{"id":1474,"date":"2014-02-11T15:34:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T15:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2014-02-11T15:34:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T15:34:58","slug":"splott-roads-close-tomorrow-as-play-centre-protest-hits-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/11\/splott-roads-close-tomorrow-as-play-centre-protest-hits-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Splott roads close tomorrow as play centre protest hits the street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_1475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1475\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Splott1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1475 \" alt=\"Splott1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Splott1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1475 \" alt=\"Splott1\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Splott1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Parents and children campaign outside Splott Play Centre<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA campaign to save a play centre in the Splott area is gaining momentum and protesters are planning to close Tweedsmuir road after school tomorrow before demonstrating outside County Hall on Thursday.<br \/>\n\u201cIf they close our play centre our children will end up hanging out with older kids who are drinking and taking drugs,\u201d said Annelise Shanahan from Friends of Splott Play Centre.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are one of the most deprived areas in Wales and between 70 and 80 children aged between five and 12 \u00a0come here everyday,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cIf they don\u2019t come here where on earth are they going to go?\u201d<br \/>\nMany of the children have written letters of protest.<br \/>\nThe play centre has been open since 1992 and is hugely popular as an after school club.<br \/>\n\u201cDuring school holidays we cook breakfast and do \u00a31 lunches so we know the kids have at least one good meal,\u201d said Annelise.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat on earth is going to happen to them if there is nowhere for them to go.\u201d<br \/>\nCardiff Council have told the centre it will have to close by March 31.<br \/>\nCampaigners will close the road outside the centre tomorrow and are planning to demonstrate outside County Hall on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A campaign to save a play centre in the Splott area is gaining momentum and protesters are planning to close Tweedsmuir road after school tomorrow before demonstrating outside County Hall on Thursday. \u201cIf they close our play centre our children will end up hanging out with older kids who are drinking and taking drugs,\u201d said Annelise Shanahan from Friends of Splott Play Centre. \u201cWe are one of the most deprived areas in Wales and between 70 and 80 children aged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1847],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-splott-play-centre-tweedsmuir-road"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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