• Change Toilet Rules
    Together as parents we can be a voice for our children who are being refused this basic human right. Academy's are placing a burden on the NHS by these objections resulting in countless bladder infections across the school with children then requiring antibiotics and time off school
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    Created by Kirstin Lavender
  • Save BBC Oxford TV from closing in November
    Everyone living in the greater Oxfordshire area depends on local coverage of news and events. Without the excellent daily news coverage presented by BBC South Today Oxford there would be a massive black whole in regards to news and happenings throughout Oxfordshire. BBC South Today which is located in Southampton can not provide the local coverage which South Today Oxford provides and we have all grown to depend on.
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    Created by Gary Snyder
  • Milan's Law
    This involves not only dog owners, but people out, with young children/elderly people, who may be attacked by a vicious dog. I care about my dog and other dogs, but also people and nobody should suffer like we have.
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    Created by Milan Nuttall Picture
  • Fair Fares Now! Tell SPT to cut bus fares
    Around half of Glaswegians don't have access to a car – one of the lowest rates of car ownership in Scotland. Thousands of people rely on public transport to get around, whether it's getting to work or going out for a night in the town. Mobility is essential to access opportunities and support businesses across Glasgow, yet increased fares will push many more passengers into transport poverty. https://www.getglasgowmoving.org/content/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/fairfaresnow-header2.png What can be done? Our regional transport authority, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), has new powers to re-regulate all bus companies in the region, similar to what happens in London and Manchester. SPT could also set-up a new publicly-owned bus company for our region, like in Edinburgh and Cardiff. We're calling on SPT to use the powers at their disposal to re-regulate bus services across Glasgow and the wider Strathclyde region so they can cut our fares to bring us in-line with other cities. This will also mean we can have one simple ticket that works across all transport modes, and caps fares to ensure passengers with connections are not penalised. This could work just like the Oyster card in London. It's vital that SPT uses these powers to address transport poverty and reduce the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on passengers now. High bus fares and poor services are pushing passengers away from public transport. If we are serious about addressing the climate emergency then our region needs to develop a public transport network that is fit for the 21st century. #LoveMyBus #FairFaresNow References for UK Bus Fares: London - £1.65 flat fare (fully-regulated by Transport for London) https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/new-fares Manchester - £2.00 flat fare (when fully-regulated by Transport for Greater Manchester by 2024) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/14/andy-burnham-cap-greater-manchester-bus-fares-2-pounds Cardiff - £2.00 flat fare (Cardiff Bus is publicly-owned by Cardiff Council) https://www.cardiffbus.com/on-the-bus-fares Edinburgh - £1.80 flat fare (Lothian Buses is publicly-owned by Edinburgh Council 91%, Midlothian Council 5%, East Lothian Council 3% and West Lothian Council 1%) https://www.lothianbuses.com/tickets Glasgow - £2.65 (First Bus is privatised & deregulated) https://www.firstbus.co.uk/greater-glasgow/tickets/changes-our-fares First's website is deliberately misleading. Although it states tickets are “from £1.80”, if you want to travel more than two stops the fare is £2.65 and far more expensive if you need to travel beyond the city boundary into the surrounding region.
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  • STOP the Vale cutting the Abbey Meadow Outdoor pool season to ONLY 6 weeks!!
    The council say 'high oil price - no money'. We say.... A Missed opportunity to experience nature and the outdoors. A Missed opportunity to improve public mental health through exercise. A Missed opportunity to bring people into the town centre. A Missed opportunity to boost struggling businesses. Open the Pool on May 28th as usual - it is not a dispensable, last on the list, afterthought - it is a valuable public asset in a beautiful setting. Support the pool, let's get it open, let's send the Vale of the White Horse District Council a message. We have one of the most beautiful locations of any pool in the country, such a waste!! In 2018 the Tories got the pool refurbished. Come on Lib Dems You've got total control of the council – show us you can make it work for people of Abingdon. Don’t let us down!!
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    Created by Nick Bell, Friends of Abbey Meadow Outdoor Pool
  • Stop the redesign and renaming of the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden
    The Piper Alpha Memorial Garden is hugely important to those affected by the Piper Alpha disaster and to the people of Aberdeen. After the Piper Alpha platform exploded on 6th July 1988, killing 167 men, families and survivors wanted to erect a memorial but faced many obstacles. They eventually got permission from Aberdeen City Council to site it in a new rose garden at Hazlehead Park and they asked the Council for 167 roses to be planted around the memorial. Raising funds was problematic and took a very long time. Of the 28 companies who lost men in the disaster, only 21 contributed, most sending donations of around £50, with one sending £2000. The families were left to source funding and also to contribute to it themselves. This took many months. The families of those who died and those who survived the disaster, fought long and hard for this monument and garden and helped to pay for it to be built. The Pound for Piper Trust has proposed this redesign but has had no consultation with the families who were affected by the disaster, in spite of the fact that these plans appear to have been in progress for some years (confirmed in BBC news article, 19th May 2022). Pound for Piper Trust is proposing that the redesigned garden should be rebranded as the ‘North Sea Memorial Garden’. We request that the Garden should not be renamed or rebranded as a generic monument and garden thereby removing the strong association of the space with the disaster. Since 1991, the whole space has been dedicated to the Piper Alpha disaster, and should remain so. The garden should therefore be officially recognised as the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden. The Pound for Piper Trust stated in 2016, that it had received enough in donations to ‘support the upkeep of the memorial’ until 2036. (STV news item, 21 September 2016). The garden was completely overhauled less than ten years ago. We call on Aberdeen City Council to maintain the current garden in excellent condition rather than replace it with a design that includes a large concrete circle around the monument instead of the 167 roses that the families requested should surround it in the first place. We urge you not to forget that the rose garden was designed by the garden genius David Welsh, who was responsible for Aberdeen’s many successes in Britain in Bloom competitions. Furthermore, the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden is a place of great significance to the families of those affected by the disaster and to the people of Aberdeen. As such, the Memorial and Garden should be protected from redevelopment and rebranding, for example by Listed or Scheduled status.
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    Created by Naomi Reid
  • Building a basketball court in the Meadowlands (Tavistock)
    Hi, I am writing on behalf of the Tavistock College Basketball Team and we think the reason for a new court to be built is that many Basketball players in Tavistock say there is a severe lack of appropriate Basketball courts in the Tavistock area and as a person who plays Basketball for a team it is extremely hard to practice in my free time as it is for many other people who play Basketball . By building a court this will inspire upcoming younger athletes to start playing , Promote fitness and create relationships with the people from Tavistock and beyond. Also as Basketball gets more and more popular throughout the UK, small towns like Tavistock makes it hard for people who play and people who want to start playing because Tavistock is lacking the proper infrastructure for their athletes to get equal opportunity to larger areas. Now even though there are courts in Tavistock almost all of these have been ‘taken over’ by the people who smoke and use drugs making these courts almost like ‘drug dens’ which makes people scared to even try to play Basketball there. But I know what your thinking won’t this new court just be taken over like the others ? Although this is possible it is extremely unlikely as all these courts that are being used as ‘drug dens’ are very tucked away and very hidden. And unless you had done research or asked around you wouldn’t know that they even existed which makes it ideal for it to be used for smoking and using drugs. Whereas if a court was to be built it would be built in the heart of Tavistock (Meadowlands) which is very lively and the heart of the community would remove the possibility of drug users populating the area and would also provide a replacement activity for many young people who smoke and use drugs which will overall make Tavistock a happier and more friendly place. Signing this proposal will benefit Tavistock and you, so please join us :) (This was written collectively by the Tavistock College Year 10 Basketball Team.) We think by making this Basketball court it will sprout happiness and excitement throughout the community in Tavistock and will be the place where memories will be made.
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    Created by Gabriel Hanley-Santos
  • Clean up the toxic culture of harassment in Westminster
    MP Peter Bone is facing suspension after an investigation found the MP had bullied and was sexually inappropriate around a former parliamentary staff member. This is just the latest example of misconduct within parliament. In June 2023, MP Geraint Davies was accused of multiple incidents of inappropriate behaviour towards junior female colleagues. The toxic culture in the House of Commons needs to be cleaned up. We need hundreds of thousands of us to show those in charge that the public demands they clean up the toxic culture within Westminster and ensure our politicians are fit for service.
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  • Free parking at Eastrop Park
    The introduction of parking charges at Eastrop Park has been implemented during a cost of living crisis. It ignored a significant level (c99%) of public objection; it restricts access to outdoor space and exercise with the associated health benefits following pandemic restrictions; it adversely affects those on a low income (according to the Council's own Equalities Impact Assessment) predominantly women who are far more likely to be poor, have care of children, and not have access to their own garden; it impacts on the elderly and infirm and their carers; and it sets a precedent that charging for access to parks in Basingstoke and Deane is OK. It is not OK.
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    Created by Cllr Paul Basham
  • Stop The £99 Petrol Fee
    This is an unfair charge that could lead to people entering unarranged overdraft and occurring extra credit card/debit card fees or even being left with no way to purchase fuel. I have, myself, been charged because of this issue. When you buy at the pump, the banks used to make a small £1 charge to check your card then refund it. But now they are automatically ringfencing £99 before you can get petrol, it is wholly unacceptable. This should be outlawed as people are going to find these charges on their accounts without realising this.
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  • Don't electronically tag innocent people for attending protests
    The Government’s new Public Order Bill would allow police to put innocent people on electronic ankle tags and ban them from attending marches and demonstrations. Campaigners and people who want to attend a protest need not have ever committed any offence in order to be given a so-called “protest banning order” by the police. Under this new anti-protest law, the police will be given powers to monitor campaigners using electronic GPS tags, restrict their internet activities and prevent them from attending protests. These are some of the most disturbing and anti-democratic police powers introduced in the UK for decades. After the shocking police behaviour towards grieving women at the Clapham vigil for Sarah Everard, we fear these ankle tags could entail serious abuse. There is no place for police monitoring and oppression of people simply campaigning for change. These extreme police powers would be controversial in Russia and China – we cannot allow them in a democratic country like the UK. If thousands of us sign this petition, we can make Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak drop these dangerous new powers.
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  • Birmingham City Council Re Open Woodgate Valley Visitors Centre
    The Woodgate Valley Visitors Centre needs to be open and this is why we need your help to get it back open. If you are a resident within the South Birmingham area we are asking you to support this petition by signing it sharing it with your friends and family.
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    Created by Michael Thawe