Save our free swimming sessions for pensioners and children! Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-our-free-swimming-sessions-for-pensioners-and-children.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 12 Apr 2026 11:36 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr Joshua Edwards [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21503556?utm_medium=rss Thu, 13 Jul 2017 05:43:41 UTC 21503556 Mrs Christine Liggins [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15698913?utm_medium=rss Keep pensioners healthy and active and it will take the strain out of the health service.

]]> Sun, 25 Aug 2013 02:17:36 UTC 15698913 Mr, Steve Bryans [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15155749?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:06:40 UTC 15155749 Mrs Margaret Green [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14085110?utm_medium=rss I believe this cut will in the long run cost the country more as pensioners reduce their exercising and then develop serious conditions which will need medical attention at a cost to the NHS.

]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:33:10 UTC 14085110 Mrs Marilyn Barlow [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12639548?utm_medium=rss i say out with CAMERON!!! He seems to be depriving each and everyone of us,targeting the poor,the disabled,everybody,he is causing hardship all round, how dare he stand there and dictate to us what he proposes next to do,and makes believe it is for the good of the nation,it's like rob from peter to give to paul,oh he's alright with his fat wage packet coming in,get realistic cameron your promises mean nothing

]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:34:53 UTC 12639548 Mr Raymond Driscoll [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12004486?utm_medium=rss The maintenance of free swimming for children and the elderly is crucial in a supposedly civil society.

]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:16:08 UTC 12004486 Mrs Simone Zeytin [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11981021?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:20:25 UTC 11981021 Ms Joana Rosa [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11968281?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:37:12 UTC 11968281 Mr Francis Harding [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11963227?utm_medium=rss Don't do a "Blair" on us David!
Don't break your promise.

]]> Mon, 9 Jan 2012 12:16:49 UTC 11963227 MISS HANNAH FRENCH [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9405795?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:01:39 UTC 9405795 mr alan bowkett [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8240646?utm_medium=rss Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:29:31 UTC 8240646 mr Robert Roberts [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8201357?utm_medium=rss Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:47:06 UTC 8201357 mr eugene driscoll [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8190436?utm_medium=rss this goverment is discriminating against the young and old of our society. A lot of young mums take their children to give them basic lessons in swimming and a lots of pensioner now go for a healthy alternative to keep them fit. It is also a meeting place for the elderly to swim chat and meet new friends, to take this simple pleasure away is disgusting and this goverment may not recover from this as a lot of pensioners voted them in and can just as easily vote them out.

]]> Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:48:17 UTC 8190436 mrs lynda driscoll [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8176606?utm_medium=rss I go swimming at least 3 times a week which I could not do if I had to pay due to limited funds being a pensioner. I think this is disgusting as the amount of pensioners going swimming as a healthy alternative are going to be let down and this was promised to all. To suddenly back track on an agreement does not help us to have much faith in this new goverment.

]]> Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:40:21 UTC 8176606 \\\\mrs Anonymous [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8151317?utm_medium=rss As pensioners it is the only way we can afford to take our grandchildren out, please don't stop it and it keeps us all fit.

]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:06:22 UTC 8151317 Ms Sandra Easton-Lawrence [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8128485?utm_medium=rss Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:29:06 UTC 8128485 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8119695?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:02:50 UTC 8119695 Mr Graham Mitchell [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8098625?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Jul 2010 03:41:03 UTC 8098625 Mr Antony Hamza [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8098305?utm_medium=rss Before the election I was assured by the Conservative Party policy enquiry line that Free Swimming would continue. In addition David Cameron's YOUTUBE video also said that Free Swwimming would continue.

]]> Thu, 8 Jul 2010 02:16:06 UTC 8098305 Ms Elizabeth Stuart [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8093653?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Jul 2010 12:50:51 UTC 8093653 Mr Anonymous [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8087100?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Jul 2010 07:46:08 UTC 8087100 ms moira Harbord [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8080766?utm_medium=rss The government's pledge in granting this free swimming concession to the over 60s was to get 2 million people more active by the 2012 Olympics. Is the coalition government saying that they are now not interested in measures which would have almost certainly prevented a lot of illnesses in old age?

]]> Tue, 6 Jul 2010 08:52:08 UTC 8080766 Ms Vicky Wharton [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8079638?utm_medium=rss A nation of good swimmers is a safe and healthy one.

]]> Tue, 6 Jul 2010 06:47:19 UTC 8079638 Mr T Evans [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8079546?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Jul 2010 06:36:06 UTC 8079546 Ms Joanne Dearden [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8079346?utm_medium=rss Swimming should be free for all children aged 8 and below AND the adults who legally must accompany them in the swimming pool, as well as all OAPs. Swimming is a great way to combat childhood obesity... not everyone can afford to go for a dip in a private gym, Dave.

]]> Tue, 6 Jul 2010 06:14:53 UTC 8079346 Ms Alice Chadwick [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8071972?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jul 2010 01:17:31 UTC 8071972 Ms Rose Ardron [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8069327?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Jul 2010 03:30:32 UTC 8069327 mr Mike Tuke [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8067742?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Jul 2010 06:04:15 UTC 8067742 Ms Rachel Jay [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8064790?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Jul 2010 06:44:08 UTC 8064790 Mr Peter Whittingham [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8064748?utm_medium=rss This is a shortsighted and counterproductive measure and will result in more demands on the health service in the future. We need to prevent ill health not promote it.

]]> Sun, 4 Jul 2010 06:22:52 UTC 8064748 mrs patricia barker [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8062661?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Jul 2010 04:40:00 UTC 8062661 Dr Josephine Berry Slater [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8058249?utm_medium=rss If government is willing to blow over 9 billion pounds on a 2 week sporting spectacle (the Olympics), I can't think of an argument for why you wouldn't prevent something that helps people stay healthy their whole lives.

]]> Fri, 2 Jul 2010 03:51:11 UTC 8058249 Miss Saba Faruqui [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8055318?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Jul 2010 04:39:34 UTC 8055318 Ms Juliette Tuke [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8054910?utm_medium=rss Tax the junk food companies who advertise the food to children and cause the obesity problems that are apparent in the swimming pool in.

]]> Fri, 2 Jul 2010 02:18:19 UTC 8054910 Ms Nayia Yiakoumaki [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8053384?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Jul 2010 08:49:25 UTC 8053384 Mr Alan Wilkinson [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8052126?utm_medium=rss We can sit and watch services that make for a better civilised life just disappear one by one like the last time this lot were in, or we can raise our voices. There are people out there with obscene amounts of money. Don't make scapegoats of the less well off. The real way to save money is to target the people who possess it all. Children and pensioners deserve the support of society, and that means all of them not just the better off ones.

]]> Thu, 1 Jul 2010 03:49:11 UTC 8052126 Mr Paul Shearsmith [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8051688?utm_medium=rss Let us swim with the crowd.

]]> Thu, 1 Jul 2010 02:30:57 UTC 8051688 Ms Dawn Titmus [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8051152?utm_medium=rss Free swimming for under 16s and over 60s is (was) a wonderful amenity that encourages people to take exercise. It's particularly important in more deprived areas of the country, such as Tower Hamlets where we live, which has one of the biggest obesity and coronary heart disease rates in the country. If we can afford as a country to bail out the banks for £6 billion, why can't we afford to help our children and older people live healthier lives?

]]> Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:46:16 UTC 8051152 mr chris grayson [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8050816?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:33:56 UTC 8050816 Mr Mike Adcock [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8048502?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Jul 2010 04:27:25 UTC 8048502 Ms Doffy Weir [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8044060?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:00:55 UTC 8044060 Ms Meg Fisher [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8042388?utm_medium=rss Removing free swimming is short termism - exercise contributes to better health and this can only reduce costs on the NHS

]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 01:40:25 UTC 8042388 Mr Graham Rounce [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8041453?utm_medium=rss Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:10:00 UTC 8041453 Mr Dave Draper [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8038285?utm_medium=rss With escalating childhood obesity and cost of care for the elderly, axing free swimming as an 'unaffordable luxury' is short-sighted, counter-productive, and just downright mean.

]]> Wed, 30 Jun 2010 06:41:47 UTC 8038285 Mrs Louise Fennemore [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8001399?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Jun 2010 05:37:36 UTC 8001399 Mrs Helen Grafham [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7989241?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:52:34 UTC 7989241 Mrs Emma Daniels [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7989216?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:48:15 UTC 7989216 Ms Anonymous [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7975473?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:38:10 UTC 7975473 Mr Bradley walker [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7973839?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:08:22 UTC 7973839 MRS Anonymous [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7972132?utm_medium=rss As a 'disabled person' I also take advantage of the free sessions now, and they are very beneficial to my joints as I cannot get physiotherapy to help me.

]]> Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:56:15 UTC 7972132 Miss Valeska von Bergmann [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7971447?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:58:49 UTC 7971447 mrs paula isted [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7969802?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Jun 2010 03:47:02 UTC 7969802 Mrs Christine Clifford [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967808?utm_medium=rss This is such a false economy. Free swimming encourages family time, keeps older people active, which means huge long term savings on social care and hospitals. Instead of cutting it you should be encouraging more to make use of it.

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:54:29 UTC 7967808 Mrs Debbie Mildenstein [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967781?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:48:40 UTC 7967781 Mrs Caroline Hexter [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967731?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:35:30 UTC 7967731 Mrs Carol Edwards [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967605?utm_medium=rss "Leeches" how about taking something from your millionaire friends instead of the worse off people for a change. lies lies and more lies. you wouldn't know how to do a hard days work if you tried.

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:06:00 UTC 7967605 mr peter gell [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967548?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:50:16 UTC 7967548 mrs debbie caine [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967351?utm_medium=rss there all cakes!

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:10:58 UTC 7967351 Mr Stephen Smith [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967270?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:55:25 UTC 7967270 miss joanna atkinson [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967145?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:31:04 UTC 7967145 Mrs Joanne Platt [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7967044?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:08:45 UTC 7967044 Ms Jacqueline Measure [Signature #8] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966995?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:00:10 UTC 7966995 Miss Maria Mannix [Signature #7] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966965?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:54:53 UTC 7966965 Mrs Patricia Walker [Signature #6] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966960?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:54:09 UTC 7966960 Ms mary stuart [Signature #5] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966913?utm_medium=rss Stop the savage cuts!

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:45:52 UTC 7966913 Ms Anya-Nicola Darr [Signature #4] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966905?utm_medium=rss This is ridiculous jsut as you are telling parents there is an obesity epidemic. Do you KNOW how much it costs for an Adult swim? £4.25 where I live plus £3.20 return bus fare puts it right out of reach of the average State Pensioner!

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:44:34 UTC 7966905 Mr Jon Scott [Signature #3] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966870?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:38:44 UTC 7966870 miss jocelyn sekibo [Signature #2] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966862?utm_medium=rss I live in the Tower Hamlets borough where people need free swimimng as a way of improving and sustaining their health. Most of them just would not be able to pay each visit. I
strongly ask the CON/LIB to change this policy otherwise in the long run there will be more pressure on NHS dealing with health cases. Very short sighted policy

]]> Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:37:03 UTC 7966862 Mrs Emma Poole [Signature #1] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/7966800?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:26:36 UTC 7966800