Welcome

We are Calderdale Save Our Services, a group of local trades unionists and community members working to defend jobs and services in the Calder Valley. We are busy campaigning against privatisation and cuts to services in Calderdale and we want you to get involved!

Calderdale SOS has taken part in the Campaign against Lansley’s NHS reforms and is currently building support for the TUC’s ‘A Future That Works’ demonstration. Calderdale SOS is also active in campaigning against the Government enforced cuts to Public services.

NHS Changes explained at Calderdale SOS public Meeting:

 

Find Calderdale SOS on Facebook and Twitter:

 

 

www.facebook.com/calderdalesos

@calderdalesos

Coming Up

 

Monday 3 December 7 – 9pm

Open Campaign Meeting

Horton House, 7 Horton Street, Halifax, HX1 1PU

Please note change in day, time and venue for this meeting.

If you want or can offer transport from other parts of Calderdale to this meeting, please e-mail calderdalesosc@gmail.com

We will be discussing:

the Campaign to Keep Our NHS Public

Developing the Campaign to Save Horton House Adult Education Centre.

Proposed Fire Service Cuts public meeting.

We also elect a new Treasurer and up to 3 Steering Group members.

Open to all – Everyone Welcome!

 

Please keep checking back as we will post details of future Public Meetings and Campaigns here.

If you would like us to keep you informed about what Calderdale SOS is doing by e-mail, please click below to send us an e-mail request:

calderdalesosc@gmail.com

We hope you will support us and get involved in Calderdale SOS’s Campaign Against the Cuts.

Calderdale SOS in Action

Calderdale Council Cabinet approved plans to Demolish Halifax Central Library on Monday 12 November: Cabinet decision due to be ratified by Full Council Meeting Wednesday 28 November, 6pm. Please go to this and lobby your local councillors about this. Links:   Don’t Bulldoze Our Library Campaign    Halifax Courier article   CSOS Town Centre consultation response

Keep Our NHS Public: SOS web pages including details of the new local NHS structure that will officially take over on 1 April 2013. Click here. Recently added page on Calderdale NHS Commissioning Plan.

Save Horton House Calderdale Council has decided to “dispose of” Horton House, Halifax’s Adult Education Centre. The decision was taken quietly with no consultation and no coherent alternative plan for future adult education provision in Halifax. More soon.

Fire Service Cuts Calderdale Save Our Services will be organising a public meeting on this in conjunction with the Fire Brigades Union locally. More soon.

National Student Demonstration called for 21 November read more

Calderdale Save Our Services took over 40 local people by coach to the TUC’s ‘A Future That Works’ demonstration in London on Saturday 20 October. In addition, the campaign put supporters including a wheelchair user in touch with each other so that they could travel to the demonstration together by train from Halifax. Morning Star article.