[WillowTheWhisp]

I have already said that I appreciate the minibus.

Yes other youth clubs welcome anyone. I believe the one in Peel Street Accrington welcomes children who are not members of their church. Our own church youth group (in Blackburn) welcomes anyone and they don't have to pay for anything. No, we don't have a free mini bus but if a parent gives another child a lift to and from the church the child is collected at home or at the home of a friend if they are going at the invitation of that friend and brought back safely to the door of the house.

My girls go there every week but they were also invited and encouraged to go to the Hope Centre by Hope Centre youth workers and those from the Hope Centre who have been involved with the Edge Camp at school. The invitation came from the church - it wasn't a case of my girls wanting to go somewhere they didn't belong.

I never did get a phone call from the Youth Pastor and I haven't followed it up as yet because I've had lots of thngs on my mind, mainly health ones and making appointments with doctors and hospitals. By the time I've made those phone calls I'm worn out and had enough of the phone. The minibus driver did call here at the house last Friday.