22 posts for "Campaigns"
Labour Gives Card Account Boost to the Post Office
As the Labour Government announced the renewal of the Post Office Card Account, Stephen Morgan pays tribute to local campaigners.
Problems in Local Social Services
"Trying to squeeze a quart out of a pint pot" is the phrase that springs to mind.
Help Support Victims of Sexual Violence
It is estimated that 300,000 women are raped or subjected to a serious sexual assault every year. Conviction rates for attackers have fallen from 33 per cent in the 1970s to around 5 per cent today. Yet funding for Rape Crisis centres is falling and centres are closing. Please sign the e-petition at the Downing Street web site to press for better funding.
How Often Do You Cut Your Toenails?
Age Concern have a petition around the decision of Bromley Primary Care Trust not to cut the nails of people with healthy feet. You can contact Age Concern on 020 8315 1850 to sign the petition or log your views with the Public Relations Manager at Bassetts House on 01689 853339.
Save Orpington Post Offices
The Post Office public consultation proposes closing three post offices in Orpington. You can help save them by sending in your comments.
More Affordable Housing for Orpington
The Mayor of London has used the planning regulations to require Tesco to provide more social rented housing at their new site by Orpington War Memorial.
