• GYBC please reconsider the licence application for a soup kitchen run by the Tribal Trust
    It has come to our attention that the licence from GYBC to be able to park and run a soup kitchen on the market place has been refused as the "soup kitchen is not required". Yet, over the last 3 months the soup kitchen has helped out a large number of vulnerable people with both food and clothing. If they were to obtain the licence, that would provide a central point for the Tribal Trust to work from and help provide for vulnerable people to meet for food and drinks / clothing and a friendly chat. It is a much required service in our opinion. https://www.facebook.com/TblTrust/
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    Created by Robin Knight
  • Stop using bearskin caps
    The MOD wrote in a letter to me that "the bearskin cap has been associated with the Guards Division since a Royal Warrant was issued by King George III in 1768 which ordered the replacing of the 'Mitre' Cap with a Cap made from the skin of a black bear." Don't you think that after nearly 250 blood-stained years it is time to end this shameful and unnecessary 'tradition'?
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    Created by Alex Palmer
  • No More Homeless Deaths!
    It is abhorrent that in a country as wealthy as ours, a man has been allowed to die on the streets of Glasgow because he had nowhere to go. Glasgow City Council website states that: “As a minimum, the council will arrange for you to receive: Advice and Information Temporary Accommodation” We demand that Glasgow City Council acts immediately to fulfil it's duty to the people of Glasgow. Everyone who presents themselves at a Council facility as homeless, should immediately be provided with somewhere safe and warm to stay, until such times as they are able to find permanent accommodation. Furthermore, we demand an end to the policy of abandoning our friends who are deemed to have made themselves intentionally homeless. This unfairly punishes people unfamiliar with the law or who are victims of bullying by rogue landlords.
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    Created by Direct Action For The Immediate End to Sleeping-rough (DAFTIES)
  • Headgear for rugby players
    To prevent brain damage and dementia in later life.
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    Created by Erica Adams
  • More permanent homeless shelters
    We need to get the homeless off the streets and into permanant shelters.this would give them an address. Which would enable them to turn their lives around.without an address they have no access to a lot of facilities.
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    Created by Theresa Fritter
  • Stop publishing names & images of suspected terrorists or proven terrorist
    To not give them media coverage & so stump propaganda. Focus on victims not murderers
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    Created by Belinda Leadbetter
  • Sheepwalk lane crossing patrol
    Children from nursery age 3 years up to high school age 16/18 safety & well being.
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  • SUPPORT Plans to Build Tynemouth Watch House Garden CYCLE HUB
    The CYCLE HUB will compliment our beautiful coastline whilst providing a 'stand-out' attraction for the many cyclists, tourists and general public whom already frequent the Spanish Battery. The development will assist with the enhancement and preservation of the Tynemouth conservation area and local heritage for generations to come. North Tyneside attracts approximately 5.8 million visitors each year who inject £279 Million into the local economy, supporting over 3500 jobs. This proposal will open a disused private garden into a considerate, visually low-impact CYCLE HUB that will only be visible from the southern aspect on the River Tyne. From the outset the building has been sensitively designed to ensure the iconic views to and from the Brigade Watch House remain unspoilt. The building will be sunk beneath a manicured lawn at the same level as the current garden. We have even gone as far as to store refuse bins below ground level. Two large car parks already exist to provide customers with parking. Additional spaces will be allocated for the sole use of the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigades response vehicles, whilst residents parking will remain untouched. Those living on the Battery will be un-effected by the building as the aim is to cater for passing trade that already exists. The vast majority of our intended customers will arrive by foot or cycle. Our vision is to provide Tynemouth with a gateway amenity that links to the National Cycle Network and provides a valuable facility for Tynemouth residents and the wider general public. The development will ensure a notable finishing point for those tackling the challenge of the Coast to Coast/Coast to Castles/Great North Bike Rides. In essence the Cycle Hub will establish Tynemouth as a key destination within the cycling community. A multitude of independent reporting commissioned by UK GOV indicates that development and investment in cycling infrastructure and sustainable transport provides the following: • Creates inward investment to an area. • Brings more jobs and positively effects the labour market, contractors and wider infrastructure/services. • Increases health of those in the area, with exercise in excess of Chief Medical Officers guidelines. • Boosts the local economy and business • Creates a modal shift in the well being of individuals. • Increases social inclusion and connectivity. • Makes better cities and neighbourhoods. • A reduction in Crime Rate. • An increase in rental and property prices. • Eases congestion. • Improves air quality. The North East of England is renowned for its warmth and hospitality, we look forward to providing a facility that welcomes one and all.
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  • stop the badger cull
    Why should these animals be treated like this when it has been proven that they are not doing any harm. It costs £5-6 thousand to kill a badger but only £700 to vaccinate it, so why cull?
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  • The right to a diagnoses and rapid interventions for those with hidden differences
    An undiagnosed person with a hidden difference such as dyslexia or other commonly experienced a sense of not really knowing who you are.If nobody tells the person that there is a reason for their difficulties, there is a tendency to label themselves as dumb, thick and stupid. The difficulties can become harder to manage in secondary school and when children begin to fail they can become very vulnerable and on edge. These feelings can stay throughout life. The frustration of prolonged failure on a range of curriculum subjects at school, resulting in feelings of insecurity and lack of confidence, can have profound effects upon social status, friendship patterns, and acceptance and adjustment in new settings. Aggressive and antisocial behaviour may result from these tensions. Stress and insecurity can lead to a prominence of information processing difficulties. When dealing with problems, may adopt strategies of avoidance and self blaming. To the person who experiences them, these emotions often feel bewildering and shaming. Inevitably the emotional consequences are lack of confidence, frustration, even depression. Feeling of been let down by other people who should have recognised the difficulties or be more sympathetic to them; that they have consequently lost opportunities for study having a diagnoses this could of been avoid with a simple diagnosis which is important it allow a child / adult to understand where the difficulties lie and if there are any further difficulties overlapping and this is necessary for the correct accommodation. Despite everything we know about dyslexia through research, many children are denied screening. And many more, once diagnosed,are denied the services that should accompany such a diagnosis." School’s reason for denial . • Wrongly points to the limited resources (financial or expertise) of the child’s school. But that is not the entire picture. Putting aside appropriate resource challenges, the educational change necessary to support this vulnerable group of students often transcends financial issues. In fact, some (not all) of the most significant changes are actually free and actually only require instructional and attitudinal shifts. No wonder no one wants to diagnose children when there is a shortage of individuals trained to Provide with necessary instruction. • Lack intervention causes depression anxiety and suicide. • Lack of of proper intervention can affect future Job prospects, and behaviour which can lead to the prison pipeline. We want to enable those with children / adults to reach their potential to develop in the work force. Parents often delay getting their kids the help they need because the school denies screening for diverse reasons . Unfortunately, if they get it the “wait and hope” approach is rarely effective and has a costly impact on children: Navigating the public school bureaucracy to secure special attention often takes months or years. Meanwhile, children are falling further behind during the critical early-education period. Public school teachers, principals and staff are well-intentioned, but the system is broken. Most schools don’t have the resources . Waiting for the school to test and treat your dyslexic child is a “race to the bottom” and an enormous disservice to your language-challenged child. By the time your child is far enough behind to qualify for a public school evaluation, you have a bigger problem on your hands. What was a manageable academic challenge for your 1st grader can turn into a significant emotional and social problem by the 3rd grade. You are likely to hear your child say things like “I’m never going to get this,” “All my friends read better than I do,” “I hate this,” “School is not for me,” “I’m stupid.” Children with Dyslexia Despraxia Abergers.... do not “catch up” without specialized and explicit instruction. Such children don’t “just need a little extra practice” or a tutor; they need a specific type of teaching designed for the unique learning patterns of the brain. Some students often treat every word as a sight word and memorize it, instead of using the word’s structure to decode and understand it. Later in life , demands, this memorization strategy will fail them. While you are hoping for dyslexia help from the school, your child is losing ground—falling behind with reading and writing skills that are fundamental to all learning. Many school teachers and administrators wish they could provide more help for struggling, but they lack resources and training to do so. Few parents understand what they are getting themselves into if they try to navigate the school system as an academic lifeline for their struggling student. Many with hidden disabilities may not recognise their difficulties as Dyslexia Dyspraxia Asbergers or other.... . Even if they understand the nature of their difficulties, they may not know how to present these in a way that allows other people to help them. In the end, the anxiety about the difficulties is as much the problem as the actual difficulties themselves and a vicious circle of anxiety and inefficiencies evolves from which there seems no escape.A lack of school, job or social success is likely to add to this emotional burden . A diagnosis is an understanding of the difficulties, by and large, brings a sense of relief even wellbeing , as all the bewildering inefficiencies can be brought into a consistent picture and this helps to explain problems in a clear and confident way. key to Dyslexia Dyspraxia and Asbergers ..... is Early intervention know one should go unnoticed. http://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellor-articles/dyslexia-counselling-addressing-the-emotional-repercussions-12385 Help make change for an child or an adult! Thank you. Sign the Petition so that all children /adults are identified and supported . Thank you.
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  • Blue Badge Fair
    Quite simply not fair, the rules should be the same across the UK.
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    Created by Chris Olive
  • Safer Roads around Orchard Schools & Noadswood
    The safety of all our children is paramount! Please don't wait until there has been an accident - I've seen several near misses myself!
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    Created by Kate Bezer