Local park.

[maggie01]

They have just finished a skateboarding ramp ready for the school holidays in our park. Looked pretty good till I took dogs for a walk over there today. There is graffiti all over it. A motorbike next to it burned out and a portaloo turned over. I don't even live in a so called rough area. What an earth makes kids do this, and they say there is nothing for them to do. What is the point of spending money on things like this for a few to ruin it and make it look unsightly. More of a rant than a question, but it makes me so angry. Luckily not all kids are like this.

[dot.hawkes]

it is amazing what goes on late at night in places like that, i think every toen and village in the country has this sort of problem, a group of kids, by that I mean probably girls as well, aged 12 - 16, will all congregate at a certain spot, they contact each other by text and badger folk to buy them cheap cider and cigs and then they club together for a �5 bit of weed and next thing u know they are all in a gang and having a great time causing damage and making a mess, in the clear light of day they are still zeddin it in bed whilste the rest of the world has only thr destruction to tut over and wonder what the parents are doing.
Kids have access to too much money and they want that wild late night every night, It is not just the natural darkness that goes on in places like that, it is the darkness of the world these kids are living in late at night when their mums and dads think they are round at their mates playing music or on a playstation.

[Rufio]

You will be hard pushed to find a skate park in the world that is not covered in graffiti. Authorities seem to takelesser offence to this as it is for the kids and they'd rather have them tagging these than houses, shops, offices, trains etc etc

[wendilla]

When my son was 16 he campaigned for signatures all over our village and took to local council and a skateboard ramp was put up.Next day they had to get buckets of disinfectant and cleaned it but this was a waste of time even the little play area for small children is littered with cigs tins food and even nappies.And now they are spending loads of money rebuiding it with seats for the elderly and other play items.Another place for the louts to gather .I would never dream of taking my grandson up there and this one won't be any better when it is finished. It is just the council bragging again what they are doing for the youngsters wasting my money.