All children who previously used this partially funded current bus service, as it currently stands face an unsafe pedestrian route to/from school if on foot, due to the lack of a safe crossing point. Alternatively, this will result in many more cars trying to use already heavily congested roads through two bottleneck points, one through Ellon town centre and the other at the foot of Hospital Road. There will be further safety issues regarding the school drop off areas around each primary and this will undoubtedly lead to further risks to the children, caused by insufficient access to safe drop off or parking areas.

Caerphilly CBC has drawn up a new Health and Leisure Strategy that would see 7 of the 11 leisure centre in the area close, including the much loved and well used Cefn Fforest baths. There was a wonderful turn out to the public meeting about the closures on Wed 17th June, where over 100 people spoke with anger and passion against the short-sightedness of these plans. Some comments include: - the difficulties travelling to another area for leisure means that children and adults alike would not be able to exercise or swim as frequently - None of the schools in the area were consulted and yet most use the school for swimming lessons - the hypocrisy of the council encouraging healthy living and yet taking away a prime resource for improving health and well being - the negative effect on our children who won't be able to walk to a local baths, we talked of the wonderful outdoor pool in Pontllanfraith, which is still missed - losing the baths will no doubt effect poverty in a ward that already has one of the highest levels in the whole of Caerphilly Despite the three County councillors saying that they would fight to keep them open, we need to do all we can to let Caerphilly CBC that we are absolutely opposed to their new strategy and they find alternative ways of saving money that will not effect the well-being of so many, as well as the opportunities for our children.

We are losing so many iconic shops in town and this would be a blunder on the highstreet to change it to the name Fenwick

A popular community green space, owned by SCC (Shropshire County Council), is under threat of being developed as a sporting facility, By OCC (Oswestry Cricket Club) We are petitioning to Shropshire County Council for Brynhafod field to maintain a beautiful, green urban environment, inclusive to ALL members of the community, including toddlers, wheel chair users and dog walkers.

In his portfolio as Care minister, Norman Lamb made strides in parity of esteem for mental health, but promises need to be kept. In April 2015, maximum waiting times standards for mental health were introduced, but how are specialist services going to meet these targets? Without the targets, very ill patients are waiting over a year for an assessment. There simply isn't enough appointments, services or professionals. Secondly, the NHS England specialist criteria dictates that patients can only receive treatment when they have reached a critical point. This contradicts all evidence on early intervention. 1.6 Million people in the UK suffer with an eating disorder. This evidence is based on NICE research carried out in 2004. Recently reports have highlighted that numbers of hospital admissions amongst teenagers have doubled in two years. Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses. 1 in 5 people can die from complications or suicide. They have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. However sufferers are also able to recover. Like with cancer, if an eating disorder sufferer is able to access treatment early their chances of making a full recovery are greatly increased. If treatment is delayed or intermittent treatment can become costly leading to hospital admissions, additional complications and costs to other areas in their life such as work, school, housing and social relationships. I, have first hand experience of this, and know many others who have been turned away from treatment to devastating effects. I have often said that you wouldn't turn a patient with a broken leg away from A & E and expect them to wait till the other leg was broken. My own case study saw me relapse with my eating disorder. I had previously had intensive inpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa, but sometimes you just aren't fixed straight away, or you haven't learned to cope alone fully, which is what happened to me further down the line. I was strong enough to recognise that things were going wrong, but having waited a year for a referral and my mental wellbeing falling off a cliff I was getting desperate. When eventually I did get my assessment, I was told my condition wasn't serious enough to meet the criteria, and was discharged. During this process, I lost a lot more weight, and ended up in A & E with malnutrition. I have since received private outpatient treatment, which my parents have supported me with and am now in a stable place. I still have bad days, but I am a lot stronger and am positive in my ability to recover. My outpatient therapy lasted a year and 3 months, and cost £25 a week for a therapist (trainee to keep costs low) and £105 a fortnight for a dietitian. I saw a consultant at a reduced rate of £50 for 30 mins 3 times over a year. This should be the minimum for eating disorders outpatient treatment, and yet I would not have got both even if I had got outpatient treatment through the NHS. For eating disorders you need to tackle the physical and the mental side by side in recovery. I haven't gone into too much detail about BMI and criteria, but when I was told I didn't meet their strict criteria for treatment, I did a lot of investigating and was able to deduce what this meant via NHS England (official source). Due to a lack of funding the criteria is only set up to treat patients when their illness requires a physical intervention. This focusses more on severe anorexia nervosa and occasionally bulimia nervosa. However, the challenge is that by the time patients reach this point inpatient is the only option, and a lengthy admission is needed to save a life, becoming A & E for eating disorders. The crisis is when someone requires a bed, and there are no beds available, before a person is ready for discharge. The current method is not focussing on prevention, but focussing on interim solutions. If the NHS wants to save money, it needs to be innovative and focus on a criteria which is preventative, backed up by all the calls that early intervention is cost effective and saves lives. Furthermore this approach reaches a broader number of diagnosis's which the current criteria ignores. PLEASE SIGN THIS IMPORTANT CAMPAIGN http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/14/eating-disorders-long-waits-nhs-treatment-lives-risk#comments

This would help everyone who has breathing problems like Asthma and also clean the air we breath, the country has come under fire on air pollution and this would help in this matter and may save the lives of the ones who struggle to breath more so if connected to Hayfever as well. Please sign and think of these people.

We need to stop these senseless sanctions in order to bring back a peaceful relationship between Europe and Russia. We are sleep walking into a very volatile situation in Eastern Europe which could lead to a massive war. The leaders of Europe and NATO are committing actions which are against what the people want. WE want peace

In January 2015 Cllr Damian White who is the cabinet member for housing announced a proposal to rename buildings in the Highfield Road Estate in Collier Row after commonwealth countries at an estimated cost of £130,000. This is at a time when so many cuts are being made to local services. This proposal has been supported by MP Andrew Rosindell who actually employs Cllr Damian White. This affects all Havering council tax payers and will cause all the residents of this estate a great deal of inconvenience as they will have to change all of their address details with the DVLA, Banks, Doctors e.t.c. Please sign this petition if you do not want this ridiculous proposal to go ahead. It will also help if as many of you as possible leave a comment explaining why you have signed this petition, especially if you are one of the local residents who will have to face the inconvenience of changing all of your details. Please see http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/130_000_to_rename_collier_row_estate_no_thanks_1_3936382 http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/commonwealth_row_council_confirm_unpopular_plans_to_rename_estate_for_queen_s_milestone_1_4114893

Following our successful campaign in 2015 the County Council is now revisiting its options for the Countryside it owns on our behalf. It is encouraging that the statements in the published papers reiterate the success of this campaign and state that the land will not be sold BUT options do include long term leases potentially with commercial operators. We need the County Councillors to ensure the detail of any management plan, lease or contractual agreements protect the green spaces, the wildlife and the community access. It is ours to enjoy not theirs for profit We continue to call upon Staffordshire County Council to commit to preserving our natural heritage, for the common good. And to reject the notion that a private profit motive should play any part in owning, or managing our much loved green spaces. The original text was as follows *Staffordshire County Council is currently consulting on a range of options concerning their (our) countryside estate. Their options explicitly include "Disposal of sites on the open market", "Land rental for industrial development" and "a private sector partnership". The countryside estate includes Country Parks, picnic areas, country walks (along disused lines etc.) and also sites where public access is currently restricted in aid of wildlife conservation etc. Each of these sites are highly valued green spaces, that are treasured by the local population, and by those from further afield alike. The loss of these areas of natural beauty would be felt by many, and in similar cases they also tend to be irreversible; meaning once these sites are lost from public ownership, they may never be returned.

This is very important because the situation in Syria is disastrous and the number of people who are killed and dispersed is similar to the second world war. Britain generally, Wales and Swansea specifically has along and proud tradition of providing refuge at times of crisis. EU countries have agreed on a quota of 60,000 Syrian refugees to be accepted in each country. Germany has taken 30,000 so far. Where are we in this? Only 187 Syrian people has been accepted so far. People there are killed by three large armies. The government army supplied by Russian artillery, the Isis terrorists groups, and also the American warplanes which is targeting civilian's area anonymously in its search for the Isis and killing the innocent civilians who live there. Most refugees have witnessed horrific violence and many have seen their homes destroyed by bombs or have lost family members. Thousands of Syrians flee their country every day. They often decide to finally escape after seeing their neighbourhoods bombed or family members killed. For all the reasons mentioned above we have to take part in welcoming the most vulnerable refugees in the word, of which the Syrians make the largest part of.

Andrew Smith MP sums it up brilliantly: “It would be socially damaging and a false economy if more children and young people are held back in deprivation and troubled lives as a result, because the long term human and economic costs of that are huge.” Please do not shut our childrens' centres, they are invaluable resources in our troubled times, and to remove them will cause even more suffering and hardship for those already most in need. The council has agreed to reduce its £16m budget for children’s centres and early intervention hubs by 2018. It is part of savings of £284m planned, but Councillors say more may be needed in the face of further Government cuts expected next year. (source:Oxford Mail, 16th June 2015.)

On 4th June NHS England asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to suspend its programme on safe staffing in the NHS. The capacity for independent review of researched evidence on safe staffing, provided by NICE and called for by Sir Robert Francis in his Mid Staffs report, has been discarded. We need you to sign this petition today! REVERSE THE DECISION RT HON JEREMY HUNT! AFTER THE GREAT WORK THAT JEREMY HUNT HAS CHAMPIONED FOR PATIENT SAFETY IN THE NHS, MANY ARE SHOCKED AND SURPRISED AT THIS DEVELOPMENT. Sir Robert Francis QC who led the Public Inquiry into the Disaster at Mid Staffs has spoken out in concern by releasing a press statement and said, “While there is nothing wrong, and indeed everything to be said, for NHS England reviewing staffing levels, I specifically recommended the work which NICE has been undertaking for a reason, namely, they have an evidence-based and analytical approach. NICE also has an advantage not enjoyed by NHS England of being independent. It is important to establish practical guidance, based on the needs of patients, which will enable providers, commissioners and service users alike to understand whether a particular service is safely staffed.” Julie Bailey founder of ‘Cure the NHS’ says: “It is critical that this work is done independently. We cannot allow this important work to be sabotaged. We have all waited too long for this already. Our fear is that the guidance will be based on cost and not evidence, anymore. Removing NICE from this critical work in our opinion is a step backwards for patient and staff safety.” This is about making sure patients are safe in our A&E departments. It’s about making sure that vulnerable people receive safe care when treated at home or are discharged from hospital into our communities. For years Julie Bailey CBE and the group she formed with the Mid Staffs families’ Cure the NHS’ campaigned for Safe Staffing levels on our NHS wards and eventually won the fight for a Public Inquiry. The result was the Francis report which exposed the deaths and suffering of hundreds of people. The report produced a massive 290 recommendations, which changed the landscape of our NHS for the better, to keep ourselves and our families safe. Julie’s mum died because the NHS centrally driven target approach put finances before safe care. She worked tirelessly for the rights of patients to receive safe care, losing her home and her café business in the process. Again Julie is fighting this campaign to make sure the NHS has enough staff to make care safe. Please sign the petition.