This is a petition to request better facilities in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
As there is now a super garrison in Tidworth, we feel there should be more facilities for the growing number of families moving here.
There is hardly anything for small children in the local area except some play parks which aren’t much use when it’s raining. There is also a lack of facilities for older children & teenagers which has started to cause a rise in vandalism. Also there is nothing for the many single soldiers who have moved to the base.
There is also a lack of places at nursery’s, schools, dentists and doctors, which are basic needs of any community. You can’t move thousands of people to one tiny area and then provide only basic and sometimes expensive facilities which can’t cope with the amount of people living there.
There is a real lack of shops, pubs and no nightclubs at all in the area. We would like to have a choice about which pub we go to and not have to spend nearly £20 each way on a taxi to go to a nightclub. We would also like to be able to buy clothes from proper clothes shops and not just from Tescos and charity shops. As many Army wives don’t drive, when their husbands are away they're left very isolated and having to tackle expensive public transport with small children, just to buy clothes or food.
With an estimated 13,000 people living in Tidworth by the end of 2010, We, the undersigned need more and we need it now!
Updates
August 1, 2010
The local council cannot ignore how many people are fed up with these crumbling services anymore. We are finally gaining the momentum needed to force them to stop treating this community like an afterthought.
Reached 100 supporters
August 1, 2010
6 Comments
Thousands of soldiers moved in and the town has been left behind. It is a joke.
PLEASE. We need more for the families here. The garrison has grown so much but the town is still stuck in the past.
The kids are bored out of their minds so it is no surprise they end up causing trouble. Give them something to do!
About time someone spoke up about this. We need proper facilities not just empty promises.
Tidworth has been ignored for too long. My teenage son has absolutely nowhere to go after school. Sort it out.
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This is a petition to request better facilities in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
As there is now a super garrison in Tidworth, we feel there should be more facilities for the growing number of families moving here.
There is hardly anything for small children in the local area except some play parks which aren’t much use when it’s raining. There is also a lack of facilities for older children & teenagers which has started to cause a rise in vandalism. Also there is nothing for the many single soldiers who have moved to the base.
There is also a lack of places at nursery’s, schools, dentists and doctors, which are basic needs of any community. You can’t move thousands of people to one tiny area and then provide only basic and sometimes expensive facilities which can’t cope with the amount of people living there.
There is a real lack of shops, pubs and no nightclubs at all in the area. We would like to have a choice about which pub we go to and not have to spend nearly £20 each way on a taxi to go to a nightclub. We would also like to be able to buy clothes from proper clothes shops and not just from Tescos and charity shops. As many Army wives don’t drive, when their husbands are away they're left very isolated and having to tackle expensive public transport with small children, just to buy clothes or food.
With an estimated 13,000 people living in Tidworth by the end of 2010, We, the undersigned need more and we need it now!
Updates
August 1, 2010
The local council cannot ignore how many people are fed up with these crumbling services anymore. We are finally gaining the momentum needed to force them to stop treating this community like an afterthought.
Reached 100 supporters
August 1, 2010
6 Comments
Living here is tough with toddlers. When it rains we are stuck indoors because there is nowhere to go. This town needs to catch up.
Thousands of soldiers moved in and the town has been left behind. It is a joke.
PLEASE. We need more for the families here. The garrison has grown so much but the town is still stuck in the past.
The kids are bored out of their minds so it is no surprise they end up causing trouble. Give them something to do!
About time someone spoke up about this. We need proper facilities not just empty promises.
Tidworth has been ignored for too long. My teenage son has absolutely nowhere to go after school. Sort it out.
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Living here is tough with toddlers. When it rains we are stuck indoors because there is nowhere to go. This town needs to catch up.