One of those conundrums. Young people gathering in large groups at Sainsbury's doesn't sound too bad, but when there are 40 and 50. And when some are practicing their skateboard skills by dashing out unannouced in front of your moving car, something has to be done.
It needs a balance though. None of us want to criminalise the young people, and none of us want to alienate them by just shooing them away elsewhere and that becomes somebody else's problem. None of this helped by the Council closing the Elm Tree Youth Club - and that could have been avioded by taking the route that was well thought out and costed by our Lib Dem amendment at Council that all other parties voted against.
Working together in the community is yet again the key, and in less than a week we have a meeting organised. The few people we started with had trebled in a week, but an excellent meeting with all concerned is the beginning of moves forward.
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