Help with Funding for 'Waves' (Children’s Society in Weymouth, Dorset)

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

WAVES will be expecting to close its doors to the public in late April 2019. The service offers support for children aged 9yrs-19yrs old and their families. They cannot get enough Local Government funding or Grant funding to keep this service going. They need Central Government to help ASAP!

Places like WAVES can make a difference to our communities! They need around £125,000 to stay open and our local Council can only give it £10,000. Our local council is broke after years of Central Government funding cuts.

It’s time central government stepped in to help – and we are calling on our representative in Central Government , Richard Drax MP, and his Parliament to find the money to keep it open. Our children need it, we need it, and society needs it.

WAVES supports children in Weymouth, Portland, Chickerell, Dorchester and all our neighbouring villages.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because starting a petition isn't the way to apply for funding for a charity or community project.

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Timeline

14 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Mar 2019

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