Rethink the council cut to Eden Arts Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/rethink-the-council-cut-to-eden-arts.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:46 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Adrian Culley [Signature #675] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19410978?utm_medium=rss When we cut arts, we cut ourselves. Churchill ring fenced arts spending in WWII because he was wise enough to know its true value.

]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2015 06:33:32 UTC 19410978 Rebecca Mellor [Signature #674] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/15153252?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:04:06 UTC 15153252 Mr Graham Doughty [Signature #673] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13122978?utm_medium=rss Recently planning a tour to Cumbria with our company Opera X, we would like to support this petition re the absolute need for venues in this part of Cumbria.

]]> Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:49:53 UTC 13122978 Jo Dix [Signature #672] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12234049?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:40:46 UTC 12234049 Mr Antony Brooke [Signature #671] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11969535?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:36:00 UTC 11969535 Miss Anonymous [Signature #670] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11963730?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Jan 2012 01:29:50 UTC 11963730 Prof Conrad Atkinsn [Signature #669] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11935325?utm_medium=rss Wed, 4 Jan 2012 11:27:38 UTC 11935325 jill Whiteford [Signature #668] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11917868?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts make fantastic things happen for very little money. This funding savagery is counter- productive considering the five fold increase in value that Eden Arts achieves, the support for small business and tourism they provide, the focus of inclusive activities for communities in rural areas and the joy, fun and wonder provided by engagement with cultural activities.
Eden Valley Council has an opportunity to keep some vibrancy alive in an increasingly grey and grim climate.

]]> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:27:38 UTC 11917868 Margaret James-Barber [Signature #667] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11888489?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:05:04 UTC 11888489 annie foster [Signature #666] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11886346?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:33:46 UTC 11886346 Miss Victoria Townley [Signature #665] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11865578?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:43:42 UTC 11865578 Ms Gina Dowding [Signature #664] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11857104?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:48:56 UTC 11857104 Mr Alec Lyon [Signature #663] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11833714?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:40:27 UTC 11833714 Ms Doe Brannon [Signature #662] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11804034?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts delivers and promotes a wide range of cultural activities in this area. They add a great deal to the quality of life for local people and visitors alike. Although Eden Arts may seem like an easy target at the moment the council will regret it's decision if they go ahead with the cuts. Once lost is will be incredibly difficult to create this type of organisation again.

]]> Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:19:14 UTC 11804034 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #661] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11776417?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Dec 2011 01:46:15 UTC 11776417 Mrs Jan Barnard [Signature #660] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11748744?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:48:41 UTC 11748744 Mr Robert White [Signature #659] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11723755?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:12:01 UTC 11723755 Su Marshall [Signature #658] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11697542?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:48:55 UTC 11697542 Dr Helen Dunning [Signature #657] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11658173?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:14:23 UTC 11658173 Mr David William Morris [Signature #656] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11508467?utm_medium=rss Arts activities in the Eden Arts area are vital to the healthy life of both local people and as part of the visitor dependant industries. Eden Arts has built up steadily in recent years to a very helpful organisation.

]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:52:01 UTC 11508467 Mr Alan Stones [Signature #655] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11496467?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:40:27 UTC 11496467 Miss Rose Hamilton [Signature #654] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11486252?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Nov 2011 02:10:56 UTC 11486252 mrs susan Marshall [Signature #653] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11482249?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:19:42 UTC 11482249 Ms Vivien Mousdell [Signature #652] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11478895?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:02:10 UTC 11478895 Mrm Richard Utting [Signature #651] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11477519?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Nov 2011 04:15:06 UTC 11477519 Sarah Cook [Signature #650] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11471694?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Nov 2011 07:07:24 UTC 11471694 Sara Braithwaite [Signature #649] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11470671?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts has been doing a great job in bringing people together and making things happen in Eden at a time when Penrith itself seems to be on its knees. I feel Eden District Council are being very shortsighted, its becoming increasingly difficult to believe they have the best interests of the area at heart.

]]> Mon, 7 Nov 2011 03:58:35 UTC 11470671 Mr Jeremy Shine [Signature #648] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11459410?utm_medium=rss It is appalling that Local Authorities still don't recognise the importance of the arts to their local communities and economy - especially in rural areas where access to the facilities that cities and larger towns is difficult.

]]> Sat, 5 Nov 2011 12:31:58 UTC 11459410 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #647] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11449345?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Nov 2011 01:14:09 UTC 11449345 Miss Anonymous [Signature #646] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11439098?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 Nov 2011 02:01:20 UTC 11439098 Ms Sophia Digings [Signature #645] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11437399?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts is needed. A cut this large this quick is outrageous.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:36:32 UTC 11437399 Mr GARY POWER [Signature #644] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11437124?utm_medium=rss We need to elect members who have more knowledge and interest in the arts, and who recognise its importance in developing prosperity
in Eden.

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2011 06:15:38 UTC 11437124 miss Hilary Duffy [Signature #643] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11435137?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 05:06:30 UTC 11435137 Miss Rebecca Fitton [Signature #642] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11432782?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Nov 2011 07:30:59 UTC 11432782 Miss Hannah Cook [Signature #641] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11430137?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:52:02 UTC 11430137 Miss Danielle May Cook [Signature #640] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11430136?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:51:51 UTC 11430136 Mr Peter Martin [Signature #639] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11429937?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:10:38 UTC 11429937 Miss Helen Aveyard [Signature #638] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11429882?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 03:58:32 UTC 11429882 Mrs Lyn Read [Signature #637] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11429287?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 01:29:43 UTC 11429287 mr adam speck [Signature #636] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11428879?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:46:46 UTC 11428879 Prof Billy Devine [Signature #635] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11428842?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:37:50 UTC 11428842 Mr Chris Bagshaw [Signature #634] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11428777?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:22:09 UTC 11428777 Mrs Susan Shaw [Signature #633] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11428760?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 11:16:33 UTC 11428760 mrs hayley bell [Signature #632] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11428296?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 09:18:06 UTC 11428296 Mr Richard Trowbridge [Signature #631] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11428134?utm_medium=rss The mentality of the higher descision makers around here, establishment owners who COULD help the local arts culture to thrive, is sometimes good, but more often than that they just dont want to know. It makes me sick - these people who abuse their right to impose upon our traditions and cultures are only interested in their own voice, and their own little worlds, especially with regards to music and the arts.

]]> Tue, 1 Nov 2011 08:25:05 UTC 11428134 mrs Claire Hudson [Signature #630] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427976?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 07:30:49 UTC 11427976 Elaine Speight [Signature #629] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427824?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 06:36:35 UTC 11427824 Mr Chris Taylor [Signature #628] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427774?utm_medium=rss Cutting such a small arts budget is simply short- mindedness from an unimaginative council. The income from this small investment far outweighs the short-term savings. Simple accounting will show that these cuts do not add up!

]]> Tue, 1 Nov 2011 06:24:13 UTC 11427774 mr neil mitchelson [Signature #627] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427618?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 05:46:45 UTC 11427618 Mr Joe Thompson [Signature #626] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427613?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 05:45:42 UTC 11427613 Mr Alex Holland [Signature #625] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427510?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 05:17:01 UTC 11427510 Mr Steve Toase [Signature #624] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427481?utm_medium=rss In rural areas studies have shown creative industries employ more people than farming. This is a bad economic decision as well as a bad social decision.

]]> Tue, 1 Nov 2011 05:03:46 UTC 11427481 MR James Warren [Signature #623] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11427114?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Nov 2011 02:25:42 UTC 11427114 Mr Arran Leary [Signature #622] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11426357?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:06:58 UTC 11426357 Miss Harriet Clay [Signature #621] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11426080?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:46:17 UTC 11426080 Mrs Emma Buchanan [Signature #620] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11426068?utm_medium=rss Please don't cut arts funding and make Cumbria a cultural desert.

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:43:40 UTC 11426068 mrs debrah cowley [Signature #619] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425814?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:46:13 UTC 11425814 MS Danielle Heath [Signature #618] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425647?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:02:56 UTC 11425647 Mr Alex Burgess [Signature #617] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425625?utm_medium=rss art is good need more

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:53:51 UTC 11425625 Mrs Hattie Startin [Signature #616] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425617?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:52:03 UTC 11425617 Miss Clair Hopps [Signature #615] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425611?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:51:02 UTC 11425611 philip Leary [Signature #614] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425535?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:30:39 UTC 11425535 carolyn Leary [Signature #613] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425526?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:28:53 UTC 11425526 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #612] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11425010?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts provides an excellent service to the area and provides value for money. The decision to reduce the funding to this organisation should be re-considered as a matter of urgency.

]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:10:46 UTC 11425010 Miss Lela Keighley [Signature #611] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11424570?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:58:44 UTC 11424570 Ms Dawn Yates-Obe [Signature #610] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11423722?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:25:34 UTC 11423722 Mrs. Frances Faux [Signature #609] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11422543?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:27:02 UTC 11422543 Mrs Yvonne Jackson [Signature #608] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11421528?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:37:16 UTC 11421528 Mr David Jackson [Signature #607] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11421525?utm_medium=rss Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:36:05 UTC 11421525 miss christine elliot [Signature #606] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11418859?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:25:16 UTC 11418859 Jordan Summers [Signature #605] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11418046?utm_medium=rss Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:59:55 UTC 11418046 Mrs Syl Macro [Signature #604] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11417169?utm_medium=rss I have personally as an artist been supported by Eden Arts on many occasions, which made the difference of running an event or not. I have also taken part / enjoyed many of the events arranged by Eden Arts over the last 20 years since I have lived in Cumbria.
The many artists, craftspeople, writers and poets who live and work in this area, make Cumbria a recognised area for the arts - WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THEM LEAVE- because of lack of support.

]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:59:42 UTC 11417169 Ms Anonymous [Signature #603] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11416910?utm_medium=rss The letter in the Herlad on 22 October said it all.

]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:22:38 UTC 11416910 Ms Alison Ireland [Signature #602] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11414783?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts is a brilliant art organisation, really proactive involving and helping lots of people over a huge area, and they don't deserve to have their funding cut!!!

]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:55:55 UTC 11414783 Mr David Driver [Signature #601] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11413048?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:20:23 UTC 11413048 Kath Holland [Signature #600] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11412900?utm_medium=rss Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:39:57 UTC 11412900 Mrs Jenny Stokes [Signature #599] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11410457?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:10:35 UTC 11410457 Mrs Lerona Perkins [Signature #598] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11409808?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:53:26 UTC 11409808 barry mckay [Signature #597] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11407677?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:54:35 UTC 11407677 Ms Sue Wardle [Signature #596] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11407354?utm_medium=rss Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:11:35 UTC 11407354 MR DEREK ELLIS [Signature #595] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11404501?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:31:52 UTC 11404501 Ms Heather Hussey [Signature #594] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11404466?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:24:25 UTC 11404466 MR JOHN BODGER [Signature #593] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11403902?utm_medium=rss I urge EDC not to cut its funding to Eden Arts. This organisation delivers an incredible benefit to the people of Eden, one that cannot be simply measured on an accountant's spreadsheet. Eden, and Penrith in particular, is being decimated by projects which are for the commercial gain of others, and which will do nothing to enhance the quality of life of its inhabitants. PLEASE, EDC, on this occasion, show some true vision, and give full support to Eden Arts in its outstanding and vital work.

]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:34:30 UTC 11403902 Mrs Chloe O'Hare [Signature #592] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11399484?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:37:36 UTC 11399484 Mrs Barbara James [Signature #591] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11398472?utm_medium=rss I believe the arts are vital to the health and well being of any community.

]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:31:28 UTC 11398472 Dr Paul Scott [Signature #590] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11398268?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:55:07 UTC 11398268 Ms Emily Druiff [Signature #589] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11398257?utm_medium=rss Arts provision throughout the UK needs to be improved no cut. It is demonstrated that arts provision dramatically improves quality of life and aspiration for people of all backgrounds. I urge you to reconsider your planned action and think of the social and econmic benefit that the arts bring to an area.

]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:53:15 UTC 11398257 Miss Anonymous [Signature #588] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11398231?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:48:44 UTC 11398231 moira suringar [Signature #587] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11398143?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:31:36 UTC 11398143 Felicity Hall [Signature #586] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11396703?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:43:55 UTC 11396703 Vivienne Tyler [Signature #585] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11396259?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:12:58 UTC 11396259 Tony Brown [Signature #584] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11396150?utm_medium=rss Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:50:57 UTC 11396150 Ms Fiona Exon [Signature #583] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11395304?utm_medium=rss Eden Arts has made a positive impact on our area for most of the population and especially for visitors. Their activities over so many areas of the arts have put Eden on the arts map. To lose the wonderful innovations and support of local arts and artists is appallingly shortsighted.
Its like throwing a grubby old blanket over a brilliant painting.

]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:32:33 UTC 11395304 Anna Dutson [Signature #582] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11393348?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:17:36 UTC 11393348 mr adam sutherland [Signature #581] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11392351?utm_medium=rss Eden arts provides a very good value and excellent dynamic programme for a large area and broad cross section - it is a model of what rural arts can and should do.

]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:28:33 UTC 11392351 Me Ben Swarbrick [Signature #580] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11391315?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:32:40 UTC 11391315 Mrs Maureen Luckhurst [Signature #579] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11391225?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:19:38 UTC 11391225 Mrs Donna Richardson [Signature #578] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11391119?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:05:23 UTC 11391119 miss ann farrow [Signature #577] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11390464?utm_medium=rss Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:48:41 UTC 11390464 Peter Newman [Signature #576] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11390235?utm_medium=rss Please keep the arts afloat!

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