My fellow supporters,

We are again in a serious crisis, and have been stuck on 409 signatures for the last five days, which has (unfortunately) meant I have had to sacrifice my personal money on other things I love spending money on like deodorant and other essentials, and chip in over £100 this week just to keep this petition alive and visible. I know that if you post more than two updates two consecutive days on change.org, no email is triggered to my supporters and are breaching change.org's weekly update limit, but I have no choice but to post an emergency update to all of my fellow supporters, which I really don't like doing as I like celebrating new milestones. 

This past month, despite continuously chipping in to promote the petition, momentum for this petition has seriously deteriorated and are struggling to reach even small milestones I have not set like 410 signatures - we have gained less than 10 new signatures since passing the 400 mark on June 18th and today is June 29th.

I URGENTLY NEED ALL OF YOUR HELP, and I cannot reach my next "official" goal of 485 signatures if you (all my current supporters) are not helping me as well and also promoting the campaign.  

Despite wanting to promote this petition, due to our recent slump in new signatures, I have had to chip-in copious amounts of money just to gain 1 extra signature and overall, I am not a rich man wanting to balance my financial needs on things I need to live on (such as groceries), my local autism club in Kingston as well as this petition.

Completely irrelevant to this emergency update, I understand that due to the nature of certain jobs (such as those who work for the emergency services, in the care sector, in the construction industry and in certain other fields), work is necessary on major holidays such as Christmas and other bank holidays is needed, however overall, with my proposed bank holiday reform, observers should be given the choice to take time off on bank holidays.

I cannot reach my next target of 485 signatures alone (and with more international signatures), and I need all of your help just to get to 410 signatures, so please share this campaign on as many feeds as possible.

I don't want to post any more "emergency updates" but if I am struggling, I need all of your help. 

Thanks for supporting me throughout April!