Successful Campaigns

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)

15/05/18 - We won... mostly. The University is retaining the pension scheme for existing staff, but new staff from the start of next year will not be eligible to join. The petition was an important part of the campaign and certainly made a difference.

UPDATE 14/07/16 - Great news! You may have seen the article in the Oxford Time/ Abingdon Herald this week that the Abbey meadows Outdoor Pool will be replaced. Hurray! http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/14612282.Abbey_Meadows_pool_in_Abingdon_to_be_completely_replaced/

UPDATE: 22/05/15 - The Vale of the White Horse District Council confirmed cross party support for keeping and refurbishing Abingdon Outdoor Pool at the council meeting last night. Yeh!

This campaign was a success!

The Council's Environment, Transport and Sustainability Committee met on 29/4/14 and the Traffic Regulation Orders (Speed Limiting Orders) for our three streets were passed without further debate. This is excellent news and means that we now await implementation i.e. for the 20 mph signs to appear. Thank you all for participating. The decision list is on the council website at: http://bit.ly/1mgZWde

UPDATE: 25/04/16 After a heated council debate on the 19th April, the council have agreed that all public toilets currently open will remain open! But unfortunately they are not going to provide temporary toilets while the Beeston interchange is redeveloped. Many thanks for all your support in this campaign.

I handed in the 'Refugees Welcome in Lincoln' last Friday morning (11th September) and today I have just read on The Lincolnite that the council has agreed to take 200 Syrian refugees (link below). This is brilliant news. I am certain that the petition will have played its part in convincing the council to make a humanitarian response to the plight of the Syrian people. http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2015/09/lincolnshire-in-line-to-support-200-syrian-refugees/

We had some success.

We won! New bus route to Capital Park starts in September. Now use it or lose it!