Successful Campaigns

UPDATE 17/07/17 Bernard Kenny is going to be awarded a George Medal for his bravery http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/17/pensioner-who-tried-to-stop-jo-cox-murder-to-be-awarded-george-medal-6715169/

Thanks to everyone who supported the campaign, Inverleith House has been saved from closure and will continue to host exhibitions. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/scotlands-pioneering-inverleith-house-gallery-saved

UPDATE - 13/09/16 We won! The hospital released a statement confirming that the beds will re-open!

7/09/16 - We Won! The government has announced today that it will make it easier for people to register to vote anonymously. This is a fantastic victory for the thousands of people involved in this campaign. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/07/registering-to-vote-anonymously-to-be-made-easier

UPDATE: 16/11/16 Success – and it’s all thanks to you! Today we’ve had confirmation that Haringey Council will be resettling ten Syrian refugee families in the borough via the Vulnerable Person Resettlement scheme! However, so far no timescale has been announced for when the refugee families will arrive, so it’s crucial that we keep up the pressure and continue our campaign.

Following this successful petition, the statue of Robert Milligan has been removed https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-52977088 There's now a new campaign to build a memorial to historic Londoner and Black anti-slave trade activist Olaudah Equiano in its place. Please sign here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/build-a-memorial-for-olaudah-equiano-in-west-india-quay-london?bucket=win

15/04/18 We Won! Further to your truly amazing support we've achieved a very positive outcome! The HUGEST thanks from Howard and I - this result would not have happened without you! Jim & Howard. A public inquiry called by the Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Gove concluded on 27th March with a formal agreement to restrict the amount of water Southern Water is allowed to abstract from the world famous chalk rivers Test and Itchen. The company has not only abandoned its longstanding plans for a £50 million pipeline that could have transferred up to 45 million litres of water a day from the River Test to the Itchen but has also now agreed to tight restrictions on the more limited transfer it had proposed at the start of the inquiry.

Great news, after running a campaign for 48 hours, 38 Degrees members have put enough pressure on Riverford farm to ban fox-hunting from all Riverford land, not just the land run by the organic veg company. Read more here: http://blog.38degrees.org.uk/2014/10/20/riverford-fox-hunting-victory/

10/07/14 -Great News! North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust have suspended their proposals to reduce Ambulance cover on nights in Carlisle and the Rapid Response Vehicle RRV in Penrith on nights as part of a cost improvement plan. Indeed they have decided to suspend all frontline service cuts throughout all of the North West. The reason is that NWAS have received additional monies that is non-recurrent but will cover the cost of reducing frontline services for this year. Our campaign has therefore been successful but will continue again next year if NWAS decide to adopt similar proposals. Our petition was presented at No 10 Downing Street last week and totalled 11,500 signatures which included this online petition. Thank you for you support. Read more http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11352023.Ambulance_service_is_spared_cuts_of___2_2m/

Counsellor David Hall has been an excellent support of our cause helping us in every way possible. Today he emailed some good news that I'm sure he won't mind me sharing. I met with Terry Collins today and he has agreed this is an exceptional one off case and refurbishment of equipment within the fenced area can go ahead funded by the play area group. We are absolutely delighted with this amazing result. The next round of bidding ends March 2016 (our first bid attempt failed in December). Many thanks for your help signing our petition, it made a real difference with nearly 300 signatures.