Midnight Soccer anyone?
 

I read with interest that youngsters in Burnley are to be offered free floodlit soccer sessions;timed around Midnight.
This £8,000 scheme is an effort to give the kids something to do.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/l...re/4573520.stm
Can we hope for the enlightened ones on HBC.to copy this idea soon?:not_ripe: :not_ripe:

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Knowing Some Youth Workers And Hbc Staff They Will Copy It But Not In The Area They Live In

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hmm tony blair wants kids indoors by 9pm and the councils want our kids playing out at midnight...?

i wonder if this is midweek or weekend those kids will be falling asleep in class lol

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accy council screw the kids of this borough. u look at blackburn and hte astro turf pitch off barbara castle way adn the one at willows

i was part of a group who went to my local (then) labour councillor to maybe get the pitch at the bottom of lister st converted into an astro turf the kids could use - our delighted councillor told us that plans were already under way

6 months later we found out it was for hyndbrn park school - an extension of hteir playground. and they had applied for fundin externally and had nothing to do wiht the local council.

we then were wanting to apply via the lottery but were held back from that sayin the council wudnt authorise it.

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Yes the possible funding bid would be considered too main stream.......Now if you were a Peruvian mountain dwelling goatherder,thas in with a chance!

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iTS TIME THE KIDS HAD SOMETHING TO OCCUPY THEM OTHER THAN BEING A CONSTANT PAIN IN THE ARTHER!

There are times I wonder if any council realy considers ways to keep kids of street corners and trouble making. All that seems to cross the minds of these people is the cost to install and run. Yet would that not be recouped if the kids are occupied and the council is not shelling out for repairs etc.

Sorry about the shouting but sometimes people in power of conveniently deaf.

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the old tennis courts at milnshaw park were torn down and the local kids were invited to come in on the project and help decide what shuold be put there for them

within a few weeks the kids couldnt be arsed with it anymore and the project is now in limbo with an eyesore full of broken bottles and beer cans which incidently is there because the kids put it there

although i wish i could blame HBC for everything i cant and this particular project was wasted because of the bone idleness of the kids

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As Chav says the apathy is not just with the HBC or other adults;some kids just cannot be bothered to work towards a goal(pun intended)

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Give you that Chav so is the answer a centre full of xbox and playstations?

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I think it sounds a good idea, as long as the kids who are a real nusiance are targeted, and not just kids that already like sport.

I wouldn't want a fourteen year old child of mine wandering the streets afterwards though, on their way home.

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That's the problem today, kids have no imagination and when they say that they're bored, parents are expected to flash the cash on some expensive little gismo to keep their 'little darlings' amused! What a load of crock! .... Both Slink and myself have commented on how much fun our childhood was but our parents didn't provide any latest craze and we certainly didn't get to spend hours in front of a TV .... we were outside arranging our own amusement and to keep on thread that was often playing footy in the street with the lads but ony til 9pm in summer and that was if we were lucky!

A nation of spoilt brat kids that's what we have! :(

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I know many younger than that who wander the streets late at night because their parents dont give a donald duck about what they are up to or where they are. :(

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Yes Garinda,in an ideal world kids would have parent transporting them.In reality they (mostly) would run riot.

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YES THERE IS A CENTRE FULL OF PLAYSTATIONS AND X BOXES ITS CALLED NEW ERA COMPLEX WHICH THE LOCAL KIDS TRY TO WRECK EACH NIGHT:mad:

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Well lets just lock them up from 19:00 - 07:00 because thats the only way to win. Then duck as human rights and do gooders shell us like a WW1 battlefield.

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I believe that the New Era Club runs some football coaching classes,not sure what age groups though.

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The sad point to all this is that dispite the efforts of a few many would rather cause trouble which infringes on the one sthat get benifit from whats provided.

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so by doing these classes from 10 till midnight will keep them occupied for 2 hours but what happens after midnight when they will go and do exactly the same as they would have done from 10 till 12 anyway ...only now it will be 2 hours + later and even more people will be disturbed as more will be in bed by that time.......


WHAT A STUPID IDEA.......typical burnley if you ask me ....thick as pig muck....:D :rolleyes:

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I think the idea is to probably instil a little discipline, and self worth, through the use of sport at a time of day when other distractions may loom.

There's a whole part of a generation that thinks getting rat arsed in parks is the only way to go. If it just helps a couple of them into sorting their lives out, I think it will be a worthwhile project.

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These kids see their Idols on the telly in the papers etc because of their misbehavior wether it be through drink drugs etc. If these youngsters want to emulate their heros/idols then they will find a way to do it. Parents must shoulder part of the blame for in some cases they are that soft that Andrex are in trouble. Too many are taking kindness for softness and as time goes by push further and further to the point that anything there to help them or give them other intrests is sneered at.
People and groups want to help these "outsiders" but just get it thrown in their faces as its "uncool" or it would mean they are not part of the "incrowd." Because of this were as a generation ago a badge was collected at the cubs scouts brownies guides etc theirs is how much the can drink smoke drugs arrests and court appearences. We seemed to have lost part of a generation and possible future genarations because of it. The only people that can help them is themselves but only if the attitude they take can be changed.

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I think the official line is spend ''£2'' on entertainment,in the hope that it will save'£10' cost in policing,vandalism and court time.In reality as mentioned the vandalism is merely deflected to another place and another time.
The softly softly experiment has failed time for old values to be reinstated!
I will stop now as I am sounding like Margaret Thatcher.