Yearly Archives: 2013

Reclaim our NHS demo in York this Saturday- 6 April

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Calderdale Save Our Services , Calderdale Trades Council and Calderdale 38 Degrees NHS Group is urging everyone to support the ‘Yorkshire and the Humber Reclaim Your NHS’ demonstration in York on Saturday 6 April. The demonstration assembles at Noon at Dean’s Park, alongside York Minster. 
Help with rail fare to demo for unwaged Calderdale residents
Calderdale Trades Council has offered to pay half the rail fare for unwaged Calderdale residents travelling on the train to York leaving Hebden Bridge at 9.50 and Halifax at 10.02 to attend the march. Anybody wanting to take advantage of this should e-mail tradescouncilcalderdale@yahoo.co.uk by Midday on Friday 5 April.

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How many Upper Calder Valley Councillors have signed up with Councillors Against Cuts?

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A Todmorden Town Councillor, Mark Caterall, is the only Councillor in the Upper Calder Valley on the list of initial signatories to Councillors Against Cuts Founding Statement. How many Councillors in the Upper Calder Valley have signed up since?

Councillors, please let us know!
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Tell MPs to save the Agricultural Wages Board! Fair sustainable food needs a skilled workforce

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At Incredible Edible Mytholm’s Growing Futures Field Day yesterday, Charlie Clutterbuck explained why the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB) is worth saving from the Coalition Government’s “bonfire of the quangos”,  and that people can urge MPs to vote against its abolition when the proposal comes back to the House of Commons on April 16th.

Save the Agricultural Wages Board

You can use the Save the AWB site for information. LibDem MPs can vote against abolition, as it is not in either their Manifesto nor the Coalition Agreement. Our Tory MP Craig Whittaker will no doubt toe the party line, but it’s always worth letting our MP know if you don’t agree with that.

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Good vibes at Growing Futures Field Day

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Growing Futures Field Day went with a swing, thanks to over 180 members of the public and local politicians who came to enjoy some food for thought – as well as wild foraged soup and pancakes cooked up in the courtyard by Flood Angels, and a variety of yummy bread from the Bakehouse.

Members of the public welcomed Incredible Edible Mytholm’s ideas for Growing Futures -a community-owned, fair, sustainable food business on the Mytholm Works site. A number of Hebden Royd and Calderdale Councillors also came along to find out more, and expressed interest and support.
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Change of venue – Growing Futures Field Day will be in Hebden Bridge Town Hall & courtyard

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What with snow and mud, Incredible Edible Mytholm’s decided it could be unsafe to hold the Growing Futures Field Day in the Mytholm playing field this Saturday, 30th March. This is a shame, we were looking forward to it.

But now we’re looking forward to holding it in Hebden Bridge Town Hall, in the Waterside Hall and courtyard!

Hebden Bridge Community Association have been fantastic in accommodating us at short notice, so that all the scheduled events can still happen.
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April 1st starts stealth privatisation of NHS – every day, things are getting worse

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You can read an edited transcript of the video on the British Medical Journal website. Lucy Reynolds offers a clear, chilling analysis of how the Health and Social Care Act will work when it comes into force on April 1st.

Save Lewisham Hospital Campaign is calling on everyone to lobby Parliament and MPs on 26th March, and write to Lords to oppose  regulations that are the thin end of the wedge for stealth NHS privatisation.

“We want to make sure that CCGs are not forced to use competition, but can decide for themselves whether they use NHS services or whether they choose to use private providers like Virgin or other international companies.”

Also, you can ask your MP to sign the EDM 1188 aiming to get a public debate on the new regulations.
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