Copy and Paste from New Ferry Online FB Group
IMPORTANT UPDATE: we have a date for the meeting with government - it is 5th September 2018.
All of your statements will be presented then. I want as many of you to be heard as possible, so please get your impact statements in before 31st August, so that I can print them all to present to the minister as a true reflection of how the explosion affected you. He will know, if we tell him. He will know, if I can get together all your statements in time. DO IT NOW, PLEASE!
If you don't like writing, then you can record it as a voice recording and send it to us. I will write it down for you. I will make sure you are heard. Please do read below, to see the 5 simple questions.
NEW FERRY EXPLOSION - WE NEED YOUR IMPACT STATEMENTS
We are gathering together the real stories of those affected by the explosion. YOU HAVE A STORY TO TELL!
And we are going to present all of your stories to government and the media, to get recognition for the extraordinary disaster that happened to New Ferry on the night of 25th March 2017. Please tell us your story.
How were you, your families, your friends, your businesses, your lives affected by the explosion?
There are only five questions. This is all you need to tell us...
1) Name:
2) Address on 25th March 2017 (the night of the explosion):
3) Place of work on 25th March 2017
4) Short-term impact (the immediate effect the explosion had on you - maybe you lost your home temporarily or permanently, or you had damage to your property, or you were responsible for rehousing those who lost their homes. Maybe you had to care for those who were affected, or you were a volunteer giving assistance. Or maybe you had damage to your business property, or had to relocate or cease trading altogether. Maybe you gave help: financially, materially, physically or emotionally to those affected by the explosion. It could be any number of ways that you were impacted at that time, ways that aren’t mentioned here. These are all valid and important impacts):
5) Long-term impact (the impact that the explosion had on your life – e.g. your health, your home, your family, your finances, your career, your business – how has your future changed as a result of the explosion):
Please email your impact statement to
[email protected]Say everything you want to say... don't forget anything! But NO abusive language whatsoever or political anger. We would have to remove your statement if you did these. Please, just tell us, and the world, what you have suffered.
These statements, when printed out, will not have your email addresses. And if you want your name removed, we can do that too (although names to stories add weight) but if you want anonymity, then your privacy will be respected completely