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1. Norwich Football affects residents 
The football ground in Norwich is very central and affects residents and the road system more than much larger grounds. Our ill conceived inner ring road is closed after each match to allow supporters to leave the stadium.
There is a huge backlog of cars for over an hour as there is not sufficient traffic management. The stadium has gaps in the sides so the sound escapes and carries to resident's homes.
There is no attempt to work with or warn residents about the effects of the game. attempts to contact the club have been rebuffed by those not willing to see how much football is resented and holds sway. The club says it isn't possible to move the ground but it is talking of expanding, which will cause greater problems.
Norfolk County Council plans to close the Unthank Centre in Norwich and replace the Family Centre Team with six workers across the county. This will be a reduction of about half of the practitioners with no dedicated space for the work to happen. The impact of this plan will be that children and families will not benefit from the multi disciplinary approach available to them now, nor the security offered by a centre specifically resourced for this purpose.
The Unthank Centre works with children under 12 and their families who live in Norfolk. The children will have experienced very difficult life experiences, including abuse, neglect and trauma. The families are always struggling with complex difficulties and are looking after their children in difficult circumstances.
The Family Centre has a multi disciplinary team including early years workers, social workers and therapists. They help the families stay together to heal and overcome trauma and to develop secure relationships together.
There will be a meeting of the County Council on February 14th 2011 when this petition will be presented.
3. Protect Norwich's Grass Verges!
Norwich South parliamentary candidate Antony Little has called for action to save our City's grass verges!
Responding to the concerns of hundreds of residents regarding the state of Norwich's green verges, Antony has launched a campaign to see them cleaned up, protected and most importantly, green.
Commenting, Antony said: "I have launched this campaign regarding the state of our green verges because it has been an issue that has arisen often on the doorstep. I hope I can have the support of residents in pushing the council to seek solutions to this, such as installing wooden posts and more trees to stop cars driving onto the verges in the first place."
"We are lucky to have a very beautiful City where many residents take a great deal of care and pride over the appearance of Norwich. By protecting our grass verges and ensuring that they don't become tyre track covered mud pits, we can create a more pleasant environment for all."
"I encourage residents of all political leanings to sign up and save our grass verges!"
The Norwich to Ninety campaign aims to persuade the Department for Transport to include a range of improvements to the Norwich to London line as part of the new Greater Anglia franchise specification.
Whatever is included in the new franchise will be the service that is delivered for rail passengers on the Great Eastern Main Line for the next decade.
We want:
• A ninety-minute journey time between Norwich and London.
• More reliable services, improving upon recent performance.
• New Inter-City style trains including features such as wi-fi.
• More train capacity - but without down-grading the Norwich to London service to commuter-style carriages.
• Station improvements, including better car parking and facilities for waiting passengers.
We will also be campaigning for other improvements including:
• Cleanliness and comfort
• On-board facilities such as wi-fi and catering
• Measures introduced to reduce engineering disruption
• Improvements to rural lines
The Norwich to London line is a crucial economic artery, linking Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex to London. Investment is essential to bring it into the 21st century and to allow these counties to remain competitive.
For example the 115 mile journey from London to Norwich takes around 1hr 50mins, yet Birmingham (118 miles) can be reached in only 1hr 23 mins and York (180 miles) in 1 hr 59mins.
A shorter journey time in high quality trains would encourage more people to switch from cars to the railway, reducing road congestion and carbon emissions, as well as improving the economic competitiveness of the city and county.
Please sign the petition and encourage others to do so and ensure the Department for Transport listens to commuters and train users in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex and train users in general to ensure the new franchise includes the much needed improvements.
Follow us on twitter and have your say on the trains
http://twitter.com/Norwichin90
5. Save the Essex Rooms and Silver Rooms
Norfolk County Council is proposing the closure of the Essex Rooms and Silver Rooms.
We believe that both day care centres are extremely valuable for the people who use them and that they should be kept open.
6. The Unofficial NORWiCH Network
We've waited far too long for Facebook to realise that we ARE NOT LONDON!!!
John has started an online action group to appeal Facebook's decision, and 11,956 members have already joined.
Norwich was the eighth most prosperous shopping destination in the UK in 2006
In November 2006 the city was voted the greenest in the UK
129500 (2006 est) people live in the Norwich City Council area. Norwich is the fourth most densely populated Local Authority District within the East of England
Norwich is sometimes portrayed in the UK media as a place which is remote, unsophisticated, gauche, and out-of-step with national trends. This is perhaps primarily due to its geographical isolation, and an identification of Norwich as the epitome of Norfolk, a largely rural county. However, Norwich was the second city of England (after London) for several centuries before industrialisation, which came late to Norwich due to its isolation.
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7. Petition Against the Changing of the UEA Logo
The logo of the University of East Anglia is being replaced by one of inferior design and uncalled for expenditure.
Welcome to the Earlham Mast Fight campaign.
!!HELP STOP THE ORANGE 20M MAST OFF GUARDIAN ROAD!! (Planning Application 09/00326/FT)
GOTO http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/27596.html
Together we successfully stopped the 02 mast and Orange's mast (planning application 08/01106/FT).
!!PLEASE HELP US STOP ORANGE AGAIN!!
Contact the organisers at earlhammastfight@yahoo.co.uk
MANY THANKS TO ALL THE SUPPORTERS
