Dear Sir/Madam
I am writing to oppose the proposed staff changes at Pitsmoor Adventure Playground. I understand that budget cuts are rife, but there are more important issues to be dealt with. I have a number of reasons not to remove staffing from the site.
The playground, which, as you know, is a bedrock of the community, provides a lifeline for the hundreds of local children. One boy says that before he started coming to the playground, he would regularly vandalise local fences and postboxes. Nowadays, he enjoys the playground facilities. “I can’t believe that the council are going to remove the employees,” he says, “they’re the ones that make it special!”
Despite a dismissal of Pitsmoor as an “easy target” for cuts, we can prove that this will have a detrimental effect on the youth of Pitsmoor and Burngreave.
Several children, who in the past have been attacked, have started hanging out at the playground and the mindless bullying stopped. Do you really want these children to spend their free time in a hospital bed?
Thank you for reading this. I can only hope that it will help you reconsider your atrocious decision. If you don’t do it for me, do it for the young people of Pitsmoor.
Yours sincerely, Daniel Rhys Knight