• Food bank button
    To add a button to food delivery that allows people to donate food to a local food bank. Or to give money to cover food and the supermarkets delivery costs to the said food banks. Families are going hungry in this country when there is more than enough food to go round. Most of us agree that this is a disgrace but it takes a real act of will to buy food and take it to a delivery point. This would make it a lot easier for people to do so and so increase the amount of food given. If supermarkets work with the food banks then the food given also could be better targeted to what is needed, Food banks gain, families in need are fed and supermarkets do some good.
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    Created by Melanie Deans
  • Save the Meadows 1906 Arts & Crafts Cricket Pavilion
    The Pavilion commands an established position in the historic landscape and is an important part of our heritage, sense of place & communal identity.
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    Created by Jonathan Hughes
  • Stop Putting the Clocks Back
    Abandoning British Summer Time in October is one of the most depressing events of the year. The early evening gloom that descends during the winter months benefits no one in England and Wales and lowers our spirits. There is apparently much support for this change in these two countries and there is also evidence that it would help the economy, save lives, improve people's health and reduce energy bills. It would have the effect of introducing a time zone at the border with Scotland during the winter months, assuming it chooses not to follow suit, but we would then be coordinated with Central European Time.
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    Created by James Carr
  • Tell Boris, Don’t Frack London
    Millions of Londoners are now at risk with 80% of London (within the M25) offered to frackers as part of the 14th round of licensing. London Local Energy Ltd have already applied for licenses to frack in areas including Harrow, Wembley, Camden and Notting Hill. The plans would mean millions of us would be under threat from water pollution, toxic fumes and other dangers from this unproven technology. Despite this Mayor Boris Johnson has said that “if reserves of shale can be exploited in London, we should leave no stone unturned, or unfracked". This is from someone who's supposed to be representing and safeguarding the voices and best interests of the people of London. If we speak up London can follow in the steps of New York which won a 5 year moratorium on fracking until state health officials have conclusive scientific evidence on possible health and environmental risks. Fracking really is stoppable; 80% of recent fracking planning applications around the UK have been rejected by local councils. Now is the time for London to say no to fracking. Let’s act now to stop this disastrous and dangerous plan.
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    Created by Talk Fracking
  • University of Hull to use Ecosia.org as default search engine
    Ecosia.org is a website which donates 80% of its profits from online advertisements revenue to a tree planting project in Brazil, the home of the Amazon Rainforest - in association with WWF. This website is building in popularity and we can all help it and help the planet through increasing biodiversity, protecting such an amazing natural beauty and offsetting carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, something which cannot be done through Carbon Capture technologies* (*Due to the fact that there is only approximately 0.04% (400 parts per million) CO2 in the atmosphere - as researched by the University of Sheffield)
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    Created by Alex Hopkins
  • Stop Eric Pickles undermining the Onshore wind industry
    Onshore wind is the most efficient form of clean energy. Strict local planning procedures are in place to prevent them being built in places where they might spoil the environment. But Eric Pickles, scared by the climate deniers in UKIP is riding roughshod over local preferences by stalling the planning procedures. Please stop.
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    Created by Norman Vetter
  • Don't let them drown
    Last year, the UK government said it was no longer willing to support rescue missions in the Mediterranean designed to come to the help of migrants who find themselves in distress at sea. This is in violation of internationally recognized minimum humanitarian standards. More than 20,000 men, women, and children are estimated to have lost their lives in the past two decades, while trying to cross the Mediterranean in search of a safe place to live. The majority of these people are refugees escaping violence, persecution, and hardship from countries like Libya and Syria. It is the duty of the international community and in particular the EU to minimize loss of life and do as much as possible to rescue as many people as possible.
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    Created by Peter Skrandies Picture
  • Stop Fracking in Scotland. Keep our landscape clean and fresh!
    Fracking ruins our landscape or water and our farms. We do not benefit at all from this action which our prime minister had allowed right after our referendum. He has sold the land under your feet. The land we pay taxes on. This is our heritage and it is going to be destroyed. Help us stop Fracking NOW. They have our oil what more do they want? Protect your future and our kids future! We don't want contaminated Air, water or land animals. We love our fresh council water! We don't want lower life expectancy.
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    Created by stacey lockhart
  • Let's act to shelter Syrian refugees
    In June this year I visited the Lebanon. Whilst there I saw destitute refugee women and children begging on the streets, and I met young Syrians fleeing from their country. When I asked a teenager whose leg was bandaged whether he was studying, he shook his head. By way of explanation he told me he was from Syria. He raised his hands to his chest and gestured a broken heart as he said this. The UNHCR has confirmed that there are now over 3.2 million refugees from Syria. Over half are children. Most are in situations that are not sustainable in the long term. 80,000 refugees alone live in Zaatari, one of the world's largest refugee camps in the desert of Jordan. These are people who have lost loved ones, experienced violence and are unable to return to the places where they grew up and the lives that they had before. They are seeking safety. In her recent TED talk, the UNHCR's Melissa Fleming said that the average time a refugee spends in exile is 17 years. When we could be offering some thousands the chance of safety and education and a future in the UK, 'to thrive not just survive' as Melissa Fleming puts it, we are choosing not to do so. In January this year, the UK announced a commitment to resettling the most vulnerable Syrian refugees but since then we have resettled just 50. (4000 Syrians in total since the war began according to Home Office figures). By contrast Germany and Sweden sheltered 42,000 refugees last year. The UK's commitment to resettlement is not enough if we are not prepared to help people get here. I am calling on the leaders of the main political parties to show compassion and commit the UK government to giving resources to transport Syrian refugees here and fund their resettlement in the UK. Each person sheltered can be a life changed for the better. Let us lead the way and work with European countries to care for some of the victims of this devastating conflict. (Picture is of 3 year old Aisha Nour from Azaz, Syria, outside the container in which she and her family live at the 'Container City' refugee camp in Oncupinar, Turkey. Photograph by Sam Tarling.) More information: Refugee Council news 'UK resettles just 50 refugees from Syria' http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest/news/4144_uk_resettles_just_50_refugees_from_syria You can see UNHCR's Melissa Fleming's TED talk here http://www.ted.com/talks/melissa_fleming_let_s_help_refugees_thrive_not_just_survive?language=en
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    Created by Flora Bain
  • Stop Overpriced Resale of RWC 2015 Tickets
    It denies true fans the opportunity to attend a unique event in this country and creates opportunities for unscrupulous touts to cash in at the fans expense.
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    Created by Anthony Gaffney
  • Keep Support for Search and Rescue
    It is morally reprehensible to allow fellow humans to die when we are able to save them. Turning our backs on desperate people to let them die is not something that we would do as individuals and we shouldn't do this as a country. No research or evidence has been offered to back up the argument that current search and rescue causes a pull-factor. The issue needs to be addressed by resolving the issues at the root that put our fellow humans in the situation where they are willing to risk life and limb, simply letting them drown will do nothing other than killing people.
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    Created by Sananda Poole
  • Save the Steps
    -The steps are an iconic place. They have been used extensively by demonstrators. For instance, in the run up to the Scottish Independence Referendum, the steps were widely used by both "Yes" and "No thanks" campaigners. -The steps are popular. Many people use them as a place to sit, eat their lunch, socialise and listen to buskers. -There aren't many places in Glasgow City Centre to sit. Apart from George Square, there really isn't anywhere you can sit. -The steps provide excellent views over Buchanan Street and beyond. These views are captured by local photographers and artists.
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    Created by Ben Bookless