Posts tagged: Campaigning

Keep on Marching!

8 April 2011 – 11:35 am

The March for the Alternative has absolutely been the highlight of my year so far.  I went on the VONNE bus- with activists from across the North East.  I’d expected a grim and gruelling day but what I came away with was an amazing sense of solidarity, and tired cheeks from grinning all day!  Depending [...]

By Jo Whaley | Posted in Campaigning | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Using the fire in the belly…

21 February 2011 – 9:51 am

Campaigning is touching every aspect of my life at the moment- I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a massive heap of letters from my MP at home- in response to my emails about all the diverse changes in the world around me from cuts in benefits, to cuts in woodlands, for support in [...]

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Protect our safety net!

13 September 2010 – 5:02 pm

My greatest fear around the public sector spending cuts are to our society’s safety net- welfare benefits. The closure of the Independent Living Fund for new applicants, and the further threats to it from the spending review, mean that many severely disabled people will not be able to work or live independently (which ironically may [...]

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Caught short?

4 June 2010 – 10:36 am

A bugbear of mine is the woeful lack of public toilets…when you most need one.  It’s all very well if you’re caught short in the middle of a city centre when shops are open, but otherwise it can be hard to find a loo when you need one, especially if you don’t know an area.  [...]

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Who will be the new Minister with responsibility for the Third Sector or Civil Society?

13 May 2010 – 11:21 am

I recall that the Conservatives in opposition promised that the Minister with responsibility for our sector would have a place in Cabinet. With only two Ministers from the Cabinet Office around the Cabinet table – Francis Maude MP and Oliver Letwin MP – Could it conceivably be that the minister with Cabinet responsibility for the [...]

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