To: CCDT
Shopwyke Residents Want Their Community Spaces Back
With the cafe space in the Community Centre vacant and the news that The Bike Project intends to occupy this space as well we residents are extremely concerned that our facilities are shrinking further and further as they become fully occupied by full-time businesses.
We ask residents to please sign and join us in asking CCDT to listen to Shopwyke residents.
We ask residents to please sign and join us in asking CCDT to listen to Shopwyke residents.
Why is this important?
We are a group of residents who feel the same frustration about our facilities.
We know that a great many people feel the same and we want to join our voices together to be heard.
We love this community and know that we deserve better.
Shopwyke Lakes was developed with two community spaces (The Pavilion & the Community Centre) designed for residents for community use such as activities, clubs, parties & gatherings. The spaces were intended to help Shopwyke to grow and to reflect the vibrant place that it is.
We residents call on CCDT to work for the community in delivering these spaces as they were intended, and that we see at similar developments up and down the country, including the CCDT managed spaces at Graylingwell and Roussilon Park.
We ask CCDT to provide evidence of consultation with residents before they occupied the Community Centre with The Bike Project and we ask them to outline how the permission granted to alter The Pavilion with an internal wall (halving the internal space) responded to the findings of the Thinking Day, and why residents can't hire out what is left of the space in the late afternoon/evening during the week.
Shopwyke is a vibrant, close knit community of residents, the fact that we can't host any of our community events in either of our 2 community centres (such as our annual Christmas Carols) clearly demonstrates that these spaces are not presently community centres.
We know that a great many people feel the same and we want to join our voices together to be heard.
We love this community and know that we deserve better.
Shopwyke Lakes was developed with two community spaces (The Pavilion & the Community Centre) designed for residents for community use such as activities, clubs, parties & gatherings. The spaces were intended to help Shopwyke to grow and to reflect the vibrant place that it is.
We residents call on CCDT to work for the community in delivering these spaces as they were intended, and that we see at similar developments up and down the country, including the CCDT managed spaces at Graylingwell and Roussilon Park.
We ask CCDT to provide evidence of consultation with residents before they occupied the Community Centre with The Bike Project and we ask them to outline how the permission granted to alter The Pavilion with an internal wall (halving the internal space) responded to the findings of the Thinking Day, and why residents can't hire out what is left of the space in the late afternoon/evening during the week.
Shopwyke is a vibrant, close knit community of residents, the fact that we can't host any of our community events in either of our 2 community centres (such as our annual Christmas Carols) clearly demonstrates that these spaces are not presently community centres.
