Establish Campaign Medal award for all key workers following the COVID19 Crisis · petition

What the petition asks

Establish a Campaign whereby all key workers are recognised for the essential work they have done during the COVID19 crisis, by awarding a "Campaign Medal" to all who worked during this time, and awarding special recognition medals for those who went above and beyond to get us through the crisis.

A sense of community and society has become much more apparent, perhaps contrarily, during our isolation, and I hear people everywhere calling for support for the NHS and other key workers, and I feel that this country should (as it would for great military endeavours to keep us safe) recognise those workers by giving them something that would remain a lasting testament to their work during the crisis. A general service medal and special recognition medals (e.g. bravery etc) would do that.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action.

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You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

31 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee