Successful Campaigns

We won! Following huge opposition to the withdrawal of the number 27 bus, Stagecoach has decided to keep the bus running! http://nxbus.co.uk/routes/west-midlands/B027/?timetable[day]=&

WE WON! 30/06/17 We delivered a downloaded version of this petition to Case officer. The developers have resubmitted their plans and the tree is saved! They are now planning to enhance the area around the tree to enhance its vitality and vigour. We won this battle but fear there will be another in years to come...10 to be precise. More here: http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/oak-tree-officially-saved-after-152686

Great news! 03/11/22 The news we have all been waiting for has at last arrived! The Port of Dover recently announced that it has abandoned its plans to dredge the Goodwin Sands for landfill for their port development. As you can imagine, after six and a half years of campaigning this news is extremely welcome as it clearly shows that development does not need to come at the expense of the environment. We would like to thank you all for your encouragement, donations and support, without which we would not have achieved this positive outcome. This campaign has definitely been a huge joint effort. We would like to recognise the support provided by our MP Natalie Elphicke who understood both the need for the port development and our concerns for the marine environment. We have no doubt that she was instrumental in encouraging the Port of Dover to source the necessary landfill elsewhere. Despite this result being a vindication of all we have fought for, we know this is just a battle won, not the whole war and we will not be resting on our laurels. We are acutely aware that assurances need to be sought from all the major stakeholders including The Crown Estate, the Environment Agency and the Marine Management Organisation that they will never allow the Goodwins to be exploited ever again. Thank you again for staying with us over the past six years and we look forward to keeping you updated on our continued work to Save Our Sands. Best wishes, Joanna and Fiona

Update 16/11/17 We won! Homebase says it intends to end the sale of plants grown that have been treated with neonicotinoid-based pesticides by the end of 2018. They said: "We have been working closely with our suppliers and seeking advice from other stakeholders about the use of neonicotinoids and we have committed to stop using these insecticides on garden plants, as well as removing neonicotinoid-based garden care products from sale by the end of 2018." Read more here: https://www.hortweek.com/homebase-bunnings-stop-selling-neonicotinoid-treated-plants/retail/article/1450434

11/04/18 Great news! Thank you for signing the petition! We have won this skirmish! Derbyshire NHS managers are now saying this about plans to scrap the 535 beds in Derbyshire: ''The original STP made heroic assumptions about bed reductions - we are now remodelling these in the light of the population and other factors''. Paul Wood, the Southern Derbyshire CCG Chair Thank you and well done.

UPDATE: 19/04/17 George Osborne has announced that he's quitting as an MP Read more here: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/george-osborne-quits-as-mp-saying-he-is-leaving-westminster-for-now-a3518001.html

21/07/17 - We Won! NHS bosses have announced they are scrapping plans to downgrade Broomfield A&E. https://home.38degrees.org.uk/2017/07/24/victory-broomfields-ae-essex-saved/ We are obviously very pleased – this is a victory for people power' said Defend Our A&E Broomfield campaign coordinator Andy Abbott. 'It shows the importance of campaigning, of organising, and fighting back. Because if people in mid and south Essex had sat back and done nothing, these dangerous cuts to our A&E services would still be going ahead. So it's a big well done to the more than 30,000 people who have signed our paper and online petitions, and to the hundreds that have supported our public meetings and demonstrations.' 'However, the devil is always in the detail. So we await to see what the Success Regime's final proposals are. However at this stage it's a warm if cautious welcome to the announcement.' Read more at http://www.essexlive.news/u-turn-victory-over-broomfield-a-e-plans/story-30449625-detail/story.html#s8tCxicHfMULF57I.99

08/10/19 - Great news! It is with great elation that I am writing this after my out of country application for a spouse visa has now been approved. Throughout this trying and stressful time we would not have had the courage or strength to continue the battle had it not been for the overwhelming support received by you all. I will be returning home shortly to my much loved home Arran to once again continue the life my husband John and I have built and will yet again be a familiar face in our wee shop 'The Sandwich Station'. The heartache experienced by seperation from not only one's home but the love of your life, soulmate, friends and community is one that can never be conveyed in words! I hope that we will all continue to stand together and fight for the countless others that have been placed in a similar position. Let us hope that in so doing we can lay the foundations for a society that is strengthend in bond and unity allowing people from all walks of life the freedom to love who they so wish, live where they are wanted but above all help build on the compassion that we all share. Many thanks to you all, let this be only but the beginning of a bright and beautiful future. Lizanne

The public pressure became too much and Mooboo will now pay all staff for every hour they work, whether trail shift or training.