36 grays Lane - Please read!!!

[Bombardier]

For those of you who do not know, Headley Court is an excellent facility near Leatherhead which rehabilitates seriously injured servicemen and women. As you can imagine its workload has increased massively since 2003. SSAFA, the Soldier’s, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association, a charity dedicated to the welfare of Service personnel and their families hope to set up a house in the nearby area for families to stay while they are visiting their injured loved ones. Similar schemes already exist at places like Great Ormond Street and St Katherine’s Hospice. Some of the drive for this scheme is coming from Pete and Sue Norton. You may remember reading about a Bomb Disposal Officer (ATO) who was awarded the George Cross after being seriously injured by a follow up bomb in Baghdad. Pete’s initial treatment was at the US facility near Ramstein in Germany. He had been working in support of the US. Sue and her children stayed in the Fisher House, run by the US for families of injured service personnel. The UK has no such facility for service families hence the project to buy a property in Gray’s Lane, Ashtead. Pete is now being treated at Headley Court.

Planning permission has been submitted to the Mole Valley District Council. Unfortunately the local residents have decided that this facility will lower the tone of their area. Many of their complaints smack of Nimbyism and old fashioned snobbery. An e-petition has been launched to get the PM’s backing to the campaign.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Headley/
and I ask that you too sign this and tell anyone else who you feel would be interested too.
A campaign website has also been launched which gives more detail: www.36grayslane.co.uk (http://www.36grayslane.co.uk)

[Drone_pilot]

A true and Nobel cause, sighed today.

[Matzos]

Just signed myself solthum

[Reloader]

I've just signed too.

[John A Silkstone]

I've signed and told other sites about the petition

Silky

[PsyWar.Org]

http://www.psywar.org/pun/A2AshteadPosterThumb02.jpg (http://www.36grayslane.co.uk)

[Bombardier]

Excellent! Welcome PsyWar.Org (Y)

[Matzos]

I had 4 emails from around the world today, all from members of the military, the word is getting out there to the troops on the ground.

Lets keep up this excellent work and ensure that the troops get the support the require.

[PsyWar.Org]

Excellent! Welcome PsyWar.Org (Y)


Thanks for the welcome Bombardier, happy to be here. camo;

[Bombardier]

I had 4 emails from around the world today, all from members of the military, the word is getting out there to the troops on the ground.

Lets keep up this excellent work and ensure that the troops get the support the require.


Yes lets show them feckin snobby barstewards that we wont let the disrespect our brave lads and lasses.

I have said it before and ill say it again, they should be ashamed of themselves :mad:

[Bombardier]

Thanks for the welcome Bombardier, happy to be here. camo;


Your very welcome mate sal;

[Bombardier]

I have just read an article in the Daily telegraph which is linked from the Grays lane website it reads as follows


Various near-neighbours, in Gray's Lane and three nearby streets, whanged in 83 crossly worded letters of objection to what they called a short-term, multiple-occupancy hostel. Some cited "increased traffic noise", others "additional pollution", one was worried about the increased risk of becoming "a soft target" from "these awful terrorists".


If it was not for our brave troops they would have more to feckin worry about.......im lost for words, time to drink my self into oblivion. If our people dont care then who will?

Sad times?

[Drone_pilot]

See this post

http://www.militaryimages.net/forums/showthread.php?p=27363#post27363


This has made my day, a true day for democracy and common sense

[Bombardier]

fecking great news, but it shouldnt have required a fight in the first place (Y)