Category: Poechple’s Mar

999 Peoples march for the NHS.

NHS

 

A national march in support of our NHS, taking place over three weeks, starting in Jarrow on 16th August and finishing in London on 6th September 2014.

Barnsley to Sheffield leg – 25th August 2014 (August Bank Holiday Monday)

Proposed Barnsley to Sheffield Route as follows :-

  • Assemble outside Barnsley District General Hospital, Gawber Road from 10.00am.

March sets off from here at 10.30 prompt.

  • Head southeast towards Pogmoor Road
  • Turn Right onto Queens Avenue
  • Turn slight left onto Summer Lane
  • At Townhead Roundabout, take 5th exit onto West Way (A628)
  • Turn right toward York Street , then left onto York Street
  • Turn right onto Pitt Street
  • Turn left onto Princess Street
  • Turn right onto Agnes Road
  • Turn Left onto Day Street
  • Turn Right onto Park Road (A6133)
  • Turn left onto Highstone Avenue
  • Turn right to stay on Highstone Avenue
  • Turn left onto Racecommon Lane
  • Turn right onto  Highstone Lane
  • At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Mount Vernon Road
  • Continue onto Vernon Road
  • Turn Right onto Park Road (A61)
  • (Toilet stop at Worsbrough Country Park )
  • Continue on Sheffield Road (A61) to Birdwell
  • Just before M1 junction 36 roundabout, turn Right onto Moor Lane & over the M1 pedestrian overpass
  • Continue (through Pilley) on Westwood New Road
  • Rejoin the main Westwood New Road (A61)
  • Continue to Sheffield on A61 Penistone Road / Halifax Road
  • Just past Parkside Road (A6102) enter Hillsborough Park
  • Cross Diagonally through the park onto Middlewood Road
  • Continue along Middlewood Road to Infirmary Road (B6079)
  • Turn right onto Montgomery Terrace Road
  • Alternatively, continue along  A61
  • Turn right onto Montgomery Terrace Road
  • At the top of Montgomery Terrace Road, walk through the “Ponderosa” Recreation Ground
  • Cross over Crookes Valley Road / Winter Street at Junction with Mushroom Lane and into Weston Park.

 

  • Jarrow

Potentially, we will be holding an event in Weston Park itself subject to permission from Sheffield City Council.

Marshalls will be provided.  Currently we have two maybe 3 agreed for this stretch of the route, but will be providing more.  Approx 200 people are estimated to be involved for each stage of the March.

Local Contact is Jo Ritson

joritson@hotmail.com

Tel 07843 208650

 

The People’s March for NHS

NHS
Dear Colleagues
 
The People’s March for the NHS is led by a group of mums from Darlington who are concerned by what the Government is doing to our NHS.  They will be marching from Jarrow to Parliament, along the route of the 1936 Jarrow Crusade, starting in Jarrow on 16th August and finishing in London on 6th September.
 
The aim of the March is to send a clear message to the Government that we will not stand by and let them destroy our NHS.  We want to retain the NHS on the founding principles, for ourselves and future generations.
The March hopes to connect people and campaigners across communities at each leg of the journey and we have been asked to provide support when the March arrives in, and leaves, the Leeds area, at the following points:
 
Friday 22nd August 2014
3:30pm  Harrogate Road, Leeds (just above the Ring Road)
4:30pm  Headingley Shopping Centre
5:30pm  Art Gallery, Leeds City Centre
 
Saturday 23rd August
9:30am  Art Gallery, Leeds City Centre
 
We are asking you all to participate in this important event at the various points along the way.  It is essential that we have a massive turnout to support the campaigners with our flags and placards and, in this regard, I would ask you to advise my secretary, Caroline Hopwood, at which of the above stages you will be joining the March.
We also need to mobilise our lay members and activists and I would ask you to ensure that all branches in your allocation are made aware of the timetable and plan for this historic event.
I attach herewith a flyer giving further details of the March, and the link for a more detailed plan of the route is
http://999callfornhs.org.uk/detailed-map-route/4583636068
 

 

THE PEOPLE’S MARCH FOR NHS

THE PEOPLE’S MARCH FOR NHS

We are angry and shocked at the Government’s assault on our most prized possession – the NHS. The 999 Call for the NHS campaign is led by a group of mothers from Darlington.  We all need the NHS and now is the time to join the thousands already campaigning and work together to retain our NHS today and for future generations.  Unite is also determined to help save NHS and Barnsley Unite Community members will stand side by side with the mothers and the 999 compaign group in this cause.

http://999callfornhs.org.uk/

NHS

The 999 Call for the NHS campaign group aims to connect people and campaigners across our communities for the NHS. The aim is simple; we want to retain the Bevan founding principles on which the NHS was formed. If like us, you want your voice to be heard, if you are tired of silently watching our health service be dismantled and undermined, then we ask you to take up the 999 Call for the NHS and join The People’s March For NHS!

THE PEOPLE’S MARCH WAS LAUNCHED ON MOTHERS DAY 2014

Jarrow

 

 

The People’s March for the NHS will follow in the famous footsteps of the Jarrow Crusade. We will march 300 miles, through 23 towns and cities all the way to Parliament. We will serve notice to every politician that voted to destroy our NHS – Join the fight back.

Barnsley Unite Community members support the Demonstration which goes through Wakefield Barnsley and Sheffield more details of exact times to follow.