Ian Radford

Liberal Democrat Councillor for Severals Ward

Leisure Centre closed for Summer holidays!

Liberal Democrats have condemned the Tories on the District Council for closing the Leisure Centre over the summer. The failure to put on any indoor activities for teenagers over the summer, means that many youngsters are at a loose end.

Lib Dem focus Editor Neil Williams said ‘It is a shame that the Tory Controlled District and Tory controlled County Council could not reach an agreement over making sure that leisure activities weren’t available at the town’s middle school or college.’

Last year Forest Heath issued its ‘Play Strategy’ document which had grand statements like

Promote and facilitate the development of children and young people through … programmed activities.’

There were also statements like this

‘To enable the provision of an integrated range of high quality informal opportunities in play that is sufficient to meet the needs and aspirations of the District’s children and young people.

And this

‘To ensure that such provision is effectively planned and coordinated.’

This summer the Council has failed to provide the level and scope of activities that should be expected from such a wordy document.

Your local Lib Dem Councillors Andrew Appleby and Ian Radford will be pushing for the District Council to take its ‘Play Strategy’ seriously and make sure that never again are the Town’s youngsters left so short of organised activities.

July 20th, 2008 in Local Issues, Local Council |

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