It’s clear that the concerns raised by Safiya and I are felt by many others out there. Within the first 72 hours, over 12,000 people had already signed the petition. Thousands of you have been sharing the petition on social media and we have even seen links in local papers including the Wandsworth and Wimbledon Times.

We are overwhelmed by the amount of support we’ve received from all of you so far and truly do believe we can make a change to the lack of lighting and our safety within Clapham Common.

The next step for us will be to get in touch with council members from both Lambeth and wandworth council to raise our concerns. Each and every singnature we get will strengthen our chances of really being heard and making a change. So please, continue to share the petition. This one small change could make a huge impact.

The community have spoken, let’s keep it going to achieve the change we all want to see for our common!