PETITIONS
The Monitoring Officer to report on the receipt of any petitions received in accordance with Council procedures.
· A petition has been received from Mr Paul Bromley against the proposed closure of Council-run Care Homes (E.P.H.’s) in Leicester.
Minutes:
i) Petition against the proposed closure of Council run Care Homes in Leicester
The Scrutiny Commission noted that a petition in the following terms and signed by 596 people, had been submitted by Mr P. Bromiley to the City Council on 2nd July 2013. Mr Bromiley attended the meeting.
“This petition is being submitted by family, friends and a wider public who wish to protest against the proposed closure of Council Care Homes. The signees wish to inform the Council that they want the Homes to stay open. The request is that it be referred to the Special Scrutiny Commission Meeting on 11th July 2013.”
ii) Save Herrick Lodge Elderly Persons’ Home
The following petition, with 1470 names of people living or working in Leicester, was presented by Miss Rinku Chandarana in the following terms: -
“Herrick Lodge – a multicultural care home fit for the next UK City of Culture. The people of Leicester City need culturally appropriate services in a culturally diverse City.
Herrick Lodge is a Leicester City Council run Multicultural Elderly Persons’ Home. The home is located near the Peepul Centre in Belgrave Leicester. The home provides excellent high quality long term, short term (e.g. when discharged from hospital) and respite care to the elderly people of Leicester. Most importantly the service supports people with diverse cultural needs i.e. provision of culturally appropriate food, staff that are able to communicate with service users in a language that they can understand etc.
Sadly Herrick Lodge is under threat of closure. Please sign this petition to save Herrick Lodge Elderly Persons’ Home from closure and protect this excellent and linguistically appropriate service for the elderly people of Leicester. Thank you.
We the undersigned petition Leicester City Council not to close Herrick Lodge Elderly Persons’ Home.”
RESOLVED:
that the petition be noted and processed in accordance with City Council procedures.