please sign this petition

[WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr]

it is a petition my friend has set up because her surestart group is closing and so are many others. if you use surestart or know some one who does please sign this the link to the petition is at the bottom of the page.

done

signed, as has dh

bump

Signed, and bumping for the early birds

with pleasure

done and bump

thankyou let's keep this bumped!

signed!couldnt cope without surestart in my area!

done

done it

me too.

bump

done have been to a sure atart xmas party with dd2 today.. she loves the playgroup.............

signed it

done and hubby too

thanks

bump

why aren't more people signing?

i know!
Ive just done it

done

Possibly the reason more people aren't signing is that it's not clear what the petition is for.

In principle a petition is a statement from all the signatories of what they want to be done. This one is a personal account by one young mother of what Surestart has meant to her (a very well-written personal account, by the way, but because it's so personal it's hard for a complete stranger to sign up to... signing a petition (effectively a letter) that says "I moved to Brigdwater just over 1 year ago" when you didn't will seem odd to many) with no indication of what it's actually asking for. The national Government to reverse the decision that closes down Surestart? An undertaking from someone (who?) that existing Surestart groups initiatives will be incorporated into the new structure? Additional funding from local government to keep the local Surestart groups running even after the new scheme comes in?

A lot of people won't sign petitions if those sorts of things aren't clear.

i'm confused what do you mean by "i moved to bridgewater over one year ago when you didn't".

the petition is to stop the governement pulling funding on sure start groups across the uk .. isn't it made clear? maybe i'll have a word with her see if she can make it a bit clearer.

have signrd the petition.

cheers