Successful Campaigns

Thanks, 38 Degrees, for facilitating this. The Council backed down. Now there's a new 38 Degrees petition to save Telferton allotments in Edinburgh from the predations of a housebuilder.

HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PROPOSAL WE SAW WAS A DRAFT LEAKED BY MISTAKE. I HAVE BEEN ASSURED THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE WAY WE USE THE VALE PARKS AND GREEN SPACES WITH OUR DOGS.

15/11/21 Seven years ago, The Bull’s Head at Craswall, one of Herefordshire’s best-loved pubs, closed its doors, seemingly for ever. Three and a half years ago, two hundred people protested outside the pub and 1300 signed a petition calling for its reinstatement. On Thursday November 25, we are delighted to tell you, that the Bull – refurbished but far from ruined – will finally reopen under the control of Jake and Aimi Townley. You will find the stone-walled bar hardly changed at all. For some of us it’s been a long, long trail and we hope it’s going to be a fantastic outcome. Jake is an acclaimed chef who specialises in simple, local and high-quality food, and you can expect a warm welcome. But the Townleys promise it will always be a pub as well as a restaurant. To find out more, please go to https://www.wildbynaturellp.com/the-bulls-head-inn And hope to see you there. Thanks to everyone for their support. You really did make a difference. Very best, Matthew and Jim

Dear Friends, Our petition presented to Merseytravel to allow emergency vehicles through the tunnel free of charge has been successful. I am pleased to see that common sense has prevailed, and that the right decision has been reached. Last year according to Merseytravel figures the cost to the emergency services was approx £185,000. Considering the constant cuts that threaten the emergency services this money can now be better spent supporting emergency services to the people of Wirral. Thanks Christopher Carubia

UPDATE - 03/07/14 We did it, the camp is saved. The Management Committee of the Salford Children’s Holiday Camp has rescinded its decision to close the camp. We would like to thank Salford schools, the local business community and charitable organisations for their support in helping us reach this decision.

10/04/22 VICTORY! THE ANIMAL WELFARE (SENTIENCE) BILL HAS NOW BEEN PASSED BY PARLIAMENT. THEREFORE, THE AMENDMENT ASKING THAT DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS AND CEPHALOPODS SHOULD BE RECOGNISED AS BEING SENTIENT HAS BECOME LAW! Thank you for all your support over the years. Your voices have made a substantial difference during this long struggle. Let us hope this is a step towards a kinder Britain. This will not only be better for animals but also for humans as well. After all, kindness is its own reward, something substantiated not least by modern psychology. However, we cannot rest on our laurels. Although this is a major step forward, it will be necessary to change the rules and regulations controlling how these animals are treated. This should now be much easier. We must also change how other invertebrates are treated like, for example, bivalves such as scallops, oysters and mussels. Millions of scallops, for instance, are caught by UK vessels each year. So, we may be asking for your support again sometime in the future. Still, none of this should take away from this major step forward in UK law With kind regards, as always, Peter (The Shellfish Network)

THE region’s ambulance service has been forced into a U-turn over plans to cut services across parts of Cumbria. The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has announced it will not be removing an ambulance from Carlisle or a rapid response vehicle overnight from Penrith, after campaigners gathered 11,500 signatures from local people. Campaigners held a heated public meeting and thousands of people signed a petition, which was delivered to Downing Street. http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/11352023.Ambulance_service_is_spared_cuts_of___2_2m/

2/02/17 - We won Newman university have pulled the adverts. Please sign the new petition calling on the ordnance survey to pull their adverts here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop-ordnance-survey-migration-lawyers-ads-on-muslimban-cheerleaders-breitbart

07/01/19 - A much-needed pedestrian crossing in a town centre is to be installed in early January 2019. Leicestershire County Council Highways issued a three-week closure notice for the layby on Lancaster Road, Hinckley, while the zebra crossing is installed. Works on the crossing are to begin on January 7 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/long-awaited-hinckley-town-centre-2368421

Many of you will have seen the fantastic news that plans to build an incinerator at Barton Stacey have been scrapped. The MPs, campaign leaders, councillors, residents and others who have contested the plans, or have agitated and informed all deserve huge credit. As North West Hampshire MP Kit Malthouse - who campaigned against the plant alongside Caroline Nokes MP - said, “This is great news and a tribute to the community’s campaign against this project”. Thank you, too, for signing this petition that played a small part in illustrating our collective opposition.