http://gopetition.com/signatures/give-people-the-choice-stop-the-edinburgh-direct-payments-freeze.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 5 Apr 2026 07:44 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6560180?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:40:04 UTC 6560180 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6560163?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:36:00 UTC 6560163 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6556047?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:47:11 UTC 6556047 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6555885?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:21:01 UTC 6555885 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6554560?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:52:59 UTC 6554560 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6553501?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:22:51 UTC 6553501 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6553388?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:54:02 UTC 6553388 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6553080?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:09:47 UTC 6553080 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6552839?utm_medium=rss Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:43:39 UTC 6552839 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6550971?utm_medium=rss One of the service users that we support in our service I have known for over ten years. If the tendering process continues, many more service users whom I have known for over a decade, will see their support provider change, meaning a whole new staff team.
I have worked for one of the organisations in question and found their standards of care and work practices to be very poor indeed. I work for Ark Housing Association and proud to do so. Ark staff provide excellent value for money.

]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:28:38 UTC 6550971 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6549789?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:18:35 UTC 6549789 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6548378?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:09:11 UTC 6548378 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6548354?utm_medium=rss I support this petition

]]> Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:57:14 UTC 6548354 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6547653?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:34:09 UTC 6547653 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6545626?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:52:44 UTC 6545626 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6545172?utm_medium=rss I feal that you are taking away the choices of the disabled and what about the staff that might loose their jobs have you thought about that?

]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:36:14 UTC 6545172 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6544771?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:43:34 UTC 6544771 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6544749?utm_medium=rss Keep your promise Edinburgh council. Do something correct for a change.

]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:34:54 UTC 6544749 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6544567?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:45:19 UTC 6544567 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6541895?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:42:31 UTC 6541895 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6540428?utm_medium=rss i think the is outrages what is happening. the last offer i heard was 12.65 how do the council think that service users will get a good quality service.it saddens me to think that companies who have worked so hard may in the future not exist nd that vunerable people will be at risk.this is human life they are playing with do these people see this?

]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:08:49 UTC 6540428 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6539414?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:01 UTC 6539414 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6536548?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:53 UTC 6536548 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6536518?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:47:35 UTC 6536518 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6535696?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:26:55 UTC 6535696 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6534251?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:38:09 UTC 6534251 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6533648?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:59:00 UTC 6533648 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6532201?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:31:35 UTC 6532201 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6529091?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:23:38 UTC 6529091 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6526813?utm_medium=rss First they came for the homeless services, but i did nothing, because i did not use or work for homeless services..still i'm very glad to sign this for other people to keep their jobs and services locally. I'm not bitter, honest!

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:30:54 UTC 6526813 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6525938?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:29:34 UTC 6525938 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6525868?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:25:12 UTC 6525868 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6525841?utm_medium=rss Absolurely disgraceful!

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:23:41 UTC 6525841 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6524158?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:38:41 UTC 6524158 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6522491?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:32 UTC 6522491 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6522478?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:23:12 UTC 6522478 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6518727?utm_medium=rss I have been very upset to hear about the direct payment debacle and the failure of the tendering process to consider the views of the people affected by the changes the council intends to make. I know an affected family and am horrified that their lives are being made more difficult by an organisation which should have their support as a primary aim.
Please reconsider.

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:45:56 UTC 6518727 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6517889?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:24:44 UTC 6517889 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6516418?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:45:36 UTC 6516418 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6516215?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:40:02 UTC 6516215 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6512829?utm_medium=rss This is an cowardly attack by the Council. Good to see disability activists and supporters fighting back.

]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:45:45 UTC 6512829 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6511684?utm_medium=rss Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:04:15 UTC 6511684 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6511123?utm_medium=rss It is a disgrace that the most vulnerable in society are being targeted with these cuts, many services for the disabled have already been lost, we have to stand up and say no more.

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]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:41:13 UTC 6507416 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6507344?utm_medium=rss I am a support worker with people with mental health problems and/or learning disabilities and am appalled at the way the council have failed to consult with or listen to the receivers of these services, something which should be fundamental to decision making.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:27:07 UTC 6507344 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6507243?utm_medium=rss The Garvald Village farm which looks after the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well- being of people suffering from a learning disability has a long history of expertise and success with its clients. Money has to be found for them just as the council promised. it would be a crime to think that because these people are disabled and cannot provide as much finacially for society that they can be treated shoddily. They are the most vulnerable people in society. Shame on the Council.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:10:07 UTC 6507243 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6506840?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:57:44 UTC 6506840 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6506740?utm_medium=rss Vulnerable people ought to be supported with the very best care and consulted with properly if changes are to be made. It can be very upsetting to people with disabilities and mental health issues to suddenly find services have changed. This can easily cause unecessary stress and anxiety which could be easily avoided with good communication and compassion for others.

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]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:34:58 UTC 6504475 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6504455?utm_medium=rss I is only right all people should have the right to whichever care providers they chose and not be forced to have someone they do not know and trust, my son has received Direct Payments but this is still not a certainty that he can have the care providers of his choice, he wants that choice and to be able to afford it.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:29:21 UTC 6504455 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6504427?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:20:28 UTC 6504427 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6504325?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:48:46 UTC 6504325 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6504295?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:36:42 UTC 6504295 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6504284?utm_medium=rss my wife and i are facing the same fight in
midlothian and are having to access direct
payments at the age of sixty years old for
our son who is 32 years old. they are not
only changing bens care at home package
but it also effects his adult day centre and as a result he will have to leave after
fourteen years. the fight still goes on!!!!!

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:33:58 UTC 6504284 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6504132?utm_medium=rss We were going down the direct payment route in the hope that my son could remain in the excellent care of Garvald Edinburgh. Although sadly he died this summer, I feel so strongly for his fellow clients that they should have the right to stay with their existing provider under the direct payment scheme.

]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:41:45 UTC 6504132 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6503977?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:54:16 UTC 6503977 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6503900?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:26:12 UTC 6503900 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6503833?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:05:22 UTC 6503833 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6503802?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:53:12 UTC 6503802 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6503791?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:46:54 UTC 6503791 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6503627?utm_medium=rss Please be ethical and honour the promise you made and allow people requiring help the financial independency that is so important to humankind

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