THE success of one councillor's online petitions can be put down to his 11-year-old grandson.

Mick Haines used to take all of his petitions and campaigns around Marston exclusively by hand, but now repurposes them for the web – all thanks to his tech-savvy grandson who makes them all electronic.

Jarrett Haines, who is about to start Year 7 at the Marlborough School in Woodstock, has teamed up with his grandad to put his petitions online.

Together they have racked up thousands of supporters calling for more car parking spaces at the John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) in the form of a multi-storey car park.

Now they've started a bid to save their local Post Office from closing.

Despite being only 11-years-old, Jarrett says he learns all about the campaigns before making them digital for the councillor.

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It's not the only thing he helps his grandad with though.

He's also made Mr Haines a YouTube channel and taught him how to use it.

Jarrett said: "I set them all up for him. He doesn't know what he's doing online.

"It is obviously a really good thing that he is doing these petitions and I told him it was good to get them online and get some support.

"I do computer stuff at school which is where I have learned things, but I find it fun."

As it is, 3,330 people have signed the online petition to get a multi-storey car park at the JR.

Mr Haines also took the petition around the houses in Marston and racked up just under 300 supporters.

The councillor said: "It is very very useful to get it online.

"The online petition is going really well and it can be put down to him. It just helps an awful lot getting it up there.

"He understands the petitions absolutely and he knows what they are for.

"He is fantastic. I'm really proud of him doing it all.

"He has a good brain on him actually and he is very bright for his age. I think he could go far in the computing world, or anything he wants to do for that matter.

"He is really proud and pleased that I'm doing it and wants to help where he can.

"He follows me on change.org and makes the checks to find out how many people have signed it and what is going on."

The duo have also recently set up another petition to save the post office inside the Marston Costcutter shop which closed in February.

Catch up on the closure of the post office here:

So far it has reached 22 supporters.

The petition says: "The Marston community needs a post office to use in our area for all the post office services.

"Also the post office has been going for many years and has been convenient for the community and it would be unfortunate if it was to be permanently closed."

The Post Office have said the closure is just temporary and that it will be open as soon as possible but Mr Haines said he can't risk it closing.

To find the petitions online go to change.org and search for Mick Haines.