Lone Parent Postcard Campaign
Do you want to see benefits withdrawn and financial sanctions imposed on the poorest families?
Do you want to see lone parents penalised if they cannot combine paid employment and family responsibilities?
Do you support a forced labour regime under threat of extreme poverty?
NO?
Then make your voice heard!
Join the "Every Single Parent Matters?" campaign here!
Children
send a postcard (see below) to your Children's Commissioner:
England: |
Sir Al Aynsley-Green
Children's Commissioner for England
11 MILLION
1 London Bridge
LONDON
SE1 9BG |
Scotland: |
Kathleen Marshall
Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People
85 Holyrood Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8AU |
Wales: |
Keith Towler
Children's Commissioner for Wales
Oystermouth House
Phoenix Way
Llansamlet
Swansea
SA7 9FS |
N.Ireland: |
Patricia Lewsley
Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People
Millennium House
17-25 Great Victoria Street
Belfast
BT2 7BA
|
Download the MPs postcard: Front* ¦ Back
*Note all postcards have the same front side, if you intend to use more than one you will only need to download the front once.
Download the MSPs/ASMs postcard: Front* ¦ Back
*Note all postcards have the same front side, if you intend to use more than one you will only need to download the front once.
Group members or organisers
print out our poster and take some postcards to your meeting to alert your members and enable them to take part.
Download the poster: Click here
Read background info: http://ahed.pbwiki.com/WelfareReformLoneParents
What next?
The regulations were due to be placed before the two houses of Parliament before the summer recess of 2008. They have now been delayed. The regulations must be approved by both houses.
Why not Lobby a Lord?
If you lobby a Lord on the Lone Parent or welfare reform issue, please let us know.
Postcard campaign:
When/if you receive a reply please let us know what your MP/MSP/Assembly Member or your Children's Commissioner said. Contact AHED. We will record the commissioner/your representative's name and their responses for everyone to see on the AHEd wiki, where we will keep you up to date with all the news!
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