Successful Campaigns

30/07/15 - Great News! Following this campaign, Penkridge railway station is going to get a comprehensive repair! The work undertaken will include partial re-roofing, installation of gutter and drainage goods, provision of safe access to internal rooms, including deep clean, render and pointing to external elevations, followed by redecoration. Read more here: http://www.staffordshirenewsletter.co.uk/Comprehensive-repair-work-start-eyesore-Penkridge/story-27505501-detail/story.html

Update 17/05/16 The situation was successfully resolved.

After our well publicised local campaign, I am pleased to announce that the City of London agreed to extend the hours at Artizan Street Community Library. This is fantastic news! In addition to extending the hours the City will also now be trialling a Saturday opening slot for six months. From 14th May 2018 the new Library hours will be as follows: Monday- 8am-7pm Tuesday- 8am-5.30pm Wednesday- 8am-5.30pm Thursday- 8am-5.30pm Friday- 8am-5.30pm Saturday- 9am-1pm This really is tremendous news for the local community and it will now mean that this wonderful resource is available for even more people to use on a daily basis. Thank you to everyone who signed the petition and to the parents who came to the Guildhall last month to hand-in the petition. We couldn't have got this result without all of your support.

This campaign and petition was picked up by Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mental-health-slogan-tees-campaign_uk_59941182e4b00914164150f6 - which caused Pink Boutique, and other online outlets, to stop selling these products that belittle mental health issues. Congratulations Phil Hill!

We beat the developers at a national level (Planning Inspectorate)

Update - 20/04/16 We Won! Stockport Council has decided not to implement the Public Space Protection Order. Stockport United Against Austerity wrote to Eamonn Boylan, Chief Executive of the Council to raise objections about the effects of the Order on homeless people and concerns that the consultation had not met with Government legislation. He did not reply, but when challenged verbally he said that he was dissatisfied with the 'evidence base' and that it did not justify the Order. Well done everyone, public objection can work! www.stockportunitedagainstausterity.weebly.com

Positive outcome achieved

Stop Staff Cuts at New Malden Post Office has been a success! Originally, 4 members of staff were lost, which worked out to 110 hours. This resulted in queue times of, in some cases, 50 minutes! (No exaggeration, we recorded the time!) Thanks to our campaign we have had a massive 75.5 hours restored. The response to our campaign was phenomenal, with the community really getting behind our campaign.

We have spoken in length to our local council and have now resolved this issue.

Stockport Council withdrew its proposal to scrap its Local Assistance Scheme.