Response to article on Broadwater Farm Community Centre

Response to article in the Journal:

Dear Editor,

I want to reassure your readers that there is no plan to close the Broadwater Farm Community Centre, as claimed in a story by the Journal last week (Vital centre ‘being run into the ground’, Journal, February 25).

The truth is we believe the centre to be a vital local resource and that is why we reduced hire charges last year and are now investing around £500,000 in improvements to make it more accessible to users.

These are hardly the actions of a council intending to close down an important facility.

The community centre is well used for a range of activities – including sports and exercise classes, dance workshops, computing, advice sessions – and as a regular meeting place for numerous community groups.

Yours sincerely,

Cllr Kaushika Amin

Cabinet Member for Community Cohesion and Involvement