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Issue:- 20 March 2014

New plans for youth and play centres

DISCUSSIONS are set to get underway with voluntary and community organisations about taking over 6 youth and play centre buildings.  The City Council needs to save £156 million over the next three years and the youth and play service faces a 50% reduction in its budget.  The Council's Cabinet is being asked to approve a proposal which will see the following buildings transferred:-

Mab Lane Youth and Play Centre;
► Knotty Ash Youth and Community Centre;
► Childwall Youth Centre;
► ZAP Play Centre;
► Walton Adventure Playground and Centre;
► Epsom Street Play Centre;

Councillor Steve Munby, Cabinet member with responsibility for the youth service, said:- "In an ideal world we would love to be able to continue funding these centres, but the scale of the cuts we face mean that we have to make some extremely difficult decisions.  We are hopeful that we will be able to encourage community and voluntary groups to take over the buildings and operate similar types of services.  We are committed to making sure the assets that we transfer continue to be used for the benefit of the local community. We understand that this is a difficult and unsettling time for the staff affected, and we will keep them informed throughout the process."

The transfer will save the City Council a total of £123,000 per year.  If the proposal is approved on 21 March 2013, expressions of interest will be invited in April with a final recommendation being considered in the summer.

Next of Kin Appeal... Are you related to Robert Latha???

THE Liverpool Coroner's Office are appealing for the public's help in tracing the next of kin of Robert Latham. Mr Latham died aged 67, at University Hospital Aintree on Thursday, 13 March 2014 and lived in the Sefton area. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Mr Latham is believed to have relatives in Cornwall and Wales and the Coroner is appealing for anyone who knew him or can help the Coroner trace his next of kin to contact Liverpool Coroner's Office on:- 0151 225 5064 or email them via:- clair.crilly@liverpool.gov.uk.

 

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