[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by CASPER

As far as I am aware the Hope centre provide a free mini-bus service, picking up many children from around the area (saves on the bus fare). It is not a taxi service and it is optional.

Yes that's right and it's a lovely idea for those children who want to go and possibly wouldn't otherwise be able to get there. In fact I wouldn't object to offering a voluntary bit of something for petrol money (but wouldn't expect others to feel obliged just in case they couldn't afford it) It's just the dark street corner thing that bothered me.

It was Hope Centre people who approached the girls and invited them to go following Edge Camp. They've also been invited to go to the Sunday church meetings but haven't accepted that because we all go to our own church and they wouldn't want to swap. They go to our own church's activities but I see no reason why they shouldn't spread their horizons and share other things with other people too just as they've invited their friends to go along to some of our church activities. When they were younger they used to go to the Peel Street Baptists activity week thing during the school hols. Em has been to youth clubby type things there too sometimes.