Stop Community Learning and Development Cuts in Edinburgh Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/stop-community-learning-and-development-cuts-in-edinburgh.html Online petition signatures en-us Wed, 8 Apr 2026 05:50 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Maureen Watson [Signature #153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/20923974?utm_medium=rss Please think about the consequences to our society it seems unethical to make these drastic cuts. Basically this will have a huge impact on the quality of life especially for the most vulnerable people in our society. Education is crucial to prepare adult for work, and the Scottish Governement are responsible for disenfranching people of the right to engage in community activiites. I believe the this will ultimately have a huge impact on mental health and employment, as well as degrading the quality of life in Scotland. I object to these cuts.

]]> Sun, 4 Dec 2016 09:18:03 UTC 20923974 Jane Edwards [Signature #152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19798810?utm_medium=rss These cuts will lead to higher expenditure in the long run. There will be vandalism and anti-social behaviour from frustrated young people on the streets. We already have obesity and diabetes crises. Cutting sport, nutrition and health education projects means greater problems to sort out later.

]]> Tue, 8 Mar 2016 07:03:38 UTC 19798810 Martin Gaughan [Signature #151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11002156?utm_medium=rss Keeping services in the direct control of the council is important to the citizens of Edinburgh. They provide essential services in a cost effective way. My experience of the privatisation of the health service is that we ended up with poorer services with little or no cost-benefit. Please abandon this approach.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:36:07 UTC 11002156 Patt Kerr [Signature #150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9834513?utm_medium=rss Greedy Bankers
Government Xankers !

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:48:26 UTC 9834513 Kathleen Bisset [Signature #149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7440586?utm_medium=rss Adults who didn't achieve their potential at school deserve a second chance to learn. I am a volunteer tutor at the Number Shop, one of the six community centres slated for closure as a cost cutting exercise.

PLEASE DO THE MATHS & RECONSIDER:
100 - the number of people who use the centre every week
2 - the number of staff (employed part time)
28 - the number of volunteer tutors
£11,000 - the amount that the council will save by closing the building.

]]> Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:02:07 UTC 7440586 Stephen Hearty [Signature #148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6776705?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:33:03 UTC 6776705 Stephen Newman [Signature #147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6642421?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Dec 2009 12:14:25 UTC 6642421 Benny Dawson [Signature #146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6403766?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:07:15 UTC 6403766 Donald Stubbings [Signature #145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6349469?utm_medium=rss Community Learning, especially basic literacy, numeracy and IT skills are essential for every adult in the country, not just Edinburgh.

]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:41:44 UTC 6349469 Fiona Manson [Signature #144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6319887?utm_medium=rss This is a vital service and promotes the health, well being and motivation for the people of Edinburgh. It offers a step towards more formal education and cutting the service would be a very short sighted choice when there is a desperate need to improve peoples' confidence and skills and help them to feel part of the community

]]> Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:28:14 UTC 6319887 Gem Hogan [Signature #143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6290445?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2009 10:22:16 UTC 6290445 Yasmin Sartorius [Signature #142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6268713?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:49:35 UTC 6268713 Nicola Bain [Signature #141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6268043?utm_medium=rss Save The Welcoming and any other fantastic things linked to the ALP centre at Tollcross!!

]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 02:40:17 UTC 6268043 Gina Headden [Signature #140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6257221?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:35:59 UTC 6257221 Norma Hudghton [Signature #139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6255173?utm_medium=rss we need these centres! the community will not stand for any more cuts!

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:46:19 UTC 6255173 Fiona Reid [Signature #138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6254729?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:18:08 UTC 6254729 Annette Robertson [Signature #137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6254674?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:06:46 UTC 6254674 Jason Mangan [Signature #136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6253964?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:44:51 UTC 6253964 Jane Tecelli [Signature #135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6253654?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:46:39 UTC 6253654 James Stewart [Signature #134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6245053?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:01:09 UTC 6245053 Moira Prior [Signature #133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6245006?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:37:22 UTC 6245006 Margaret Christie [Signature #132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244961?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:11:53 UTC 6244961 Vickie Hobson [Signature #131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244930?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:55:44 UTC 6244930 Jan Stewart [Signature #130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244828?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:54:16 UTC 6244828 Anonymous [Signature #129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6244720?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:51:53 UTC 6244720 Alla Norrie [Signature #128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6243236?utm_medium=rss CLD services are playing an important role in education and promotion of active citezenship. Rolling back and cutting down CLD will futher marginalise vulnerable groups of people, pushing them towards exclusion rather than inclusion.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:00:43 UTC 6243236 Jane Davidson [Signature #127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6242129?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:51:05 UTC 6242129 Ana Calixto [Signature #126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6242089?utm_medium=rss The Council needs to realise, once and for all, that the the voluntary sector provides an essential and vital service to their communities.

]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:35:33 UTC 6242089 Jo Patterson [Signature #125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6242008?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:14:39 UTC 6242008 Tania Dignan [Signature #124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6241484?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:17:30 UTC 6241484 Sean Donnelly [Signature #123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6241380?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:37:53 UTC 6241380 Fred Parsons [Signature #122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6241356?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:28:01 UTC 6241356 Robin McLeod [Signature #121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6239729?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:34:36 UTC 6239729 catherine vaughan [Signature #120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6239416?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:21:56 UTC 6239416 Jennie Geddes [Signature #119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6238329?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:58:24 UTC 6238329 Anonymous [Signature #118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6238171?utm_medium=rss Before they even consider cutting services, they should clear out all the endless layers of ineffectual managment; which achieve little , but costsa fortune - far more in fact than is need to be cut, and clearing them would improve services as well as reducing costs

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:27:37 UTC 6238171 Sally Fawcitt [Signature #117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6237577?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:22:29 UTC 6237577 Tasneem Ali [Signature #116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6237445?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:54:27 UTC 6237445 susan rogers [Signature #115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6237409?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:45:34 UTC 6237409 tracey watts [Signature #114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6237287?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:12:49 UTC 6237287 Harry Woodward [Signature #113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6237055?utm_medium=rss Staff of Community Learning & Development do a great job in developing and enabling community groups and individuals to learn, participate and engage in a range of activities that help enhance people's lives and encourage and empower the development of community enhancement

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:10:32 UTC 6237055 steven stewart [Signature #112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6236824?utm_medium=rss I am extremely concerned at the attacks on front line services.I firmly believe the investment in these services far outways the social implications of enforced cuts. Repercussions of a reduction in services may prove to be more expensive in terms of devising responsive strategies to deal with the loss of services.

]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:59:25 UTC 6236824 Anonymous [Signature #111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6236581?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:53:52 UTC 6236581 Ben Seex [Signature #110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6233138?utm_medium=rss My opinion is that re-instating the cuts is asking too much, but the expectations need to be reduced to recognise the reduced staff.

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:26:17 UTC 6233138 Jamie Bowen [Signature #109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6232685?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:09:18 UTC 6232685 Julie Baumann [Signature #108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6232430?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:18:36 UTC 6232430 Lawrence Arscott [Signature #107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6230385?utm_medium=rss Cuts that have already taken place and current planned cuts are making CLD, and the critical services it provides, particularly to many vulnerable people in Edinburgh, less and less viable. The cuts should stop now.

]]> Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:20:24 UTC 6230385 marlyn tweedie [Signature #106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6228450?utm_medium=rss We're living in times where those most in need and most vulnerable are having basic help denied.Their suffering and, for young people, sense of hopelessness will increase.Why is their money for war; money to increase the wealth of the already super rich but no money for learning and progress in communities. How dare they talk of binge drinking or benefit cheats while they take away possibilities and structures that can offer an alternative. It's shameful. Glad you're fighting back!

]]> Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:23:32 UTC 6228450 Karen Buist [Signature #105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6223359?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:28:14 UTC 6223359 Gary Fraser [Signature #104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6216496?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:48:37 UTC 6216496 Mary McCrea [Signature #103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6215542?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Sep 2009 04:13:34 UTC 6215542 BRian WEst [Signature #102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6215223?utm_medium=rss These services are too important to cut

]]> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:32:45 UTC 6215223 Wing Yee Li [Signature #101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6214530?utm_medium=rss During recessions and economic downturn, the very people who need state support the most are the ones being let down. Once again, shame on us for letting ourselves down. When will it change?

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:53:35 UTC 6214530 Wilson Masih [Signature #100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6214138?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:25:53 UTC 6214138 John Wilkinson [Signature #99] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6213332?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:50:50 UTC 6213332 Luke Henderson [Signature #98] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6213273?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:34:59 UTC 6213273 Steven Kipanda [Signature #97] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6212586?utm_medium=rss If Social Inclusion is a priority for City of Edinburgh Council . Then why are we gradually dismantling a service that continues to make significant contributions towards many deep rooted and long standing social problems within many of our communities.

Please sort it out before it is too late!

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:45:03 UTC 6212586 Barbara Schuler [Signature #96] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6212158?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:50:46 UTC 6212158 Jennifer Scougall [Signature #95] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6212074?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:23:56 UTC 6212074 Sinead Wood [Signature #94] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211484?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:22:57 UTC 6211484 Caithleen Bell [Signature #93] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211434?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:06:37 UTC 6211434 Rosa Gindele [Signature #92] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211281?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:10:10 UTC 6211281 Evelyn Tett [Signature #91] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211252?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:01:54 UTC 6211252 Anonymous [Signature #90] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211240?utm_medium=rss some cuts are needed I think the council should fund volunteerign (even in very small way) at cubs, brownies and scouts guides etc and use council staff support

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:57:21 UTC 6211240 Peter Johnson [Signature #89] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6211165?utm_medium=rss Cuts to community based projects will erode community confidence in those that represent it and erode community identity

]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:30:38 UTC 6211165 Sarah Kay [Signature #88] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6210453?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:05:31 UTC 6210453 Alan Connell [Signature #87] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209481?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:14:20 UTC 6209481 Ian Hood [Signature #86] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209103?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:34:02 UTC 6209103 Jenna Mitchelmore (Nee Lawson) [Signature #85] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209092?utm_medium=rss As a former CLD worker in the Youth & Children's Team, I am disheartened & upset to hear about the level of cuts & the impact on those who are crucial to the support & development of young people. It is the young people who will loose out.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:30:39 UTC 6209092 Elspeth Hosie [Signature #84] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209076?utm_medium=rss Cuts in CLD provision in Edinburgh will have a detrimental effect on the lives of some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals and families in the city. CLD and literacies classes offer vital first steps to building skills and confidence which can lead to further education, training or work. Our experience in CLAN health and literacy has evidence that people become more effective and engaged parents and take increased interest in their health. These positive outcomes mustn't be lost

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:25:48 UTC 6209076 Caroline Hosking [Signature #83] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209072?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:25:00 UTC 6209072 Thomas Greenan [Signature #82] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209012?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:55 UTC 6209012 Tommy Greenan [Signature #81] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209009?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:00:17 UTC 6209009 Joe Greenan [Signature #80] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209005?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:59:29 UTC 6209005 Abbie Greenan [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209001?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:58:48 UTC 6209001 Christy Greenan [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6209000?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:58:00 UTC 6209000 Lynne Greenan [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208995?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:57:01 UTC 6208995 Joseph Greenan [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208985?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:55:41 UTC 6208985 Melissa Dunn [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208616?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:20:11 UTC 6208616 DONNA BUCHAN [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208610?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:18:29 UTC 6208610 Jo Aitkenhead [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208540?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:50:20 UTC 6208540 Kirsteen Watson [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208430?utm_medium=rss A budget should reflect the values and priorities of our nation and its people.
By cutting critical services such as youth literacy, youth work, adult education, community centres and capacity building, the Council's budget reveals misplaced priorities and a disregard for the most vulnerable people in Edinburgh.

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:00:55 UTC 6208430 Valerie Stokes [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6208407?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:51:05 UTC 6208407 Donna Merose [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6207790?utm_medium=rss More Centre Closures
More Voluntary Organisations
More Cuts to Youth and ChIldren's Group

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:37:41 UTC 6207790 john mcgrath [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6207765?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:27:40 UTC 6207765 Karen MacLean [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6207653?utm_medium=rss No more cuts to this invaluable service!

]]> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:45:14 UTC 6207653 Linzi McKerrecher [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6205062?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:16:19 UTC 6205062 Roma Soderberg [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6204986?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:02:10 UTC 6204986 Gica Loening [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6202786?utm_medium=rss This is very short sighted thinking. What is need in times of recession is to invest in people and the future and not to cut back.

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 05:57:00 UTC 6202786 Birgit Harris [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6202260?utm_medium=rss A reduction in adult and community education in Edinburgh is not acceptable and also a very shortsighted approach. The benefits of those participating in adult and community education have been widely demonstrated (NIACE etc.). If services are reduced demands on other services such as NHS, support services, counselling etc will increase. For many people adult and community education provides opportunities to participate fully in society and to increase their learning and employment opportunities

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:50:16 UTC 6202260 Dorothy Hewson [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6201874?utm_medium=rss Since moving back to Edinburgh last year, a whole new world of learning and enjoyment has opened for me. I have been encouraged to walk and get out and meet new friends--surely such a positive step for a Pensioner!!I cannot believe this amazing Service is in jeopordy.

]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:58:19 UTC 6201874 laura schuster [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6198691?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:28:26 UTC 6198691 Ann Coleman [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6197838?utm_medium=rss Why cut these services it only increases the long term cost to the public purse due to the consequences of having a public limited by their abilities to read and write, the anti-social activities that result from young people having nothing to do and nowhere to go and denies the most vulnerable the facilities to integrate and remain active. Our Community Centre is the hub of the community.

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:33:21 UTC 6197838 Anonymous [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6197598?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:46:25 UTC 6197598 Shirley MacIntosh [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6197319?utm_medium=rss Why is it always the vulnerable to be hit?

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:46:22 UTC 6197319 Jennifer Whitton [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6196542?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:09:35 UTC 6196542 marie anderson [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6193981?utm_medium=rss The Broomhouse Centre is a charity and has been in operation since 1991. We have worked in partnership with CLD all that time and have provided many learning opportunities to the community in this deprived area. At present we have two literacy, numeracy and basic computing classes per week. Plus a garden project, again to improve learners literacy and numeracy, this time through a creative means. UClosure of these groups would be a huge miss for all the vulnerable trainees. Please think aga

]]> Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:46:34 UTC 6193981 Claire Hay [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6193296?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:05:07 UTC 6193296 Neil Saddington [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6193059?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:10:23 UTC 6193059 Erin Shearer [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6192373?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Sep 2009 07:39:48 UTC 6192373