SOS Redbridge – love your public services on Valentines night February 8, 2011

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SOS Redbridge

Save Our Services

Public Meeting

On Valentines Night “SOS Redbridge”, the broad coalition against the cuts, will hold a public meeting to tell the human story behind the headlines, with a diverse platform of speakers on the arts, health, education, the community and trade unions affected

Monday 14 February 2011, 7-9pm, The Lambourne Room, Ilford Town Hall, IG1 1RS

Speakers:

• Cllr Barbara White (Musicians Union NEC)
• Sandra Vincent (GMB)
• Gemma Bloomfield (UNISON)
• Shushila Patel (Health Campaigner)
• Bronwen Handyside (UNITE Regional Committee, KONP)
• Cllr Bob Littlewood (Leader, Redbridge Labour Group)
• John Coombes (Redbridge Pensioners’ Forum)
• Gerry Gable (Redbridge & Epping Forest Together)
• Chair: Bob Archer, (NUT)

Come along to:

• Hear what is happening
• Show your support for the various campaigns
• Share ideas about defending local services
• Find out more about the huge TUC-led march later in the spring on 26 March and join the delegation attending from SOS Redbridge

More and more people of all political persuasions say there has to be a fairer and more united way back to future national profitability. This is your opportunity to add your voice to the growing wave of opposition.

As a double-dip recession looms larger than we would all hope, more and more mainstream commentators now question the vast sweep of Coalition spending cuts, which locally extend well beyond cutting universally-loathed “red tape” to threaten valued frontline services, like street cleaning, lollipop men and women and our highly-rated Music School and Drama Centre. Even popular Goodmayes Library is under threat.

PS There are some seriously excellent South Indian restaurants in Ilford for your post-meeting Valentine’s meal.