• Improve West Rainton School Avenue Playground
    The Playground facilities on School Avenue (opposite the chip shop) are in a dangerous condition. They are in a poor state of repair, lack a safety gate and have a slippery 'trip-hazard' cattle-grid. West Rainton Parish Council has a precept of £25,160 (raised by council tax contributions). The remit of local councils includes "Recreation – provision of recreation grounds, public walkways, pleasure grounds, open spaces, village greens, gymnasiums, playing fields" (source: http://www.localgov.co.uk/Parish-council-responsibilities/29135). To date ALL equipment has been purchased by volunteers on the West Rainton & Leamside Playscheme group (The Playscheme Group). A Capital Fund to the value of £250k has been set up for the benefit of the village. Applications for this particular fund closes on Saturday 14 November. The Playscheme Group want to make an application for some of this money. Further fund pots are available however co-operation of the West Rainton Parish Council is required. On the 15th October The Playscheme Group will address the West Rainton Parish Council to ask for their support. The Parish Council are the owners of the land so their written permission to develop the land in writing is required. Long-term maintenance and insurance costs of the Playground is also under consideration. We ask you to sign this petition to show your support for The Playscheme Group in their improvement of this community facility.
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  • Mobile companies holding your credit score to ransom
    I can not refuse to pay due to my credit score being effected so I have to pay. I am with Vodafone at the moment and I am lucky if I get 3G. The service is poor and will have to stay in contract for the 2 year duration. Something needs to change.
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  • Decrease Camhs (Child And Adolescent Mental Health Service) waiting times
    I am 14 and waiting to get diagnosed. I have been on the waiting list for 7 months but I hear now it is 12months. It is affecting my school and home life. I have made it onto BBC South East Today
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  • Don't privatise Channel 4
    We do not want to lose a great public service broadcaster whom not only provides excellent quality broadcasting but helps develop the industry and is independent.
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  • Stop Privatisation of Barnsley Children's Services
    This move involves a cut in funding for health visiting and school nursing services of approximately 30%. The crucial role of health visitors and school nurses, helping and supporting families, will suffer, including their work in safeguarding children. If private companies move in to provide services, they are likely to pay lower wages and cut jobs as well as profiting from the taxpayer. The involvement of yet another agency or agencies in providing care will make integration of services more difficult. The Tory government is not telling the truth when it says it does not want to privatise the NHS. This is privatisation by the back door and the people of Barnsley have not been told about it, let alone asked whether they agree with it.
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  • Opposing Junior Doctor Contract changes
    The NHS is internationally envied for its clinical excellency, efficiency and moral courage. Following the purchaser provider split and changes under New Labour in the late 1990's, the introduction of private contracting has diverted profits from services out of the NHS into wealth creating companies. Subsequently healthcare professionals and patients have seen and felt the NHS change for the worse. Since this Conservative party came into government they have undertaken steps to undermine the financial viability and safety of care provided by the NHS through an ideological choice of chronic underfunding. To quote Noam Chomsky, "that's the standard technique of privatisation: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital". They are now targeting staff and junior doctors. Following negotiations with the BMA doctors union, the department of health offered an unacceptable contract which would reduce patient safety, increase junior doctor fatigue, reduce recognized out-of-hours commitment, and significantly reduce take-home pay. When junior doctors refused the governments precondition to accept ALL of these proposals as a basis to a final contract as a condition of restarting negotiations, the BMA found themselves accused of ‘walking away’ from the table and informed that the contract would simply be imposed upon them in August 2016. Junior doctors, side by side with other healthcare professionals, work in an increasingly pressurised and under-resourced setting, and are known as the medical workhorse of the NHS. Their current working pattern is antisocial and labour intensive, as anybody who lives with or is friends with a junior doctor will know. Tiredness is compounded by a sense of disenchantment, which may explain why these professional healthcare groups did not feel energised enough to understand or stand up to the government on their introduction of the Health and Social Care Act in 2012. Legislation which is leading to the erosion of the NHS in the hands of a Jeremy Hunt, who prior to his appointment as health minister wrote of this ideological support for privatisation of the NHS. Junior doctors now face a situation where their self-perceived head to the ground and carry-on grafting attitude is being rewarded by a contract which is estimated to lead to a startling 20-40% reduction in take home wages depending on speciality, and longer and less protected shifts. The new system would provide us with the assurance of a 20 minute break per 11 hour shift worked. Fatigue from grueling shifts are acknowledged to cause impaired performance, a sobering and concerning fact for patients. We as junior doctors accept that our pay has declined against inflation for years. However, we are asking that this government's ideological CHOICE to devalue our profession, and take money and morale from junior doctors, when the financial privileges freedoms of the very rich and financial sector are protected, be acknowledged and challenged. We oppose government ministers with personal wealth of millions using our wages, which when compared to other peers with similar backgrounds in university and post-graduate years in training are modest, as another excuse to paint the NHS as 'unaffordable'. An NHS which is acknowledged as excellent in the care it delivers, and one of the most efficient services on the planet. This Junior Doctor contract campaign must form part of a wider effort to oppose the overarching plan to ultimately do away with the NHS. As things stand, in 20 years, I as a junior doctor will be working as a private consultant for a private health provider, possibly earning more than an NHS consultant, but paying for my own and my families healthcare in times of greatest vulnerability. I would not chose to be treated by, or treat on behalf of, private companies and insurance merchants for whom profit is the primary concern. A great many who earn less than me may go without the best chances of surviving illness due to their bank balance. I reject that future. I wish to work proudly as an NHS doctor, in the United Kingdom. I believe that patients also wish to be treated by a trustworthy NHS rather than a private company. An NHS staffed by motivated, valued and supported professionals and not by profit. Please sign this petition to support junior doctors, the NHS, and the public.
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  • Change Parliamentary Rules
    Too many MPs seem to stay in Parliament for years, many have no idea what is going on in their constituency, let alone the country, they get set in their ways and don`t see life as a commoner.
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  • KEEP Weston Primary Academy School OPEN!
    The Academies Enterprise Trust, the Department of Education along with various Isle of Wight councillors have an intended decision to close Weston Primary Academy. The Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan has " in principal " agreed to this decision. This agreeance is based solely on the AeT and DfE paperwork, that seems to be based on a projected "forecast" that has yet to be released to the public. Not foregoing that all of the teaching staff, work staff and the parents of the 56 children who attend were informed by an email, followed promptly by a letter, inevitable job losses will occur - zero consultation with those that matter has taken place behind closed doors. We now find ourselves in a public consultation period **edit : there is NO public consultation, only a time to air views and opinions** that has a limited time-scale to air any counter arguments or views. The purpose of this petition is to clearly show that our beloved school has supporters. Weston Primary is the only non-denominational school locally, and whilst its numbers are relatively small, it does not suffer from large over capacity as some others locally do, consequently the children and parents have an amazing " Team Weston"-spirit, everyone really matters here. With a lot of recent housing developments in the West Wight region, and acute awareness that schools are becoming overcrowded, it makes no sense to close this school based on a forecast, when the school is getting on its feet and showing marked improvement. The AeT has over the summer period spent an undisclosed sum of money bringing much needed modernisation to the school. If the school is shut down, it would be a huge waste of resources. The adjoining nursery has also seen investment and is already showing that it is feeding more and more directly into the school itself. As people move into the local area, I suspect that Weston will see a marked increase in admissions. We at Team Weston are appealing directly to you, the reader, to show your support for this school. You may be an old pupil or parent of an old pupil, you may have had an association with the school in the past or present. maybe you understand that good schools should be kept open, especially considering this school is well over 100 years old. Please, please take a few moments to sign to show your support for us in our battle. It might just be the linchpin that sways the final decision in our favour. Kindest regards - George Metcalf
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  • Stop Quarrying ruining our villages!
    Quarrying here will ruin village life. Heavy quarry lorries will be passing close by Alrewas but through Fradley, Kings Bromley, Yoxall and hamlets in between, poor air quality is inevitable and quarrying will ruin the beautiful countryside and kill wildlife. Best and fertile soil for the successful farming and agricultural industry in the area will be lost for good. There is a national shortage of infill and replacing the soil will be impossible. Do we want yet more lakes and water facilities as a result? Do we want to lose our farming and agricultural industry and put farmers out of work? There are safety issues concerning the large, high pressure gas pipelines that run beneath the earmarked area. Mistakes could be fatal and a quarry here will pose a serious security risk. The explosion of just one pipe could cause fatalities in nearby villages. Imagine what 8 could do! How do we manage the flows of people in and out of the area to keep the gas pipe safe against a terrorist attack? This is a popular area for tourists. This is because of the wonderful country views and open countryside, listed, historic buildings such as Wychnor Golf and Country Club, the Millennium Way and other public country walks, the canal and Fradley Junction, and historic villages and buildings used and visited by tourists from around the globe. 3 quarries will surely degrade the area, all of the above will be impacted, removing the attraction for tourists and cutting off valuable tourist income to the local communities. This area has suffered greatly from quarrying. There are already a number of quarries in Barton Under Needwood, Alrewas, Elford that are operational and being extended. Together with HS2, 3 more quarries will be devastating for the area. How much more can one small area take? We know the gravel has to be supplied from somewhere but there are other, more suitable areas that SCC should consider that will not impact villages, are not in areas already suffering from many years of quarrying and do not pose a safety and security risk. We would also argue that the UK does not recycle aggregate materials as much as it could and in comparison to other European countries our efforts are poor. If recycling was done properly and well, so many quarries would not be needed. Please help us stop the constant degradation of our environment and countryside. Make our government and local Council think about the impact on people, safety and local business. Please sign and stop quarrying in this area!
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  • Pay freeze HAS affected NHS staff morale
    For his evidence, MP Alistair Burt cites the NHS Staff Survey. The survey, he admits, "DOES NOT directly measure staff morale". MP Alistair Burt's statement, September 2015: http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2015-09-14.10139.h&s=speaker%3A10770#g10139.r0 The Staff Survey asks about staff motivation at work, staff recommending their trust as a place to work or receive treatment, and the percentage of staff able to contribute towards improvements at work. This "has remained high", indicating NHS staff care about their job, their department and continually improving their service- something we should all be proud of. Protest marches, union campaigns, news pieces and #iminworkjeremy doesn't seem to be getting the message through to MP Alistair Burt, Jeremy Hunt or the Department of Health. We need to give MP Alistair Burt and his team undeniable evidence that NHS staff morale IS affected by the pay freeze. We need to answer the question that wasn't asked in the NHS Staff Survey. We need to give him a DIRECT MEASURE OF STAFF MORALE. Please join us, whether you are an NHS employee; spouse, friend or family of an employee; a supporter of your local NHS team or of fair pay for all. Lend your moral support to our NHS staff morale campaign. Thank you.
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  • Save Adult Education
    The Government is currently preparing its Spending Review for the next 5 years and adult education is under threat. Without continued Government support for adult education, many courses across the country will simply not be sustainable and will disappear. Thousands of hard working and hugely motivated adult students will be denied the chance to improve their lives. We need you to help fight to protect this investment in our people and our communities. Please sign this petition. This campaign is being led by the Workers' Educational Association - the UK's largest provider of voluntary adult education - for and on behalf of everyone involved in adult and community learning.
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  • SAVE MIDDLETON NHS WALK-IN SERVICE
    The NHS Walk-in service in Middleton Shopping Centre is very accessible to everyone living in the areas of Middleton, Heywood and Rochdale. The service is open from 8am-8pm every day (8am-6pm at weekends), 365 days of the year, including Bank Holidays. The GP and Nurse-Practitioner led walk-in centre sees over 22,000 patients per year meaning many patients can receive on the day access to urgent quality care. An in-house survey has shown that over 60% of our walk-in patients would otherwise go to A&E if the walk-in service was not available. We do not believe that alternative local services will be able to cope with demand should the Walk-in service close and local patients will have reduced choice and access to urgent care. The central location and efficient nature of the service lets patients be seen in a timely and cost-effective manner. We want the CCG to commit to keeping this service open for the future. *The total number of signatories on this petition includes 7000 paper signatures collected at the Walk in Centre and around Middleton.
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