Successful Campaigns

We Won! 05/03/19 A big thank you to everyone who signed our petition. Sandwell Autism Group are thrilled to report that Sandwell Council have now funded specialist autism family support for another year. The support is across the whole of Sandwell to any parent/carer who needs it. A grant was given to Autism West Midlands to provide the service and they have been asked to consult with parent/carers to make sure the offer of support meets the needs of the parent/carers. We are now looking towards how our voice can become part of the planning at a strategic level so we don't have this issue every year. Again, thanks to everyone who took time to sign and share the petition. Best wishes Rebecca Harris

UPDATE - 04/-4/16 We won! You may already have walked across it…. the zebra crossing which we’ve been campaigning for is now a reality! Nearly 1000 people signed the petition and Hackney Council heard our campaign – they agreed that the junction between Downs Road and Rendlesham Road needed to be made safer. Over the last few weeks the diggers and road builders have been busy at work and now the zebra crossing is officially open! This is already making lives safer and the experience of crossing the road from Hackney Downs much less stressful.

UPDATE 25/2/14: Hounslow Council last night voted to list our favourite local! This means that the Red Lion is now protected for a six months community consultation period in the event that a developer applies for change of use or redevelopment.

24/11/17 We won! Great news, the walk in centres are saved! Thank you so much for signing! The health body announced the news in a tweet, saying: “The two current Walk-in Centre services in Bury and Prestwich will continue to provide existing services beyond March 2018, whilst the future model for urgent care is developed.” Read more here http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/two-nhs-walk-centres-bury-13946361

01/06/14 - Well done all! the GPC rejected the motion for GP fees and it has not been carried over to the BMC ARM in June, you can see the full agenda here: http://bma.org.uk/working-for-change/arm-2014-info/agenda

UPDATE: 22/06/16 Great news my friends, today Renfrewshire council, at a full council meeting, unanimously passed a motion to phase out the use of glyphosate weedkillers as soon as effectively possible, while running two pilot schemes trialling the Safe alternatives. Well done everyone who not only took the time to sign our petition but also those that took the time and effort to tell their friends and family about it. We can now look forward to living in a cleaner less harmful environment. I sincerely cant thank you all enough for your support.

WE WON! 31/05/18 Scotrail have agreed service was below acceptable standard, carried out an independent review and stopped the practice of skipping stops as the first of 20 improvement steps

12/06/19 Whirlpool has been ordered to recall 500,000 tumble dryers in an “unprecedented” government move, a business minister has announced. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/11/whirlpool-faces-recall-half-million-tumble-dryers-unprecedented/

19/12/2014: At a Cabinet meeting on 9 December, the Leader of Cheshire East Council, Michael Jones announced that Hollins View would stay open until December 2015. We are overjoyed with the news, but know that this is only a temporary measure and the service is still under threat. However, without your help the service would have already been lost. We are closing the petition now and hope to start again in 2015 to try to ensure that this valuable facility stays open.