It matters because society is losing good workers in a vital field because they can’t afford to continue! The situation must change soon, otherwise the care sector will die, and innumerable people be left stranded.

There are very few places left in Newark where wildlife can be experienced in such abundance, making the lake an intimate and life-changing place for adults and children who visit. Our birdlife is in serious decline too. - Populations of UK native birds are 11% lower than they were in 1970. - Balderton Lake is an important site for Kingfishers. These small unmistakable bright blue and orange birds fish from riverside perches. They are listed as a Schedule 1 species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, meaning no activity which could disturb them between March-August is allowed. - Due to populations severely declining in Britain or because they are considered under threat of global extinction, the red list of Britain’s most endangered birds has recently increased to 70 species. - Iconic birds to Balderton Lake including swift, housemartins, starling, mistle thrush, house and tree sparrows are on the 'Birds of Conservation Concern' red list. - Birds on the amber list including greylag goose, mallard, woodpigeon, sparrowhawk, wren and song thrush have all been recorded feeding, nesting, residing on and visiting Balderton Lake. Further concerns we have on YMCA using the lake for leisure activities - Habitat will be destroyed and removed to provide the infrastructure and access to the water at peg 16, including storage facilities. - To access peg 16, people will have to carry boats across a busy Sustrans cycle route – posing a significant hazard to users and cyclists. - Water sports will have a detrimental effect on the habitat and wildlife using the site. - Water sports will create noise pollution and water disturbance to residents and visitors of the current tranquil site. - The quality of the water is not safe enough for canoeists due to high levels of excretion from the waterfowl, fish and small mammals that live in and on the banks of the lake. Please sign our petition calling on Balderton Parish Council to save our important wildlife legacy, for both the wonderful species that depend on this habitat and residents and visitors who value this tranquil site at the heart of Newark. This petition is supported by residents of Balderton (Save our Wildlife and Nature – SWAN). As well as signing this petition we also encourage you to write your concerns to Balderton Parish Council.

Help fight against discrimination and equal rights for Fertility Equality for Same-Sex/ LGBTQ+ couples in the UK with fertility. NHS England forces many LGBTQ+ couples and single women to pay £10,000 to £30,000+ in artificial inseminations in expensive private clinics to ‘prove infertility’, before they qualify for help. Other members of the LGBTQ+ community also face even higher costs while trying to start their families. However most heterosexual couples qualify after two years of unprotected sex, which albeit a long time, holds no additional financial cost. This is discrimination. In order to quality for IVF, the majority of CCG’s (Clinical Commissioning Groups) in England require LGBTQ+ couples and single women to undergo 6 failed rounds of self-funded IUI. Home insemination does not count in the eligibility for Same-Sex couples. Plus, there has been a ban on sperm from sperm banks being shipped to homes since 2005. This forces LGBTQ+ people to use private clinics if they want to access safe, medically-screened sperm, or risk more dangerous routes, or give up on hopes and dreams of creating a family. The Government should review fertility treatment in England to ensure equality of access for LGBT+ and same-sex couples, and to make treatment consistent with Wales & Scotland. This review should investigate: - Whether sufficient support for home insemination is available - The application of NICE guidelines by CCGs - How the apparent ‘postcode lottery’ in fertility treatment can be ended..

It helps to improve living standards

Reasonable compensation for innocent victims of accidents and negligence have a right to receive proper compensation not it being slashed arbitrarily by Government to support big business over the individual.

With out the health of our ocean the human race would eventually suffer f financially we could also see see such species go extinct if this were to spread which is why we need to act now and get answers

There is a staffing crisis in care and support in social care in the UK. Many carers will find themselves on minimum wage in April due to the rise in the living wage but no rise in social care finances leaving care providers in a position where they will struggle to pay their staff a wage they could get anywhere else doing a job less demanding. We need to act to ensure staff who currently work in care stay and feel valued and others are attracted to a rewarding role supporting and caring for the most vulnerable members of our society

I love and respect animals. Incredibly as smart and developed as dolphins. It is a pity that people still find such entertainment as the dolphinarium amusing. Yes, we are interested in knowing a lot about the life of dolphins. But we must do it in a natural habitat. I ask you to pay attention to this problem!

It is very important to preserve history and to care about the look of the town. Many old lampposts have already been lost this can’t happen to all of them.

Walnuts Leisure Centre is currently housed in a purpose-built two-level building, constructed in the early 1970s. It has stood the test of time and today it serves as a community hub, offering affordable services and amenities to children, adults and senior citizens. The new leisure centre that Areli (the developer) is offering will be smaller in terms of square footage, housed on a couple of floors in one of the towers. Yet Areli's proposed plans will bring 2000 new residents, which will add to the pressures on the membership capacity of the Leisure centre. We fear being priced out of our Leisure centre. Although Areli, keeps boasting about the proposed 25 metres competition size swimming pool, their plans clearly show lack of pool-side space, that makes the holding of such competitions very difficult. small pool is tiny unsuitable for lessons. See Ojay's (Keep Orpington Swimming) concerns on this link https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=keep%20orpington%20swimming The wide corridors of the current centre, the spacious halls and the large gym area, has meant that the leisure centre was made Covid-safe and was re-opened after lock down with complete confidence. If at the end of the day the decision to replace the Leisure centre is the one the Council opts for, the new leisure centre should be constructed before the current one is decommissioned. Furthermore, we need cast iron guarantees that the new leisure centre will be affordable and accessible by all residents who need it. Further action : Thank you for signing this petition, please share widely amongst the residents of Bromley. Write a personal message to Orpington Town councillors and your MP Councillor Kim Botting Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07947 714 394 Councillor Pauline Tunnicliffe Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07825 887 188 Councillor William Huntington-Thresher Email: [email protected] Mobile: 07733 116 799 Orpington’s MP: [email protected] tel: 01689 820 347 Bromley & Cray Valley West MP: [email protected] tel: 020 8295 2639 Keep up to date with the news and campaign: Follow us on Twitter: @areli_walnuts & Like our Facebook page: facebook.com/AreliWalnuts Facebook Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/nutstothewalnuts #SaveWalnutsLeisureCentre #LeisureServices4All

Animals raised and killed for their skin and fur live torturous lives for "fashion." Bred and born mainly on fur farms, creatures such as mink, foxes, chinchillas, and many many more species wallow in misery. They are packed into tight, restrictive, filthy cages. They are deprived of proper care and behavioral outlets – so long as their fur remains in good condition, there is no incentive for farmers to keep them healthy and happy when they are just going to be killed anyway. And the ways in which they are killed are horrific – in order to maintain their coats in the process, they are gassed or even electrocuted with implements placed in their mouths or anuses. So, please, eliminate all future content that promotes animal fur -- including in print, on websites, and on social media. This change will reach millions of readers. So, why Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs won't stand up for what is right, and what a growing number of young, fashion-interested people want? There is a strong precedent for the government speaking out against injustice and taking a stand to uplift the voices of the marginalized and disenfranchised. It has been a key voice of progessive politics in the past few years, promoting amazing educational content for young people. Now, our government (and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, too) must continue on with the trend -- both within their own company and in the industry more broadly -- and ban the promotion of fur in all of magazines, sites etc. I, Daniel K. Brooks from https://gearsadviser.com think, that the future of fashion is fur-free. Sign now to demand that our country stand with animals around the world and ban fur from publications!

I am keen for these amazing people to be valued and appreciated for the people they are, and one of the most direct ways of doing that is by rewarding them financially,