FabSwingers.com forum: School Fields

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Education Secretary Michael Gove is rushing to sell off another of London's school fields. The announcement is imminent, but if we now raise our voices, hoarse from cheering on Team GB's stars -- we can save this precious green space for London’s future Olympians.

We can’t inspire a generation to play sport if there’s less and less space to play it. This government has already approved the sale of 21 school fields. Let’s make London 2012 the time a line is drawn to stop the sell-offs, starting with Elliott School in London where Team GB football star Fara Williams and I used to play when we were kids. The school is even a heritage-listed building, recognised by English Heritage as of national architectural importance. Under pressure, Gove is sending out conflicting messages about the sell-off, and a mass campaign, buoyed by Olympics euphoria, can save the school fields.

This is a golden opportunity to save school sports. If everyone joins the 96% of respondents to the official public consultatlon and many others who oppose the sell-off, we can get him to back down -- sign the petition now and share with everyone you know!

I am not posting the link here as I don't know if it is allowed but you can find Avaaz on Facebook and sign it there.

It is sooooo important

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol the government has now admitted it has sold thirty not twenty three playing fields. It really is a joke have the Tories in, they just have to sell off anything they can to make their greedy cronies happy. An awful statistic is that the majority of athletes come from private schools as they have the best coaches and now normal kids are going to be disadvantaged even more by the same old cronies. Have a look at the number of international rowers from state schools. Sailing and hockey are the same. All politicians have agendas and I have a great local mp who is Tory but the government could at least try not to make the gap between haves and have nots slightly less.