Petition calls for drug charity base to be relocated
A PETITION calling for the relocation of a drug rehabilitation charity in Llanelli has been presented to the county council.
178 signatures were collected in support of the petition which called on the council to relocate Chooselife to alternative accommodation away from its present base at Copperworks Road in Llanelli.
Petitioners said they were concerned at the proximity of the charity to a new primary school being built in the area.
Presented by Vanessa March, chair of the Glanymor and Tyisha Safer Communities Action Group, the petition read: “We the undersigned call upon the Carmarthenshire County Council to exercise its paramount duty to safeguard and protect children by relocating the Charity Chooselife to suitable alternative accommodation. The present location of Chooselife immediately adjacent to the new infants and junior school in Copperworks Road is unacceptable and dangerous as hundreds of children will be walking to school along Copperworks Road on a daily basis. The close location of both facilities is incompatible and one must move. Due to the investment already committed by the County Council, this must be Chooselife.”
Whilst the building occupied by Chooselife is not in council ownership, the petition will be considered by the council’s executive board.
- To watch the full debate and access the agenda documents about this discussion at Full Council, visit the council and democracy section of the council’s website – www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales
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