There was a public meeting in Honiton on Saturday (26th June 2010) at the Royal British Legion and I managed to pop along for part of it. It is part of a series of consultation exercises so the NHS (Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust) can listen to the views of people in the [...]
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Listen to Honiton Parents!!!
Posted June 27th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (1).
Clegg aims to re-balance parental responsibility
Posted June 19th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Nick Clegg today vowed to end the tradition that sees mothers do the lion’s share of looking after children by giving fathers the right to far more flexible leave.
The Deputy Prime Minister attacked the ‘measly’ two weeks he was given when his third son was born as he gave a major speech on the family. [...]
Honiton Maternity Cuts Public Meeting Sat 15th May
Posted May 10th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (1).
Honiton town council has called a public meeting on Saturday 15th May at 10.30am, The meeting will be at the Makarness Hall, High Street Honiton. The town council has again invited NHS Devon to attend and are awaiting a response.
Anyone who has been collecting signatures for the Honiton Maternity unit petition please could you get [...]
Local Mums offer Voters Green Alternative
Posted April 20th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
It has been announced this week that the adjoining constituencies of Tiverton and Honiton and East Devon are both to be contested by the Green Party. 40 year old mother of three Cathy Connor of Kentisbeare is standing for Tiverton and Honiton and 37 year old mother of two Sharon Pavey of Membury has already [...]
HONITON HOSPITAL MATERNITY SERVICES CONFUSION
Posted April 9th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
Campaigners fighting to save the full range of maternity services at Honiton Hospital have asked NHS Devon (formerly Devon Primary Care Trust) to clear up confusion about services available at the hospital.
Roger Giles (Devon County Councillor for Ottery St Mary Rural – Independent) had submitted a Freedom of Information request. The response to the FoI [...]
Demo/protest against maternity cuts on Monday 29 March in Sidmouth
Posted March 25th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
A demonstration against cutbacks to Honiton’s maternity post-natal care service is to take place next week at an East Devon town, on Monday (29 March). The event will be held outside East Devon District Council’s offices in Sidmouth and is expected to draw large crowds of local people who are passionately against plans to send mums [...]
Green’s make a positive difference for women
Posted March 13th, 2010 by sharon. Comment (0).
International Women’s Day – 8th March 2010
08 MARCH 2010
The Green Party is concerned about the disadvantages that still facing women in 21st century Britain, such as:
Women working full-time on average earn 17% less than men working full-time; for part-time workers the gap is 36% an hour
Retired women’s incomes are on average 40% less than men’s
Fewer [...]
My Top 5 Inspirational Women
Posted March 12th, 2010 by sharon. Comments (3).
Fantastic article in the Independent last weekend on the 100 most influential women in the world. Apparently they started with thousands of deserving candidates to whittle down to just 100. Here are five of those distinguished women that I particularly admire:
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Suffragist, 1847-1929
Along with Emmeline Pankhurst, these ladies cannot be thanked enough. Millicent was leader [...]