealing become Dementia friendly
    Memory Lane is for those with Dementia and their carers. It is from 2 to 5 pm once a month. Carers can chat. Share Chair Yoga with those they care for.Have light refreshments and sing along to live music It make a relaxing Saturday afternoon. With the winter on its a cheerful afternoon which we can no longer have.
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    Created by Ethel Whelan
  • The People of Argyll & Bute Against Cuts
    The citizens of Argyll and Bute is reject these appalling, destructive and cruel plans in their entirety. If allowed to happen, these cuts will rip into the heart of our communities at a time when depopulation is already a huge issue. Here is an idea of what is proposed: -Reduction in Additional Support Needs assistants across areas by 45%. -Withdraw services that the council is not required to provide for children under 5. -Move to 3 weekly collection for general waste (green bin). -Removal of Attendance Officer posts. -Removal of all School Librarians in all Secondary Schools. -Remove Discretionary Community Transport Grant Funding. -Reduce subsidies to freight operators in Campbeltown. -Increase Burial & Cremation charges by 20% over and above inflation. -Close 43 public conveniences. -Replace annual bedding display with grass areas. -Remove rose and shrub beds and return to grass. -Reduce Environmental Team. -Reduce street sweeping by 50%. -Further reduce staff (grass cutting, street sweeping, wardens, public conveniences). -Removal of Christmas lights installation. -These are just a small highlight of the proposed cuts that can be found here: https://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/s103359/Service%20Choices%20Report%20-%20Appendix%201.pdf
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    Created by Hugh-Shug Moodie
  • Subtitles on streaming of Welsh Assembly sessions
    I am deaf and very interested in local government and politics in Wales as are many other deaf and hard of hearing people. There are 10 million deaf or hard of hearing people across the UK. Something like 110,000 in Wales and the figure is always rising. It is incredibly important for deaf and hard of hearing people to keep in touch by using social media and computer access as so much communication is out of reach if you are deaf. There fore subtitles become an essential tool for communication in this day and age.
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    Created by Jackie CHARLTON
  • Household waste
    if rubbish bins are moved to monthly uplifts it could cause all sorts of vermin
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    Created by robert fallan
  • RUH HOPPER
    This service is vital to those without there own transport and unable to use public transport to the RUH Bath
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    Created by TERRY CHIVERS
  • Defend East Dunbartonshire Services, Jobs & Conditions
    Councils are democratically elected. We can hold politicians to account and kick them out if we don't like them. Externalising services weakens democratic control. The people can't sack an ALEO or private company board. Cutting terms and conditions of council workers is unjust, unwarranted and will be counterproductive. Removing flexi time will have a disproportionate impact on women. We need a Council that will defend and improve Council services, protect jobs and seek to make East Dunbartonshire a better place to work.
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    Created by Simon Macfarlane