Say No to Closure of Seven Kings Park Toilets Campaign (2)

Mark Kennedy, Membership Secretary of the Seven Kings and Newbury Park Resident's Association writes:

"On behalf of my committee members, I would like to record my thanks and appreciation for all of the effort made by the members of our Seven Kings & Newbury Park Residents Association, the community who pitched in, that we will hopefully gain as new members later and not forgetting the local shops in both Seven Kings and Newbury Park who were tremendous in asking each customer at their shops to sign our petition against the Council's closure threat to close the toilets in our local community, Seven Kings Park, Aldborough Road South, Newbury Park. Sadly, on this occasion, we lost the battle to save the toilets from closure at the Budget meeting, last Thursday 3rd March 2011. Some might say, we wasted our time and effort in trying to save the toilets from closure, no matter how clean and well kept they are, as is the case, the Council would always win and have their way. However, this is not the view we take on this issue. The positives are, we gained over 1,000 petition signatures in 5 days, our residents association name is now known to to all Councillors of all parties, our profile in the community has been raised during the campaign process and we are known now to the many thousands of readers of the Ilford Recorder as well. We have gained some new members, hopefully more will follow. Far from losing the battle, as far as we are concerned, it is game on. As the only local residents association that serves both the communities of Seven Kings & Newbury Park areas and one that prides itself on trying to maintain and improve the community for all people in Seven Kings and Newbury Park, the fight goes on. Our resident's association, will continue to press the council to reverse its decision to close the park toilets at every opportunity. In my appreciation, I must not forget to thank the local Councillors from Seven Kings, Newbury Park and Goodmayes who tried their best in asking questions during the Budget meeting aimed at the delegation protest representatives, which I and our resident's Secretary, Audrey Shorer were part, to highlight how the community users of the park would suffer from not being able to access toilets during recreation, play and exercise. For further details on this campaign and for joining the residents association, please contact Mark on Tel: 020-8598-8435 before 9:00 pm."

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