Petition · past parliament

Facilitate a post-covid concert day in all venues - free for care & NHS workers

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Support the music industry to put together one day of concerts in all major UK venues

Ensure care workers and NHS staff who want to attend have a day off to attend
Let our care workers and NHS staff have something to look forward to

Why it was rejected

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

The Government is not responsible for arranging concerns, this would be a matter for individual venues or event organisers.

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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

8 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
9 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Jun 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.