Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Abergele Road Children’s Home
This small children’s home run by Cardiff County
Council is to be closed largely on economic grounds.
A few years ago your Councillors supported the
closure of the former childrens home in Gwbert Close
and opposed proposals to transfer it to other social
services uses.
We believed then that the most suitable use for the
building was to pass it to the Council’s Housing
Department to help with the need for larger
accommodation that exists among some families on the
Council’s Housing Waiting List. Eventually this was
agreed and the property is now home to a family and
as far as we are aware this has proved acceptable to
the other residents of the Close who had previously
suffered many difficulties with children at the home.
With this in mind, we have made a similar suggestion
when we were consulted about the closure of the
Abergele Road Home in early January and we are
awaiting the Council’s decision on our suggestion.
Councillor Ralph Cook
Council is to be closed largely on economic grounds.
A few years ago your Councillors supported the
closure of the former childrens home in Gwbert Close
and opposed proposals to transfer it to other social
services uses.
We believed then that the most suitable use for the
building was to pass it to the Council’s Housing
Department to help with the need for larger
accommodation that exists among some families on the
Council’s Housing Waiting List. Eventually this was
agreed and the property is now home to a family and
as far as we are aware this has proved acceptable to
the other residents of the Close who had previously
suffered many difficulties with children at the home.
With this in mind, we have made a similar suggestion
when we were consulted about the closure of the
Abergele Road Home in early January and we are
awaiting the Council’s decision on our suggestion.
Councillor Ralph Cook
