“Sacrifices have to be made! ... Additional cuts that amount
to £38 million over the next two years, a huge total of £142 million by 2017
must be made!”
So, folks Kieran has a plan!
“First, we’re going to build a state-of-the-art climbing and
adventure centre which will be unique to the north west!”
Now, I don’t know who gives Kieran Quinn the information he
uses to justify announcing these ideas, but it must be like presenting straw-poll research documents to ‘Spongebob’
because he seems to believe every daft premise that is laid before him.
In his latest ‘press release’ he quite clearly would have us
believe that this climbing centre is only the fifth to be built in England –
the nearest one is in the North East he informs us!
Really?
Perhaps he should give Dave Turnbull the Executive Officer
of The BMC - whose organisation is committed to the increased provision of
climbing walls on a sustainable basis; and who together with The Climbing Walls
and Climbing Wall Manufacturers Association (CWMA) and the Association of
British Climbing Walls (ABC) who work together to improve industry standards,
build these was and climbing centres all over the country!
If he does, he might well learn that in the 14th edition of
the BMC Climbing Wall Directory, which is based on the information held on the
BMC climbing wall database, that since the last edition in 2014 the climbing
wall industry has expanded at a pace and there are 26 new walls to be added to the already excellent range of 400 + British indoor climbing centres.
Among them, much nearer than the north east are listed below:
There’s one called 'climbrochdale' in Rochdale.
www.northwestface.com
Here’s another in Warrington.
www.awesomewalls.co.uk
Oh look, there’s one here in Stockport
www.manchesterclimbingcentre.com
and www.vertical-chill.com another two here in Manchester!
He also tells us that this project is being funded by Active Tameside, backed by Tameside Council, with the investment expected to more than pay for itself within 10 year!
It might also be interesting to learn that there was one in Longdendale. At the Recreation Centre
on Manley Grove it was also in fact run by Tameside Sports Trust, now (Active
Tameside) Unfortunately the wall is no longer in use as it no longer reaches
the 'required safety standards' - so they couldn't make that one pay!
So how is it, considering the huge cuts that ‘Spongebob’ has
to save, that Tameside council continue to pour more and more taxpayers money
into a registered charity? (In November
2014 alone Tameside paid them over £65,775,00)
The Tameside Council Executive Leader and Droylsden East
Councillor Kieran Quinn then went on to say, “This is great news for Tameside
and Droylsden. Families are a key priority for the Council and this facility
will ensure that the borough has a range of opportunities to be active and
improve the health and well-being of all the family!
Well when I see a few of our grannies who frequently struggle
to pursue simple pleasures, such as playing with the grandchildren and walking to
the shops, queuing to climb a 70’ foot wall, I might start to believe him.
Let’s just hope the people of Droylsden see through all this
electioneering nonsense and let someone less gullible lead the council.
Meanwhile....The parliamentary commissioner (ombudsman) is critical of TMBC for cutting their contribution to the care costs of an elderly lady, they also condemned TMBC for refusing to refund the money they owed to the lady's estate. Also meanwhile "Diggin' Tameside" intend to present "Unused land" to "The community" to plant with fruit and Veg. "Diggin Tameside" are helped by the council and New Charter.....who know all about the transfer of land on the cheap,
ReplyDeleteSee:- http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/tameside-gardeners-sow-seeds-healthy-8877113
http://www.lgo.org.uk/news/2015/mar/public-scrutiny-complaints-encouraged/