[Romps]

Well like Gayle I am also torn on this. I too believe in re-integration and rehabilitation, just not on my doorstep. I realise it has to be on someone’s doorstep, so it would appear that I, and a lot would agree with me, am a hypocrite, well I can live with that.. I really do not want hard ex-criminals in the vicinity of my children or my family & friends and our homes, we sometimes attend the Hope centre, and live extremely close to the proposed building that they have applied for planning permission for TWICE, so there's no doubt they are serious about this building and the next stage will probably be appeal.

I am extremely worried at the cloak and dagger approach to the meeting; it just proves to me that they are fully aware of the public interest/concerns it IS going to raise. So maybe it would have been better all round if it was out in the open from the beginning.

Further more I shall have to seriously consider whether my children should attend the centre unaccompanied until we have a full picture and know just exactly who is to be integrated here, what sort of a parent would I be knowing there could be a risk. After all I wouldn't give them a knife to play with or take them in the car without a seat belt on. This may seem a little extreme to some but I have to live with myself and my conscience. At the end of the day scaremongering or not, my families safety is paramount.