{"id":1316,"date":"2014-02-07T16:30:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2014-02-07T16:30:45","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T16:30:45","slug":"campaign-to-keep-grangetown-play-centre-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/07\/campaign-to-keep-grangetown-play-centre-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Campaign to keep Grangetown play centre open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Councillors are due to meet with Cardiff Council&#8217;s director of sport, leisure and culture in an attempt to keep a threatened play centre open.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grangetown1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1321\" alt=\"Councillor Chris Lomax\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grangetown1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1321\" alt=\"Councillor Chris Lomax\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grangetown1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Grangetown Councillor Chris Lomax, who estimated that \u00a3100,000 a year is needed to keep the play centre open, confirmed\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">all options are on the table ahead of a key meeting on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">\u201cPeople have to put something back in, we\u2019re not in the position to pay for everything,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWe will try to contact different companies, like Morrison\u2019s, ASDA, Argos, see if we could\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">get them to sponsor the play centre.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Other options, including links with charities and staff reduction, will also be considered when\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">the councillors will meet with Chris Hespe, director of sport, leisure and culture. \u201cI think it is achievable,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">The move comes after locals criticised the Council\u2019s plans to shut down the centre on March\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">31.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grangetown_Day_Centre1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1322\" alt=\"Grangetown_Day_Centre1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grangetown_Day_Centre1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1322\" alt=\"Grangetown_Day_Centre1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Grangetown_Day_Centre1-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">At a meeting at the centre on Wednesday where local children blocked the road until the police arrived, locals pointed a finger at the level of salaries of the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">council\u2019s directors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Mason Bennett, 18, who spent a lot of his childhood at the centre, said: \u201cThey took on eleven\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">managers at \u00a31.1m. How can they afford to do that and not keep a place like the adventure open\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">for all the kids that are growing up?\u00a0<\/span>Just get them off the streets. Grangetown\u2019s not the best place to be on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">After the meeting, Plaid Cymru South Chairman Luke Nicholas issued a statement which said: &#8220;Plaid Cymru have constantly raised\u00a0 concerns about Cardiff Council\u2019s decision to employ Senior Managers at a cost of \u00a31.3m a year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cLast year Cardiff Council decided to give a grant of \u00a31.5m to Cardiff Yachting Regatta, which would have been enough to run\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">all Cardiff Play Centres Schemes for two years. The council need to reconsider their spending priorities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Councillor Lomax has rejected the claims, saying the Council have cut down \u00a32m in seniors\u2019 salaries since Labour came into power.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em\">Grangetown\u2019s three Labour councillors are expected to meet on Monday to decide further steps ahead of the meeting on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1316-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Councillor-Chris-Lomax.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Councillor-Chris-Lomax.mp3\">http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Councillor-Chris-Lomax.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Councillors are due to meet with Cardiff Council&#8217;s director of sport, leisure and culture in an attempt to keep a threatened play centre open. 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