[ssf] Problem kids' home outrage:

[worldwarfree at riseup.net]

NEIGHBOURS on a quiet suburban Sheffield street are on the warpath after
discovering a family house is being converted into a privately-run home
for problem youngsters, the “Not In My Back Yard” asked a contractor
putting up a six foot fence around the house what was going on.

It was then discovered Nottingham-based Pathway Care Solutions had no need
to apply for planning permission for the changes, to use the home for
working class kids - which will provide accommodation for three children
aged 10 and older. They will be on the care register but will not have
foster or adoption placements, and will be looked after by two care
workers.

Residents in the cul-de-sac are astonished  that plans for the home could
be given the go-ahead without any opportunity for them to have a say.

"It beggars belief - anyone planning to change the size of their garage or
put up an extension needs to get planning permission, yet this home has
just appeared in our street without any such procedures at all," said one
resident.

“In words, we do not desire these youngsters in our community, all right,
we have to deal with rowdy Students and though their vomit, pissing in
people's gardens and other anti social antics, such as waking people at
3am, we can deal with this, it is all about learning.”

“Being at university is about been given opportunity and life experience”,
said one of the local residents in the cul-de-sac and they are astonished
that plans for the home could be given the go-ahead without any
opportunity for them to have a say.

Council officers who looked at the case decided no planning permission was
needed as fewer than six people would be living in the children's home. A
similar ruling would have covered a family home being turned into student
accommodation.

But the Reservoir Road residents believe their situation has wider
implications for other suburbs.

“Is there not enough accommodation to house them in their own community”,
exclaimed another local. Now we are open about being openly-classist, our
utter contempt towards the middle class, but here we have the very people
who criticise us for our political views.

Indeed even the ward's Lib Dem councillors (including council leader Paul
Scriven) were unaware of the development,"Sheffield currently places many
of its looked-after children in homes outside the city, and social
services have been put under pressure to find them placements closer to
home," said one close neighbour.

"One obvious solution is to open a number of small homes like this one all
over the city - that's why we feel this is a city-wide issue, not just one
for Crookesmoor."

Resident Mark Thompson said neighbours were now seeking legal advice on
the lack of consultation by Pathway Care Solutions and the council.

"We'll take this as far as we can," he said. "We know there has to be
provision for children like these but is it really appropriate to place
them in the middle of a small community with absolutely no consultation
whatsoever?"

Lib Dem Coun. Shaffaq Mohammed, who represents the area, said he was
adamant local people should be consulted, just the same as people living
in the city centre are when another late venue is open, makes an
application for late opening times, it seems there is one rule for the
middle class an other for our class, if we were to behave and act as
Students often do, we would no doubt find ourselves in trouble with the
police.

The not in my back yard protest stinks of anti-working class sentiment,
from the very people who state we should strive for a better inclusive
society, and give those with a disadvantage opportunity, so then we ask
why shouldn't working class children live in Crooksmoor? is just for the
preserve of the middle class, with the slum housing in these areas for the
underclass. As long as we are not seen or heard and paying £50 pounds a
week for a one room flat to a profiteering landlord, they're happy.

No doubt private Residents like Mark Thompson who said neighbours were now
seeking legal advice on the lack of consultation by Pathway Care Solutions
and the council, will get their way.

"We'll take this as far as we can," he said. "We know there has to be
provision for children like these but is it really appropriate to place
them in the middle of a small community with absolutely no consultation
whatsoever?"

Yes, dysfunctional children are all scum. Anyone on the dole is scum.
Anyone who commits a crime, no matter what the circumstances, are scum.

It's the easy answer to everything - don't like what someone's doing?
Don't bother to try and understand - no - just brand 'em 'SCUM' and then
you can pretend to ignore them while simultaneously lambasting them for
their scum like behaviour.

We used to have an approach to this mentality - the teacher gets you to
put on the triangular hat with the big 'D' on it, and tells you to go and
stand in the corner facing the wall.

Ah, the good old days - didn't you just love 'em?

Now here is a thought could it not have been put next door to Lib Dem Nick
Clegg?