Start with the evidence

Before deciding what to share or whether to contact anyone, begin with the site's reviewed explanations. They separate the observatory, its significance and the specific funding decision rather than treating them as one issue.

  • About Jodrell Bank explains the site, its instruments and the organisations that share it.
  • Funding distinguishes e-MERLIN operating support from research, heritage, visitor and capital funding.
  • Why It Matters sets out the scientific, educational, technological and heritage evidence.

Share verified information in context

Sharing a reviewed page is usually more useful than repeating a statistic or headline on its own. Link readers to the current situation so they can see the source dates, confirmed scope and unresolved points.

If you summarise the position, preserve these qualifications:

  • UKRI lists e-MERLIN as not prioritised for further funding beyond its current agreement.
  • The University says current e-MERLIN funding ends in March 2028.
  • The University also says Jodrell Bank remains open.
  • Operating arrangements after the current agreement are not settled.

Avoid adding unverified funding amounts, workforce estimates or predictions about closure. There are no social-share widgets on this page; every internal page can be shared as an ordinary link.

Follow the primary sources

The funding position can change. These are the two primary pages used for the published account. Check their dates and wording before repeating a time-sensitive claim.

Sign a petition

Two independent petition pages provide ways to add your name. The UK Parliament service and Change.org operate their own pages, rules and eligibility requirements.

Contact your MP

Enter your postcode to identify your own current MP using official UK Parliament data. You can then review their published contact details and adapt a sourced factual template as a letter or email. Letters can be copied, printed or downloaded as an editable DOCX or clean PDF, while emails open in your own email application. This project does not recommend a named representative.

Your postcode is used only to ask UK Parliament which constituency it belongs to.

Prefer to search directly? Open UK Parliament's Find your MP service (opens in a new tab).

Scope of this page

This page does not accept correspondence, operate a petition, mailing list or fundraiser, or retain the personal details entered into the correspondence builder. It does not present fundraising, legal or UNESCO action, Freedom of Information requests, hashtags, reduced operations or approaches to outside organisations as project-backed actions.