Successful Campaigns

10/11/21 It gives us great pleasure to announce that the RNLI has announced their decision to station a new Shannon class all-weather lifeboat in New Quay. This is the news we've been waiting for and we could't have done it without your support. Thank you! You can read more about here: https://www.facebook.com/CeredigionLifeboatCampaign Newyddion bendigedig i Gei Newydd ac i Fae Ceredigion. Diolch yn fawr iawn am eich cefnogaeth dros y 4 blynedd diwethaf. Diolch / Thank you from us all at the CLC

Transport for London has banned adverts for holiday let companies that take homes away from Londoners, following a successful campaign against the anti-tenant adverts by Generation Rent. New advertising guidelines will mean that any advertising that encourages removing homes from the private rental market will be banned from the TfL estate. The victory comes after over 8000 renters signed a Generation Rent petition asking TfL to drop adverts from short term lets company Hostmaker. In the adverts, Hostmaker told landlords they could increase their yield by 30% by ditching tenants and switching their properties to short term lets.

We won! Following huge opposition to the withdrawal of the number 27 bus, Stagecoach has decided to keep the bus running! http://nxbus.co.uk/routes/west-midlands/B027/?timetable[day]=&

We won! HSBC have removed the anti-homeless spikes from outside the New Street branch. Read more here: https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2015/11/27/homeless-spikes-campaign-win-birmingham-hsbc/

GOOD NEWS! 09/04/20 As a result of our campaign and petition, which achieved a fantastic 16,000 signatures, the Rose Theatre has been saved from closure. Kingston Council has announced that, instead of cutting the entirety of the Rose's £265,000 budget allocation, it will simply reduce funding by £20,000 this year, £15,000 next year and a further £30,000 in 2022-2023. After that, it is proposed that the yearly budget allocated for the Rose will remain at £200,000 a year. This is a major victory. The theatre, which was threatened with closure, now has a secure future. Politicians of many colours will undoubtedly try to claim credit for this victory, though no political party officially supported us in our fight; protecting the Rose was simply not on the agenda before our campaign and, without us, it would not have been saved. This is a real victory for community activism and demonstrates just how powerful ordinary people can be when we come together in the service of a common goal. Thank you so much for all of your help and everything you have done. This is a great outcome but not a perfect one. The Rose is still facing a significant reduction in funds over the next few years and there is still much to do (any thoughts on how to continue the fight are very welcome). Unfortunately, reforms by the current Council administration also make a future petition like this all but impossible. But, right now, we can enjoy this victory and take heart from a bit of good news. Kind regards, Phil Bevin Convener of Coalition Against Demolition (the organisation behind the Save the Rose campaign)

14/03/17 We won! It's just been announced: "Founded in 1744, Muirfield golf club will finally allow female members with immediate effect." https://twitter.com/JamieRoss7/status/841613192522522624

Great News! Dear Supporters Just to inform you that several flights have now landed with hundreds of travellers and our daughter is back home. Thank you to all who signed and shared this petition, to the MPs who pushed for this to happen, to the staff at the Foreign Office and the Peruvian authorities, to Zoe and Caspar whose daughter was travelling with our daughter and were tremendous in their support and help. It is a huge relief to us and I'm sure, all other families and friends. Thank you to 38 degrees for helping and empowering people like us in difficult situations. We are aware that there might still be people in Peru who have not been able to get on the flights. It's important for them to contact the British Embassy, to via help@fco Best wishes Pablo

21/09/21 We won! I am delighted to announce the fantastic news that the club is safe for the time being after agreeing a new 5 year lease with the owners yesterday. We will continue to work with a view to acquiring long term security, but for now the threat of immediate closure has gone. Thank you all for your support, and for showing such love for our fabulous local Cricket and Bowls Club. Very best wishes Everyone at Aigburth Cricket and Bowls Club.

12/09/22 It's been almost two years since we started our campaign to stop the proposed merger between Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, and University Hospital Sussex, but finally we have received the news we have all been working towards. All work on the merger has been stopped and we have been informed that this is not a pause but a final decision not to go ahead with the merger now or in the future. Recent whistleblowing by consultants at USH and the subsequent CQC reports highlighting significant ongoing patient safety concerns have proved that merger with them would have been a disaster for QVH. We want to thank each and every one of you that has been involved in supporting us during our fight to save these internationally respected specialist services. We now need leadership put in place that understands and values this unique hospital and its staff. Not a leadership team that is willing to sell it off the highest bidder, instead a leadership team that will fight for its future by building on its strengths and working with like-minded organisations. Thank you all for helping us to get our voices heard!

UPDATE 06/07/18 - We won! MPs approve 'Seni's law' to restrict use of force against mental health patients! MPs have voted in favour of a new law to restrict the use of force against patients in mental health units, despite fears the bill might be blocked. The changes would force NHS trusts to increase transparency about the restraint of patients, including making police officers wear body cameras when dealing with vulnerable people The Commons burst into applause when the private member's bill, introduced by Labour's Steve Reed, passed its third reading. The reforms are known as "Seni's law" in memory of Olaseni Lewis, who died in September 2010 after being restrained by 11 police officers at Bethlem Royal Hospital in south-east London. Read more here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/senis-law-olaseni-lewis-mental-health-uk-government-mps-patients-a8435161.html