- Cymraeg
- English
'Save our services'
February 14, 2006 12:52 PM
Welsh Liberal Democrat AM for Brecon and Radnorshire, Kirsty Williams, has expressed her disappointment at Powys County Council's decision to cut front-line services for children.
The Council has recently decided to cut funding for the Bookrunner mobile library service, which currently visits all primary schools in the county, and for the Gurnos youth centre, which provides youth service facilities for people in the Ystradgynlais area.
Ms Williams said: "These projects offer an extremely valuable service to our children, and deserve to be protected. In rural areas such as our own, there is not a wide variety of such services to choose from, these children cannot just shrug their shoulders and begin to visit another library or youth centre ten minutes down the road - for most it is this or nothing.
Kirsty viewing the Bookrunner Service in action
"At the Assembly last week, I spoke with the Minister with responsibility for these matters, and asked her to contact Powys County Council about it. She agreed that it was disappointing that these services are under threat, and promised to look into the matter. I hope that there the possibility of safeguarding these services, which are so appreciated by the local children."
What would you like to do next?
-
Subscribe for updates
Follow the party's activity on...
- Twitter:
- Liberal Democrats
- Facebook:
- Liberal Democrats
- YouTube:
- Liberal Democrats