NFBUK’s Emergency Petition to Stop the Cuts to BBC Local Radio Still Open to Sign & Support

The NFBUKs Petition to ‘Stop the Cuts to BBC Local Radio’ is still open for any charity, group or organisation and MP to support. It was handed into the Director General of the BBC and the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the 18 May 2023 and we we will email them an updated petition by the 1 June 2023. We  have 154 supporting organisations so far and 16 MPS and we would welcome your support please.

The petition is asking the Director General of the BBC to undertake urgent action to:

• Please do not make any changes to any of the local BBC radio shows and schedules on weekdays and weekends. This also includes all shows and schedules after 2.00pm on weekdays and over the weekend period in the 39 BBC local radio stations in England.
• Ensure all online news content gets broadcasted live on all relevant local BBC Radio Stations throughout all of the day and at weekends.
• Publish the Public Value Test / Public Interest Test for all proposed changes to local BBC radio.
• Publish the Equality Impact Assessment on all the proposed changes on the BBC local radio listeners.

How To Support

Just reply with a YES to Sarah Gayton sarahgayton@yahoo.co.uk and or to admin@nfbuk.org with your name, job and organisation name or you’re constituent details please.

Background to the petition 

Background to the petition is give here https://www.gva.org.uk/news/emergency-petition-save-bbc-local-radio-broadcast and these short twitter videos are from the petition hand in on the 18 May 2023.

• Simon Fell MP, Robin Walker MP, Sarah Leadbetter from Leicestershire NFBUK, Annette Wincott from Gosport Voluntary Action Andrew Hodgson, President National NFBUK, and Jemi Dada NFBUK at 10 Downing Street
• Jonathan Safir, National Pensioners Convention and talking to Diana Johnson MP outside 10 Downing Street
• Sarah Gayton, NFBUK  first and second video and BBC London video at BBC Broadcasting House

Contact

Sarah Gayton
Street Access Campaign Coordinator

Currently travelling back 2 June 2023 only accessing emails.
Phone 07903 155858 Any day Phone 01827 714673Not on Tuesday

sarahgayton@yahoo.co.uk
National Federation of the Blind of the UK https://www.nfbuk.org
Reg. Charity No. 236629 (England & Wales) SC 040134 (Scotland)
Sir John Wilson House, 215 Kirkgate, WAKEFIELD, West Yorkshire, WF1 1JG

Contact+ 44 (0)1924 291 313 admin@nfbuk.org

Annette Wincott Gosport Voluntary Action holding placard which reads ‘Where is the Equality Impact Assessment’, Andrew Hodgson, President NFBUK holding placard which reads ‘Hands of all BBC Local Radio Stations’, Jonathan Safir National Pensioners Convention holding placard ‘OFCOM Are You Asleep Wake Up and Save Local Radio, Sarah Leadbetter NFBUK National Campaigns Officer holding placard which ‘Tim Davie Please Stop Cuts to Local Radio’ with Guide Dog Nellie, Yemi Dada NFBUK holding a placard which reads ‘Where Is The Public Interest Test?

Sarah Leadbetter with her Guide Dog Nellie outside BBC Broadcasting House holding placard which says ‘We love BBC Local Radio’ 

Annette Wincott Gosport Voluntary Action holding a placard which reads ‘Please Keep BBC Local Radio Local’, Yemi Dada NFBUK holding a placard which reads ‘Where is the Equality Impact Assessment, Andrew Hodgson, President NFBUK holding a placard which reads ‘When Will Local Listeners Access Needs Be Taken Into Account?’, Diana Johnston DBE MP holding a placard which reads “please Keep Local Radio Local’, Sarah Leadbetter NFBUK National Campaigns Officer holding a placard which reads ‘Tim Davie Please Stop Cuts to Local Radio and Guide Dog Nellie, Jonathan Safir National Pensioners Convention holding a Placard which reads ‘ The Digital Divide Is real As Many Listeners Not Online’ 

 

 

 

Robin Walker MP, Sarah Leadbetter NFBUK National Campaigns Officer and Guide Dog Nellie, Andrew Hodgson, President NFBUK, Jonathan Safir National Pensioners Convention, Simon Fell MP, Yemi Dada, NFBUK and Annette Wincott Gosport Voluntary Action outside 10 Downing Street.