Why I support Community Hubs for Wednesfield North

Why I support the City Councils Community Hubs Proposals.

I support the Community Hub proposal for Wednesfield North because it will deliver our community here, with new investment and new facilities that will deliver more and varied services to our community for decades to come.

Ashmore Park will not lose a Library,and neither will we lose the Community Centre. We will gain 'new build' facilities with refurbishment for the site earmarked for housing the Hub. This of course is the current Youth Club site and Games barn development. We will not lose the Youth Club nor its service. What we will gain is new build investment that will be more flexible in its ability to be used. The Library and the service it gives will be located in the new Hub. It is just a 'dawdle' from its current site to the new Hub. The extra activities that the Hub will be able to cater for should attract more 'footfall' for the shops as well as all the other facilities that are strung out 'like a row of pearls'. By that I mean the Church, The Hub site,the Health Centre, the Children's Centre and Nursery, The Shopping Parade.

This is a great opportunity for investment that we must not lose. There is opposition to the development. That opposition is based on selling false facts, and an inability to not understand that sometimes you have to have change. When I was elected just a few short weeks ago I pledged to improve Youth services and facilities, and to consult on Labour's community hubs proposals. I have been consulting through these Facebook pages, and by using my own website www.philbateman.com

Interestingly I see no real objections coming from our community. Yes there is a group of people that have made objections in the press and media. Those objections have been made personal by some, but I am not concerned about that. As a Councillor we must also give a lead to our communities. I would say to you that the Community Hub proposals for Wednesfield North gives much more than it ever threatens to take away. I would urge you to support this development. Bring new facilities via the Hub into our community. Allowing other voluntary organisations like the Ashmore Park Community Association to grow and expand, to provide more opportunities for individuals and charity organisations to take part in craft classes and other activities.

Through the youth service activities for young people, a home for smaller more diversified clubs like scouts,cubs, brownies. The list of potential users continues. So my advice is throw your individual weight behind the Community Hubs proposals and lets be the first community in the City of Wolverhampton to say I want this new investment for Wednesfield North.

Let me know either by Facebook or by emailing me on email@philbateman.com