Keep Wimbledon High Uniform supply with Village Sports
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Liz Wakefield
11 years ago
Would rather have a local supplier and support an excellent local business .
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francis & deirdre murgatroyd
11 years ago
Very disappointed that GDST and WHS are proposing to go down this route. Our daughter has now left WHS but we very much appreciated buying uniform & kit from a local supplier and a familiar face. If the objective of this procurement exercise is to secure lower prices, it is surely for those paying (the parents, not the school) to make the decision, and perhaps they should be consulted/offered a vote?
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KATE SIMPSON
11 years ago
Support local Businesses
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Julia knight
11 years ago
Have been very well served by Wimbkedon Sports for 15 years at least and they have always been excellent.
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Julia Bolino
11 years ago
There is no reason to change suppliers, so why not support a local family business?
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Susan Edley
11 years ago
Village Sport have always provided excellent service, and is local to the school. Although John Lewis is a respected retailer it does not prvide the convenience for fitting or the flexibility that Village sport offer
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Matthew Leach
11 years ago
We get fantastic customer service from VS, and the shop is convenient as it is local
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kate pearson
11 years ago
Always found you of great help so dont agree with this
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Laura Levy
11 years ago
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Village Sports have always provided excellent service in supplying WHS uniforms. As a privileged, independent school WHS should be supporting the local community, not taking business away from it.
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Arabella Pappini
11 years ago
Village Sports provide an easy fast and efficient service with polite and knowledgable staff. I would greatly prefer then to continue being the supplier for WHS.
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Kate Greenhalgh
11 years ago
Well done for setting up this petition. It's a nonsense for Village Sports to lose our business based on something looking very like a 'faceless bureaucracy' we'd hate the GDST to become! Local businesses are very important to our community, and we should have been consulted.
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Katharine Puleston
11 years ago
GDST should set an example by supporting local, family-run businesses.
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Anastasia Arnold
11 years ago
Parents are buying so parents should have been consulted
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Janice Everitt
11 years ago
My daughters have been at the school since 2002 and have always been proud that the school uniform is supplied by a local business who offer a great service. I am disappointed that the GDST would make such a decision without asking parents. We should support our local businesses not damage them.
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Liza Owen
11 years ago
In the same way as we support our local High School, we would like to continue to support our local uniform supplier.
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Sarah Plaschkes
11 years ago
Both my daughters attended WHS between the ages of 4-16 and over those many years Village Sports provided an excellent service.
Village sports are a part of the Wimbledon Community and we need to support our community. Local sourcing is environmentally friendly and greener. The School did not list green issues as a criteria for selection of its supplier - what example is this to our children.
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Celia Fletcher
11 years ago
Please retain this excellent local supplier. Our daughters have weekend activities; it will not be easy to find time to go to Kingston for clothes fittings.
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Lydia Compton
11 years ago
It is more convenient to go to a shop in Wimbledon - the catchment area of the school, than to order online and have to do online returns or traipse to Kingston. I see no benefit in ceasing with Village Sports. They should be allowed to continue stocking the uniforms and parents can decide between the 2 choices. Allowing competition is no bad thing.
Would rather have a local supplier and support an excellent local business .
Very disappointed that GDST and WHS are proposing to go down this route. Our daughter has now left WHS but we very much appreciated buying uniform & kit from a local supplier and a familiar face. If the objective of this procurement exercise is to secure lower prices, it is surely for those paying (the parents, not the school) to make the decision, and perhaps they should be consulted/offered a vote?
Support local Businesses
Have been very well served by Wimbkedon Sports for 15 years at least and they have always been excellent.
There is no reason to change suppliers, so why not support a local family business?
Village Sport have always provided excellent service, and is local to the school. Although John Lewis is a respected retailer it does not prvide the convenience for fitting or the flexibility that Village sport offer
We get fantastic customer service from VS, and the shop is convenient as it is local
Always found you of great help so dont agree with this
Village Sports have always provided excellent service in supplying WHS uniforms. As a privileged, independent school WHS should be supporting the local community, not taking business away from it.
Village Sports provide an easy fast and efficient service with polite and knowledgable staff. I would greatly prefer then to continue being the supplier for WHS.
Well done for setting up this petition. It's a nonsense for Village Sports to lose our business based on something looking very like a 'faceless bureaucracy' we'd hate the GDST to become! Local businesses are very important to our community, and we should have been consulted.
GDST should set an example by supporting local, family-run businesses.
Parents are buying so parents should have been consulted
My daughters have been at the school since 2002 and have always been proud that the school uniform is supplied by a local business who offer a great service. I am disappointed that the GDST would make such a decision without asking parents. We should support our local businesses not damage them.
In the same way as we support our local High School, we would like to continue to support our local uniform supplier.
Both my daughters attended WHS between the ages of 4-16 and over those many years Village Sports provided an excellent service.
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Village sports are a part of the Wimbledon Community and we need to support our community. Local sourcing is environmentally friendly and greener. The School did not list green issues as a criteria for selection of its supplier - what example is this to our children.
Please retain this excellent local supplier. Our daughters have weekend activities; it will not be easy to find time to go to Kingston for clothes fittings.
It is more convenient to go to a shop in Wimbledon - the catchment area of the school, than to order online and have to do online returns or traipse to Kingston. I see no benefit in ceasing with Village Sports. They should be allowed to continue stocking the uniforms and parents can decide between the 2 choices. Allowing competition is no bad thing.