• Help uni students
    They are accumulating debt, for a course where they haven't had the predicted tuition. No access to the universities or the tools that they would have had if able to attend as they were promised.
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    Created by Lisa Hickman
  • Gas and electricity discounts
    Because everyone needs heating and cooking services and the pandemic means more people at home with children and vulnerable people
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    Created by Margaret Hutchison
  • Financial help for parents forced to take unpaid leave due to self isolation and school closures
    This is something that is going to affect many families during this lockdown period, granted the schools are open for key worker children but for many this isn’t the case. Not everyone can work from home and as companies are not obliged to pay anyone who needs to take leave to care for their child I believe the government have neglected to consider the financial impact this will have on those that are forced to take unpaid leave to care for their children at home. Who can actually afford unpaid leave? There are no benefits available for people who are employed but earning nothing due to this situation. The same goes for those having to self isolate as their child has come into contact with someone who’s tested positive, there is no financial assistance for this anywhere. The £500 from the local authority does not cover children.
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    Created by Lindsey Forbes
  • STOP UNI STUDENTS PAYING FOR ACCOMMODATION
    Students pay in areas of £9,000 for university accommodation that they are unable to stay in due to the new national lockdown restrictions yet they are still required to pay for such thing. Putting students in debt for a place they are unable to stay in!
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    Created by Kev New
  • Make Church Lane, Melbourne/Thornton a non vehicle through road.
    It would allow more people to use the lane and enjoy walking, cycling, riding, jogging etc without the danger, noise and interruption of vehicles. Wild life would be able to flourish
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    Created by Rachael Gospodarczyk
  • Extend theory driving test since we have lost a year in lockdown
    People have lost driving time and had tests postponed for over a year and now many are expiring. The last update from the standards agency was march last year on the website and it is blatantly unfair
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    Created by David Dalton
  • Fibre Broadband at Movia Apartments in Uxbridge
    The 38 residents of the building have slow WiFi speeds. There is a need for speed, strength and security.
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    Created by Gianfranco Celani
  • Don't leave the Erasmus+ programme!
    Having a Brexit deal agreed may have seemed like an early Christmas present to some when the Government announced on Christmas Eve that an agreement had been reached with the EU, but to any students who were hoping to go on an international mobility as part of their degree it's a kick in the face. Boris Johnson, according to the EU, “decided” that the UK would not be involved in the EU's Erasmus programmes going forward. This, despite the wonderful opportunities it brings for British and European students to experience another culture, learn a language or other valuable new skills and further their career prospects. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-deal-erasmus-eu-university-exchange-b1778667.html Instead, the UK will be setting up a new programme named after Alan Turing. No doubt this will continue to provide similar benefits, most likely within Commonwealth countries and other close international partners such as the USA, but such a programme could take years to fully set up. With the wealth and variety of programmes the Erasmus+ scheme currently offers, this move risks a generation of students missing out on the opportunity to study abroad. It also puts another barrier in the way of talented and highly qualified workers from outside of the UK choosing to come and work and contribute to the British economy after the positive experience that an Erasmus+ placement brings for so many. I spent a year in Murcia, Spain, last year as part of my degree in History and Spanish. It's a cliché, but it was truly the making of me – I matured so much as a person and my Spanish improved enormously. Having the chance to explore the subjects I wanted in a more relaxed context also clarified to me where I wanted to take my studies after getting back to the UK. I honestly don't know where I would be right now without having spent that year in Spain. To think that students in years to come won't have the same opportunity absolutely breaks my heart. Erasmus+ is more than just a study programme, it's a community and it's memories you'll keep for a lifetime. The UK leaving the scheme (which is open to non-EU countries as well, and is expected to be extended further in the new cycle) doesn't just deny others the opportunity I had, but it also means I won't be able to get funding for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree I was hoping to apply for, which would have allowed me to study and gain priceless work experience in three different countries, giving me international and inter-disciplinary insight that I would never be able to access otherwise. The Erasmus scheme also provides extra financial support for students from a disadvantaged background, as well as those with medical needs or disabilities. For the next cycle of the programme, from 2021-2027, the programme budget will be doubled to extend opportunities even further for underprivileged students. For people from a working-class background like myself, these opportunities are now being shut off. This goes beyond spending a fun year with friends in a different country – this is another of the barriers the Conservative government are putting in place to prevent less privileged people having access to the same opportunities as their privately-educated children. The House of Lords produced a report in 2019 expressing concern that a new British scheme would struggle to offer the same benefits as Erasmus+, and has warned that leaving the programme would be a backward step away from the Government's long-term equality targets. The Government's then-Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Chris Skidmore, said in the report that the value of the UK's participation in Erasmus+ went beyond money, and reflected experience gained over "30 years' worth of ties." https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldeucom/283/283.pdf Now, it seems, those priorities have changed, due to a budget increase that was intended to help our least privileged young people, all while Boris Johnson has bickered with the EU over the rights of multinational companies to retain access to the EU's big-money markets. Will you sign this petition and challenge the Government to show their intent to build for the future by putting education first?
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    Created by Morgan King Picture
  • Disability Shopping Days
    Since we are experiencing COVID-19 supermarkets have set up NHS shopping, ELDERLY shopping etc etc ....... this got me to thinking , why isn’t there anything like this for people who have additional/complex needs . We do like to do everything that any able bodied person would like to do , but we are human and don’t like to be made to feel less than good enough , just because I don’t behave like you , doesn’t make my heart and my feelings any less than yours . Therefore I believe that a certain day should be put aside for the likes of me to shop in peace .
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    Created by Tania Ryan
  • Online shopping....don't forget the Food Banks
    Since so much more food shopping is being done online the food banks are collecting less food for distribution.
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    Created by Julia Calder
  • Distillery TV Planning Rejection
    Today the TV creates noise and light pollution to the neighbouring residents; despite numerous complaints this has not been remedied. The license for the Distillery does not permit them to show live sports outside; this practice is damaging the local neighbourhood and the planning must be rejected.
    94 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Dale Taylor
  • Make Mental Health therapy and counselling free.
    Some people aren’t able to afford sessions or the ability to reach out which will prevent them from receiving the care they need and deserve if not it could put them at risk of getting worse and suffering alone then could lead to risk of suicide.
    67 of 100 Signatures
    Created by Katy Boon