Rejected petition: Save DIY SOS: fund a national institution that transforms families’ lives
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DIY SOS embodies the best of Britain: communities uniting to help families through their darkest days. It restores homes, dignity and hope. Parliament must debate its loss and what this says about protecting public service programmes that bring our country together through kindness and compassion.
The BBC’s reported decision to rest DIY SOS risks losing a programme that turns community generosity into life-changing help for families facing disability, illness and bereavement. Volunteer tradespeople and donated materials achieve what many families could never afford alone. We ask Parliament to debate how public service broadcasting can protect programmes with this social value, while respecting the BBC’s editorial independence.
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about programming are a matter for the BBC not the UK Government or Parliament.
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