Allow NOTES OF HOPE to stay on North Bridge in Halifax & other known bridges.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Halifax has a higher suicide rate than the national average & North Bridge is an area known for this. In August 2018, Bridge the Gap & members of the local community put NOTES OF HOPE on North Bridge. Locals have maintained the bridge since, but the council took the notes down.

The notes have saved 21 lives, at least 1 in Halifax. That is their aim and this complies with the councils Suicide Prevention Plan 2017 - 2020 "for Calderdale to be a place where suicides are eliminated"

At least 4 people in 2018 took their lives on North Bridge. On 3 occasions there were no notes on the bridge. On the last occasion the council had removed them.

35 bridges have NOH; only Calderdale council have removed them.

They cost the local councils zero from the public purse.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

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Timeline

31 Dec 2018	Petition opened for signatures
17 Jan 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 17 Jan 2019

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