Burton Stone community centre future unclear
Another Labour project seems to have gone belly up.
Plans to turn the Burton Stone community centre into a self funding operation appear to have stalled.
The Council said last year that it hoped to use the centre to provide specialist day activities for adults with learning disabilities. The transformation of BSCC into a “Learning Disability Activity Centre and Inclusive Community Centre” was expected to start October.
The specialist use meant that some long term users would have had to find alternative premises.
One group collected a PETITION containing nearly 3000 signatures and handed it to City of York Council.
York Coronary Support Group was spearheading a campaign to persuade City of York Council to continue to fund the Burton Stone Lane Community Centre.
The group had provided fitness exercise classes for three days a week at the Burton Stone Lane community centre for the previous 24 years but has been told plans to change its use will mean its work could no longer continue.
Since the change in Council control in May, there have been no further statements about the future of the centre.
There are 4 other community centres in York which have lost their council support this year (Bell Farm, Tang Hall, Foxwood and Chapelfields). Most are hoping that the promised Council budget review on 16th July will see at least a small grant reinstated.