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NEWS REEL :: 28th April - Peter Ainsworth's Office send follow up letter to Hilary Benn's Office :: 2nd May - petition hits 1317 and breaks into top 100 :: 2nd May - Letter from DEFRA's Head of Policy at last!! :: 5th May - Letter sent to Head of Policy Requesting Meeting to resolve the knowledge gap!! :: 12th May - BKFA raises campaign issue with CCPR :: 4th June 2008 - PM Petion Ends with 1,412 signatures :: 12th August 2008 @ 16:57 The Government Respond to the Petition :: END

Monday, 9 July 2007

Back to it....

Well I've been away for a week, the weather wasn't much better there.

I was hoping to have had a response to the letter that was sent to DEFRA, in early June. Unfortunately there wasn't one. I have called them and found that the person I needed ( was a nice bloke) but had not been the right bloke for 18 months and that the letter had been forwarded to another bloke. That bloke was on holiday, but spoke to that bloke's colleague (also a good and helpful fella) who tells me that the letter has been forwarded onto another department the other side of the country, but he can't tell me the name of the person who will be dealing with it. I am currently waiting for the results of his digging.....watch this space. :0) we'll get there.......the helpful fella called me back to say that I will hear in a couple of weeks.

I'm glad to see that support keeps building almost 500 signatures. Its been really positive to see support coming in from clubs, shops and brands. As you can see I've added their banner links of those who have posted our banner with a link on their site, in the sidebar. Flexifoil have added an article in the news section of their website, The Highwaymen have added a whole page for the campaign, any and all supporting links are a major bonus so please feel free to help spread the word. Take a banner from the sidebar and add it to your site, and do a test click through. I will see the link on the activity report and add a reciprocal link and let you know, with much thanks.


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The PetitionClick on the link to see who and how many signed up to support the campaign.
Campaign ObjectiveThe Benefits
To have Kitesports expressly listed in the Single Payment Scheme, Cross Compliance Guidance list for Permitted Activities as a Group A (Permitted Without Restriction.) activity. For the technical details see the bottom of the page. Free farmers to allow traction kiters to utilise their land in an environmentally responsible manner without it effecting their subsidies
Reduce the pressure on Popular Kiting Beaches, Parks and Sporting fields, thereby improving public relations and the sports reputation.
Broaden the geographical spread and the sports visibility and thereby attract more participants.
Provide an ethical, environmentally sound and healthy utilisation of under utilised rural space.
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