Over the lifetime of the Hub, students developed and led their own sustainability projects through our WHOLE EARTH? Fellowships Programme, helped local enterprises recognise and develop their sustainability potential in the Green Impact Enterprise project, reviewed the university’s focus on sustainability in the study programmes working as Sustainability Researchers in the Education for Sustainability initiative, and worked on a number of other projects such as Grow At Home and Behind Your Screen. The Hub provides a great example that illustrates the institutional responsibilities and provides a programme that helps utilise our knowledge, skills, creativity and passions to act responsibly and as active, engaged citizens. The proposed closure of the Hub takes away this opportunity that helps not just the students on many different levels, but also the University, the Students’ Union and the wider community. We also have a crowdfunding page for anyone who would like to help keep the Hub alive - we would be so grateful for any donation, big or small. https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/sustainability-hub

Nigel Farage has been an MEP since 1999 and despite his loathing of it, he has been happily pocketing the £84,000 annual salary. His record of attendance would see most children thrown out of school as he skives most sessions and is currently ranked 746th out of 751 MEP's when it comes to voting on any legislation. He has been fundamental in the UK voting for Brexit, however despite this he is still going to claim his salary for the next two years (in addition to all the expenses that accompany the position). As an MEP he will also be entitled to a monthly "pension" of £5,400 for life which is a waste of tax payers money from whichever country it has come from.

The country, and the people of Kingswood, recently voted for a shake up of British politics. Citizens of Kingswood feel underrepresented by the political system in the United Kingdom. Mixed-member proportional representation, as used in the devolved assemblies of Scotland, Wales and London, ensures that the views and concerns of all citizens in each constituency are better represented at a national level. At the 2015 general election 24,873 voters in Kingswood, 51.7% of the voting public, saw their votes count for nothing. Their votes for Labour, UKIP, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, the BNP, TUSC and Vapers In Power did not contribute to the election of a single MP in Westminster. Their voices have effectively been silenced. The story is the same all over the country. UKIP received nearly 4 million votes and only 1 seat, the Greens received over 1 million votes and also only 1 seat. The result of the 2015 election was arguably the least representative in modern history, leaving voters powerless and disillusioned. This is not democracy. We, the people of Kingswood, urge you to represent our wishes and take every opportunity to back mixed-member proportional representation in your role as our MP.

Tuition fees are currently set at flat rate of £9k per student per year regardless of the future value that each student will deliver to the country. This is short sighted and counterproductive, producing thousands of graduates that no-one needs and students destined to undertake "non-graduate" jobs. At their age, money talks. Being offered a "free" degree in Computer Science, for example, will encourage more candidates to apply to learn useful skills.

We want to make sure that all children and adults are educated on how people could end up on the streets and what homeless people have to go through everyday. In particular, we think this is important because we live in Brighton and homelessness is a problem locally which is only getting worse. We do not believe that the people of Brighton treat homeless people fairly because everyone assumes they have drug problems or that they don't want to work and educating everyone would help them understand that this is not always the case.

In the 1960's armed security personnel forcibly evicted the islanders against their will, first killing all their pet dogs as a warning. Some stragglers were finally driven out by starvation and lack of medical care in the 1970's. The USA has maintained a military base there since the 60's. It is alleged they used Diego Garcia, the largest island, for "extraordinary rendition" torture. 2016 the lease is due. These islands are no longer of any use as a military base. Ownership should be with Maritius not Britain. Late 70's or early 80's some islanders were given a pitiful £6,500 compensation, most got nothing. This injustice should no longer be prolonged by the British Government.

Since the referendum was held it has become clear that many of the claims made beforehand, by both sides, bear little relation to the truth. In addition, the ramifications both of leaving or remaining in the EU are far clearer now than they were at the time the referendum was held. In light of the above we feel the only sensible course to be to allow Parliament to examine the claims and counter claims, consider the ramifications of the two courses of action presented, and then exercise their responsibility as our democratically elected representatives to determine how the National Interest might best be served. The Sovereignty of Parliament was, indeed, one of the main issues of the referendum campaigns. The fate of the nation for decades to come seems far too important to be decided upon party political lines, however, so we would request that in this instance you remove the whip from Conservative Party MPs and allow them vote as their consciences dictate. We would hope that the leaders of the other political parties would follow suit. It is said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. With all due respect, it would not have been won had Wellington led the British Army to the battlefield then promptly relieved himself of command to leave his subordinates to argue over the army's subsequent direction. History will not be kind to a Prime Minister whose actions, whether intentional or not, led to the most serious constitutional crisis in living memory and who then promptly 'fled the field' to leave his successor to deal with the consequences. When buying a second hand car it is inadvisable in the extreme to take the sellers claims at face value and complete the purchase without having a friendly mechanic examine their validity. Is the Conservative Government really going to attach less importance to the fate of the UK, and indeed Europe, over the next 40 years than the man-in-the-street would attach to a car purchase and fail to perform due diligence regards this issue? During the speech announcing your impending resignation as Prime Minister you said “I love this country and I feel honoured to have served it." Please prove this by performing what could possibly be the most important service of your Prime Ministerial career.

In the light of the recently published Chilcot report on the lead up to and subsequent execution of the Iraq war, it has become clear the incident relating to the death of Dr David Kelly is fundamental to the events leading up to the decision to invade. Dr David Kelly had grave concerns with the evidence used in justification of the war. Jack Straw the foreign secretary at the time belittled both him and his concerns about “sexing up” the government dossier promoting the war. Dr Kellys subsequent suicide left many questions unanswered and conclusions drawn after the Hutton enquiry are less than satisfactory. I believe the events leading up to and following the death of Dr Kelly should be reinvestigated and all files relating to this should be made public.

The local councillor for Ryton campaigned to stop building on the greenbelt, however, she was then given a seat on Gatesheads housing committee and all of a sudden it seems the plans to build have been 'pushed through, the local infrastructure will not cope as the local roads are already gridlocked in the morning and in the evenings and also schools in the local area are almost up to capacity

The dementia centre is a life line for clients on the island they get hot meals help with personal hygiene medical help and socialise with other people in the same position as them .they get interaction .the befriending scheme they are proposing to use maybe a good thing for doing shopping or sitting with clients for a coup,e of hours to let carers do something for themselves but what about the clients who don't have anyone else .they go to day centre for the day it is a life line for them .

On 23rd June 2016, the Office for National Statistics released distressing data, which shows an increase in death rates of 9% (that's 52,400 people) in England and Wales between June 2014 and June 2015 when compared with data from the previous year. This rise is unprecedented. Never before have we failed our sick and elderly populations to such a degree. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) published the data in an article on 6th July, stating that austerity and economic inequality played a "major role" in this increase. There are now millions fewer social care visits to the elderly per year since Osborne assumed office in 2010 and Jeremy Hunt in 2012. These care packages were seen as playing a vital role in the early identification and treatment of the deterioration in a person’s health and well-being. Public Health England stated that they are observing rapidly increasing mortality rates in the over 75s. These rates are particularly high in “spearhead areas”, which are some of the poorest parts of the country. The BMJ have stated that members of the public with long term health needs such as dementia and other disabilities are suffering the most. Often these are the people among us without a voice. Be their voice and sign this petition to hold Jeremy Hunt and George Osborne accountable for causing the premature deaths of these 52,400 people by inflicting vile austerity measures upon public health services against the wishes of the majority of the British public who value our national health service. We are also calling for a public review of the health budget cuts and privatisation deals that have been and are being negotiated and agreed upon on our behalf. The NHS belongs to us, the responsibility to save it is ours.

Thousands of animals die or are injured by litter every year!, The world and the streets are our home and if our streets are clean then that means a healthier living meaning hopefully we will be a role model and encourage other places around the world and maybe get rid of litter once and for all...