{"id":8450,"date":"2016-01-26T18:19:41","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8450"},"modified":"2016-01-26T18:19:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:19:41","slug":"council-criticised-llandaff-fields-changing-room-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/01\/26\/council-criticised-llandaff-fields-changing-room-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Council criticised over Llandaff Fields changing room plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_8452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8452\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Fields.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8452\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Fields.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" width=\"740\" height=\"497\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8452\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Fields.jpg\" alt=\"Fields\" width=\"740\" height=\"497\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The Llandaff Fields People&#8217;s Hub<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nA GROUP campaigning to improve facilities for sports clubs on Llandaff Fields \u00a0has accused Cardiff Council of being \u201cclear as mud\u201d in their communications.<br \/>\nSeveral sports clubs use Llandaff Fields, including Llandaff Rugby and Gymkhana\u00a0Cricket, but its changing facilities have been condemned by the council after falling into disrepair.<br \/>\nThe Llandaff Fields People\u2019s Hub, which is largely made up of representatives from the various sports clubs which use the fields, want to replace the changing facilities, but they claim lack of clarity from the council is an obstacle.<br \/>\nNerys Lloyd-Pierce, chair of the group, said: \u201cBefore we go on the journey of looking for funding to replace the changing rooms, we need to know what the council are going to let us do.<br \/>\n\u201cWe can\u2019t start applying for grants or doing fundraisers until we know what kind of regulations the council will impose on us.<br \/>\n\u201cUnfortunately they have been clear as mud with us so far. Time and again we have tried and failed to get a proper response out of them.<br \/>\n\u201cHistorically, the council has neglected the changing rooms, which is why they\u2019re so dilapidated now.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s nothing we can do about that, but the least they could do is be clear with us now.\u201d<br \/>\nKeith Voyce, membership secretary of Llandaff Rugby, bemoaned the lack of changing facilities available.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cAt the moment we have between 250 and 300 kids getting changed on the sides of pitches every weekend, and not having showers.<br \/>\n\u201cYou can double that for the number of cricket players who don\u2019t have access to changing rooms.<br \/>\n\u201cThe bottom line is that sport will never flourish on Llandaff Fields without proper facilities.\u201d<br \/>\nAt a Llandaff Fields People\u2019s Hub meeting last night, potential grants from various sources were discussed, including the Welsh Rugby Union and Sport Wales, to renovate and upgrade the changing rooms, which are based near the tennis courts.<br \/>\nRiverside Councillor Caro Wild, who was in attendance, downplayed the idea of investment from the council, but expressed optimism about the hub\u2019s aims.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen you think about the kind of institutions that could possibly provide grants, replacing the changing facilities seems very doable.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is clear we need to set up a formal meeting between the hub and the council. It\u2019s a new year and hopefully we can have a fresh start in terms of communications.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A GROUP campaigning to improve facilities for sports clubs on Llandaff Fields \u00a0has accused Cardiff Council of being \u201cclear as mud\u201d in their communications. Several sports clubs use Llandaff Fields, including Llandaff Rugby and Gymkhana\u00a0Cricket, but its changing facilities have been condemned by the council after falling into disrepair. The Llandaff Fields People\u2019s Hub, which is largely made up of representatives from the various sports clubs which use the fields, want to replace the changing facilities, but they claim lack [&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":[166,209,292],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-llandaff-city","category-pontcanna","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Group campaigns to improve changing rooms at Llandaff Fields<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 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