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Bristol & District Anti Cuts Alliance (BADACA) have launched an e-petition opposing the closure and privatisation of Bristol City Council's remaining care homes and day centres for the elderly and vulnerable. The aim is to get more signatures than the council will get for any of the bogus 'options' in their consultation. You can see the council's online questionaire here. Our petition will be presented to the Cabinet meeting on July 26th along with the results of the council's own 'consultation'. BADACA will also present a statement to the Cabinet meeting, based on the document adopted by the steering committee last Monday. You can read the document here. 

Please sign as soon as possible and forward details to anyone you know who may sign.

The petition reads:

We the undersigned believe that the three options given by Bristol City Council in their consultation on the future of care homes and day centres for the city are unacceptable. Coming on top of the privatisation of the home care service and drastic cuts in grants to the voluntary sector, all three options will further undermine services to the elderly and vulnerable in the city. We call on the city council to retain all these care homes and day centres 'in-house', giving a proper publicly provided and publicly accountable service to users and their families.

You can sign it here. The full link is http://epetitions.bristol.gov.uk/epetition_core/community/petition/1904

For more information email admin@bristolanticutsalliance.org.uk

Image: Protester against cuts in Bristol, 2011.