{"id":2133,"date":"2014-02-25T08:45:55","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T08:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2014-02-25T08:45:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T08:45:55","slug":"grangetown-parents-call-for-local-support-to-save-play-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/grangetown-parents-call-for-local-support-to-save-play-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Grangetown parents call for local support to save play centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2179\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2179\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Referendum3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2179\" alt=\"Parents are determined to get local support\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Referendum3-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2179\" alt=\"Parents are determined to get local support\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Referendum3-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Parents are determined to get local support<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nGrangetown parents prepare for a community meeting to fight for their local play centre\u2019s future.<br \/>\nOver 3000 leaflets have been handed out in the past week calling local residents to take part in a poll over the centre\u2019s future.<br \/>\nWalking from house to house, a group of parents have been knocking on every door to ask for the locals\u2019 support.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Grangetown parents speak about fight to save play centre\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjn2gTD-4tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Grangetown parents speak about fight to save play centre\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jjn2gTD-4tg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nWendy Ford, whose grandchildren are the third generation of her family to play at the centre, said: \u00a0\u201cWe need to sustain this facility, it\u2019s the last facility left in Grangetown for children, there\u2019s nothing else in Grangetown at all.<br \/>\n\u201cThey\u2019ve shut every available facility for them, there are parks but how long can you put a child on a swing, back and forth? What are they learning from that? What are they getting from it?\u201d<br \/>\nA local who welcomed the news of the meeting is Kim Yahya, 47, from Ferry Road. She said the centre was vital for her 8-year-old son, who has autism.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cMy son needs this centre. He absolutely loves it.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe Council needs to keep this centre open, it\u2019s my lifeline.<br \/>\n\u201cIf they close down, I will cry.\u201d<br \/>\nA local dinner lady, Betty Roberts, 60, of Channel View, also warned against the closure of the centre. She said: \u201cIt\u2019s absolutely ridiculous.<br \/>\n\u201cThe centre has been a Godsend.\u201d<br \/>\nShe added: \u201cTell them to cut back something else, it\u2019s a safe haven.\u201d<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Grangetown parents talk about fight to save a local play centre\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1lulMyLseg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Grangetown parents talk about fight to save a local play centre\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1lulMyLseg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nDeb Cummings, 45, of Worcester Close, who was also delivering leaflets in the area to raise awareness, said: \u201cThe children will be hitting the streets, the streets at the moment, this moment in time is not the ideal place for children.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got drugs on the street, there are drinkers, they\u2019re going to pick up all of these vices which in there [the play centre] they don\u2019t get the opportunity to pick up. Drugs, drink, smoking, congregating on street corners they\u2019re going to be given ASBOs, Anti Social Behaviour, no, the kids need this facility.<br \/>\n\u201cSo, 26<sup>th<\/sup> of February 6pm, Channel View leisure Centre, come and show us your support Grangetown, please, please.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grangetown parents prepare for a community meeting to fight for their local play centre\u2019s future. Over 3000 leaflets have been handed out in the past week calling local residents to take part in a poll over the centre\u2019s future. Walking from house to house, a group of parents have been knocking on every door to ask for the locals\u2019 support. Wendy Ford, whose grandchildren are the third generation of her family to play at the centre, said: \u00a0\u201cWe need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":2179,"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":[157,71,1937,1831],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-closure","tag-grangetown","tag-meeting","tag-play-centre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grangetown parents call for local support to save play centre - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/grangetown-parents-call-for-local-support-to-save-play-centre\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grangetown parents call for local support to save play centre - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Grangetown parents prepare for a community meeting to fight for their local play centre\u2019s future. 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