• Sort the Pot Holes on Bodmin Road
    Many people use the road, especially the elderly, the potholes make it unsafe
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    Created by Eddie Cousins
  • Stop the Closure of Deer Park Medical Centre
    Deer Park Medical Centre is a GP Practice providing an excellent service to a large number of people in West Witney due to close on the 3rd November 2016. It is currently being serviced under contact to Virgin Care. Whilst many of us do not agree with the privatisation of health services, Virgin are undoubtedly providing a good service. Whatever it takes to keep this practice open must be done. You cannot seriously consider allowing it to close. Other GP practices in Witney are already badly overstretched and waiting times for an appointment are often measured in weeks. This is not the case at Deer Park, I am a patient and have never had to wait more than days, also they operate walk in clinics for urgent cases. Please don't use the people of West Witney as political pawns in this dangerous game.
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    Created by Steve Johnson
  • Stop waste, feed the hungry
    Emergency food bank use is it some of it's highest levels. Trussel Trust remains at record high with over one million three-day emergency supply packages being given to people in 2015/16. This shows more and more people in the UK are going hungry. Currently there are tonnes of produce from supermarkets in the UK being wasted. By major supermarkets following Tesco's example and signing up to schemes that donate this surplus produce to those going hungry it will immensely help the ever-growing problem!
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    Created by Caitlin Cameron
  • Protect our Community from Alcohol Misuse and Anti-social Behaviour
    Residents of Brunswick and Regency wards have been reporting disturbing levels of antisocial behavior, noise, criminal damage and violence all with one common theme: alcohol. The Council and Police have a duty of care to safeguard all in our community from the damaging effects of alcohol misuse and antisocial behaviour.
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    Created by Amy Kitching
  • SAVE EASTBOURNE'S POST OFFICE
    We feel it is frightfully inconvenient to expect users to struggle inside WHSmith merely to use our local Post Office. It will be over crowded and is ill equipped in terms of size. There would be no ticket queuing system. Moving our Post Office to the WHSmith could lead to the eventual closure of the service, meaning Eastbourne could end up with no post office counter services whatsoever - why? It is disgraceful. Our population is continuing to grow!
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    Created by Rob Kemp
  • Autism and Work
    We the undersigned are parents of young and middle aged adults with mental disabilities who, with other signatories, are concerned and horrified to find that UK law actively makes it difficult for such people to obtain employment. Employment is not only psychologically beneficial for such people but also is likely to reduce the amount of financial support they require from the State. The problem is that it is a criminal offence for an employer to pay such people less than the National Minimum Wage. There is an exception for piece workers but not for ordinary "time workers". We believe there should also be an exception for ordinary "time workers" with mental disabilities. The absence of an exception can make it commercially impossible for an employer to employ someone with mental disabilities. The main opposition to such an exception (coming, we understand, from major charities such as Mencap and Scope) generally rests on the ideological basis that mentally disabled people are "worth" just as much as others. This objection deliberately confuses human worth with financial worth. It fails to take into account the needs of some of those who would have psychological and social benefit from being employees. Clearly an exception to normal NMW rules for the mentally disabled would have to be carefully worded to avoid unintended consequences such as the possibility of abuse by unscrupulous employers. Research suggests that the UK is the only country in the world, other than Romania, to have a national minimum wage without some form of special provision for the benefit of people with mental disabilities. We urge the UK government to bring the UK into line with other countries and to include some form of therapeutic exemption in the forthcoming review of National Minimum Wage law.
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    Created by Henry Scrope
  • Save Moakes Medical Centre- Luton
    Please help keep open the highly thought of Moakes Medical Centre in Luton which risks being closed in the New Year. I know first-hand how vital it is to get quick appointments and have access to great doctors. If it wasn't for the quick actions of one of the doctors in this surgery, my husband might not be here now. She requested an urgent appointment at the hospital and within 2 weeks he was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma. 3 years on and he is still in remission. N.H.S. England and Luton Clinical Commissioning Group have taken the decision not to renew the contract for Moakes Medical Centre and are proposing to close the it in the New Year. This decision was taken in spite of positive reviews given in a patient consultation. Over the years many patients have built up a good relationship with the staff and the doctors, providing a first class service. This proposed closure will have a big impact on other surgeries in the local area, leading to longer waiting times for an appointment. Please can you to sign this petition to help me save this medical centre. Luton needs Moakes Medical Centre to stay open and continue to provide a great service to the community.
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    Created by Christine Barton
  • stop discriminating single people being charged supplements on holidays
    Discriminates single people ,as not everyone in relationships,couples don't get charged extra
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    Created by Doris Rougvie
  • Save our Magistrates Courts
    The government have announced proposals to close the Magistrates’ Courts in Camberwell Green and Hammersmith. This comes only months after a decision was made to close 84 courts in England and Wales including ten in London. When that decision was made, the rationale offered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service for one of the closures, Feltham Magistrates’ Court, was that there was capacity for Hammersmith magistrates’ court, described by HMCTS as a “modern purpose-built courthouse” to absorb its work. The closure of the busy Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court would leave four deprived London boroughs without a Magistrates' Court. The government’s consultation offers no assessment on the impact for the 100 or so, predominantly female staff currently employed at the courts. The difficulty in reaching alternative courts and the costs of traveling in London is likely to lead to more miscarriages of justice due to the longer journey times acting as a deterrent to victims and witnesses. The proposals place great emphasis on alternatives to the public physically traveling to a court building such as the expansion of digital technology and the wider use of video links. Existing technology is unreliable and often results in delays, and any new technology needs to be properly tested and evaluated before decisions are made on court closures. These further closures make no sense and will seriously restrict access to justice, causing further delays in the delivery of justice and undermine public confidence in the justice process.
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    Created by James Davies
  • Save The Rose and Crown, Tilton on the Hill
    The pub is the hub of the community and sits just opposite the church. It has been allowed to run down.The village feels strongly that in the event that it is not sold to a pub operator and that it will be used for development or, the owner wishes to de-license the premises for change of use, Members of the community may wish to buy it.
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    Created by Tim Joudrey
  • All teachers in training to learn makaton
    Because there are many children and adults who are non verbal or who have speech problems who need help to find ways to communicate other than speech.
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    Created by Laura Bamforth
  • Mandatory mental health classes in schools
    I feel this is important for children to know that talking about mental health is ok and isn't looked down on. Also to show them the signs of a mental health disorders, how to help people that are affected and to tell them who they can talk to if they feel they are affected.
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    Created by Jess Main