You will find a downloadable campaign leaflet for community campaigning, a letter guide for writing to your MP, with a templated letter for you to download and send or adapt.
You can find out who your MP is with their contact details using the look up link too...
Also please remember to spread the word on your own social networks.
Now is the time for a clear roadmap to get our lives, careers and health back.
Please don't allow our message of hope to be drowned out by the doom-mongering pro-lockdown lobby...
We can do this - but we will have to work together, and it starts now. Thank you!
"Lockdown ended my 20 year career… a colleague committed suicide and I’m now on anti-depressants."
"Lockdown effectively ended my 20 year career as a nightclub DJ.
A colleague from one of my venues committed suicide shortly after we went into lockdown.
"As a result of not being able to do my job I spiralled down and eventually had a mental breakdown. I’m now on anti-depressants which are helping me cope.
I’m fortunate to have a stable income from another source or I probably wouldn’t still be here.
"This week I’ve had a friend get to the same stage of wanting to commit suicide.
Lockdown is quite literally killing us. It has to end."
Just one story shared with us, but we know there are so many more, because...
"I have an implant for nerve pain. My review which was due has been cancelled three times and as yet I still do not have an appointment...
"I have been too afraid to switch my device on in case something went wrong... worrying that they would be unable to see me.
So I have been in extreme pain since March 2020.
My breast cancer screening was also delayed by over 6 months.
"I live alone. My brother, sister and nephews live in different parts of the UK.
Being unable to see them for several months at a time has been devastating for me, as we are a close family who usually see each other every month at least.
#LockdownVoices
"I have invested everything in my business… now we are close to bankruptcy..."
"I have invested everything in my travel business. It was booming, breaking records until lockdown 1. Because we only get paid when we travel, all bookings made have been cancelled...
"...meaning we are close to bankruptcy.
The future looks bleak with the government approach to travel completely ad hoc and now we are looking at restrictions that will make international travel impossible for most people due to cost of testing multiple times and...
"...risk of quarantines meaning extra time off and cost of accommodation.
This means travel will once again become a privilege of the rich.
"To our horror, my once gorgeous girl started to hurt herself by slicing parts of her body…"
"Initially it felt like a crisis that would wipe out huge swathes of people and families, including my own parents, one of whom is a transplant patient...
"When we first saw the media pictures from Wuhan and Italy we were distraught for their families and worried about our own health and how best to follow advice and guidance (I even wash my food shopping)...
"However the last year has brought home some reality in terms of the measures and the effects on my family and friends.
As a self employed carpenter I have been excluded from any financial help which has left huge holes in my finances, but...