NIMBY
I live in Leatherhead, so just up the road... my father raises '000s a year for Help For Heroes and he was equally as disgusted as me when the residents in local village Ashtead actively campaigned against a house being converted for wheelchair access to allow families to stay close by while there husbands/wives were being reconstructed, because they feared it would a) lower the tone (bloody big wheelchair ramp..... how very dare they) and b) make them a terrorist target. I do believe that the house has now been build and to my knowledge we have not had any bombs go off lately.
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 10:28, 1 reply)

it probably wasn't the ramp
They were probably worried about having squaddies and squaddie families in the village.

We pay our taxes to get these guys of the streets and sent abroad, not have them living next door.
( Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 4 Jun 2012, 14:33, closed)

?!?!?
Wasn't for the Squaddies, but was for their families. If I had rooms to spare I would happily put up their families.

LOL, I have just discovered that this is actually posted on Wikipedia under the definition of NIMBY!!!

Ashtead, Surrey

In the affluent English village of Ashtead, Surrey, which lies on the outside of London, residents objected in 2007[16] to the conversion of a large, £1.7 million residential property into a family support centre for relatives of wounded British service personnel. The house was to be purchased by a registered charity, SSAFA Forces Help.[17][18][19] Local residents objected to the proposal out of fear of increased traffic and noise, as well as the possibility of an increased threat of terrorism. They also contended that the SSAFA charity is actually a business, thereby setting an unwelcome precedent.[20] Local newspapers ran articles titled "Nimby neighbours' war with wounded soldiers' families" and "No Heroes in my Backyard."

Ex-servicemen and several members of the British general public organised a petition in support of SSAFA, and even auctioned the "Self Respect of Ashtead" on eBay.[21]
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 19:59, closed)

And just to add... this is the same village who are up in arms about a proposed Tescos because it will affect the local businesses, but strangely the Waitrose proposed for the same site has had no opposition... so I do think its more about lowering the tone!
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 4 Jun 2012, 20:01, closed)