• Stop BBC scrapping the Red Button
    The Red Button text service is so valued by older people who do not have access to the internet or a mobile phone, hence the many letters to the Radio Times letter page. This is a cheap but valued service.
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    Created by Barbara Orme
  • Stop the £10 TOILET PASS charge
    It is a breach of the childrens Human rights and yet another strain on the pockets of the families of the pupils
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    Created by Zoe Thompson
  • Eye care for the homeless
    Research shows that homeless people have more eye problems than the general population. Problems include high prevalence of uncorrected refractive error, cataract and binocular vision problems. This is why we would like to benefit homeless people by providing them with the access to vision care.
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    Created by Izzy Aldred
  • Leaf Blowers and Vacuums destroy insect life unnecessarily
    Insect life is so important as one of the building blocks of the food chain, and the use of leaf blowers destroys insect life in the leaves. We have already lost an enormous percentage of our insect life, and we need to preserve those that are left so they can reproduce and do their job maintaining the balance within the environment. It takes a little longer to rake them, but maybe think about leaving them and stop being so tidy unless the leaves are on paths or roads.
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    Created by Tricia Smith
  • Bouquet wrappings should be biodegradable
    It is so important not to fill landfill sites when the items could be composted so easily if no plastic based items are included. When I see beautiful bouquets of flowers beside the road, as tributes to a loved one, it makes me so sad to know that all of these will be scooped up and thrown into landfill, as the plastic wrappings make it impossible for them to be composted and re-used in a useful manner.
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    Created by Tricia Smith
  • Stop Waitrose selling bottles of water from Fiji 10,000 miles away
    To me it is a no brainer that we stop burning fuel to ship water in a plastic bottle from such far flung places and generating all the unnecessary waste.
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    Created by Marc Mearns
  • Qualifying Long Term Agreements Brighton and Hove City Council
    We am very worried by the possibility of the Council entering into another long-term agreement for Planned and Major Works. Our experience as a leaseholder has been that such works carried out under long terms contracts are of very poor quality, not properly finished, and extremely overpriced i.e. £17000 for a front door and entry system for a block of 8 flats ! It was clear there had been no supervision by Brighton Council or the agreements written so badly that it is a license to print money for the winners of the contracts To give a contractor such long-term power to assess work, i.e. whether to repair or replace and with no competition regarding price does not make any sense. I am also concerned to learn that across Brighton poor quality installations have been used in replacements where regular maintenance and repair would have made better sense. It has been clearly shown that a contractor will make decisions regarding work which will most benefit their firm and this situation invites self interest and corruption. Please learn by what has happened in the past and not allow a contractor to dictate their own terms and prices. We as leaseholders cannot afford to finance this ridiculous and abusive arrangement to which we have been subjected to for so long. There is no cost-benefit analysis for the introduction of new QLTAs, which is a failure of management and governance. Until such time as this vital piece of work is done there is no justification for saying that the time-honoured method of tendering to 3 companies is more expensive than giving a monopoly to one.
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    Created by Trish Ellis
  • Improve the quality of mental health services for young people in the UK
    Mental health services for young people in the UK are doing their best to support what can be a major issue for students, both in formal education and university alike, but many services across the UK simply cannot keep up with this increasing demand. Waiting list lengths for counselling are some of the longest they've ever been and many young people simply cannot get the help they desperately need due to a lack of people able to support them. This combined with soaring number of helpline calls surely suggest that mental health services should be improved right?
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    Created by Services 4 Students Picture
  • MAKE CHILDREN'S FANCY DRESS CLOTHES FIRE SAFE
    ONE CHILD BURNED WEARING THESE OUTFITS IS ONE CHILD TOO MANY. WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE USING CANDLES WHEN RELAXING THERE IS A GREATER CHANCE OF AN ACCIDENT. ALSO MANY OF THESE OUTFITS MELT ONTO THE SKINS SO EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. (I CAN'T FIND A SUITABLE CATEGORY BELOW)
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    Created by Sheena Beames
  • British gas leaving customers in the dark
    elderly and vulnerable customers risk being cut off in the middle of winter as we the paying customers haven't been told
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    Created by fiona Sullivan
  • More Disabled-Friendly Accomodation Needs To Be Built
    People from all walks of life, at any age can become disabled, you could find yourself wheelchair-bound through an accident at any time, whatever your age, class, ethnicity or religion. The poorest in our communities hit the hardest, having to try to find new suitable accomodation, adaptations etc, but nobody is immune to a tragic circumstance and we just don't have enough homes to cater for the disabled, it is a disgrace. We need to make this change a priority, I personally know through my previous work as a carer, age really doesn't matter, homes that are suitable do. Please share this campaign and sign the petition to make the government and MPs from all parties sit up, listen and make the changes we desperately need.
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    Created by Jacqueline Mackerrall
  • Give the UK a National Rent Database- No more tenant credit checks!
    With more people renting homes now than ever, it’s time we made some real changes to protect renters. One problem many renters face nowadays is the dreaded credit check. With so many people in the UK currently dealing with debt, it can be a barrier to securing a tenancy agreement with a landlord, even though many of the same people pay their rent in full and on time. Does it not seem inappropriate that potential tenants have to submit to being credit checked? When we think about this - a tenant pays a month in advance and a deposit to secure their tenancy - they are not asking for credit from the landlord. If we had a mandatory National Renters Database, landlords could report rent payments for those responsible for paying the rent. They would be able to report late payments, part-payments and aged debt as well as reporting those who pay on time, in full. This would not only help landlords vet new tenants, but it would help those of us in debt who find that credit checks are their only barrier to securing a tenancy. In the future, this software could even be used to help mortgage companies gain a better understanding of the risk level involved in lending. There would need to be regulations in place for those where the rent is paid directly to a landlord by a local authority to protect them if there is an error made. Tenants should also be able to dispute any information on the database and have this investigated, much like is possible with your credit rating. Please sign this petition if you agree.
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    Created by Cher Lawless