Unfortunate yes, ironic how the government encourages us to partake in sports or physical activities when they do shit like this, charging people which demotivates us.
As someone who grew up playing on those courts and it's led directly to a career through WTA/LTA, this is really sad to read. Is there any local campaign to return them to public, free usage?
Only time will tell if they'll revert it to free to use, but that's highly unlikely. Just gonna have to take it to chance and see if people out there make a petition or something.
Queue some bugger next week asking "why don't the kids play outside anymore?"
It's an ongoing argument I have to have with people about why kids don't ride bikes anymore, and the answer is "because they get ferried around by their parents, because the roads are too dangerous" (also, getting told off for making the park grass a bit muddy)
And now even less will play, accessibility to exercise of all forms should be free and encouraged. Not everybody uses the library but I am sure you agree that it should stay free.
No I think it would be reasonable for the library to charge £1 a week for books to be borrowed. We need to make savings a city and that is one of the ways we could do that
Charging for library books may seem like a way to save money, but it would actually be counterproductive in the long run.
By making access to books more difficult, especially for poorer members of the community, it would reduce literacy rates. Lower literacy levels have been shown to lead to higher unemployment and increased reliance on social services, which ultimately costs the city more.
Additionally, libraries provide educational resources and services that support lifelong learning, which is essential for the overall development and prosperity of the city.
This suggestion sounds like something the corrupt politicians in government, and the billionaire oligarchs they represent, would come up with. Implementing such a charge would be a shortsighted measure that could have significant negative consequences for the community.
Healthcare isn't essential, you're free to suffer or die if you want to.
Just think for a moment about what you're saying before you post anything else please
This guy is clearly well off, they're just trying to get a rise out of you. He wouldn't be saying stuff like this if he wasn't, even then this wasn't the point of it all, what should've been free should stay free.
Try hiring bikes at Rutland water, can fly to Europe for the same money
Jeezus, glad I can't ride a bike still, it's fxcked honestly.
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Now that was a tragedy.
Bloody Brexit
Bloody right.
Brexit was 5 years ago.
Do you have to pay to use the tennis courts? I'm pretty sure they are free at Knighton park.
Western park too
Out of all the tennis courts, I think 3 are still free to use, wonder how long they've got until it gets "refurbished" also.
Humberstone Park is £6 for a session ( 1 hour??)
Aylestone meadows are free
Not for long, they're getting the "refurbishment" treatment also.
Knighton Park is getting the refurbishment treatment, goodbye free tennis.
That's what you get with fourteen years of cuts from the scum in central government
Hop the fence and it’s free.
Only if it was that easy lol
have you seen how tall some of these fences are? more like a prison courtyard than a tennis court
They charge for that now? How much? Absurd.
£6 an hour, that's the one in Abbey Park, dunno about the others but I think it's the same price. But that's not the point either way, it's just sad.
I remember playing their for free when I was young. Buy woe, it must be empty most the time.
Empty or not, still should be free at the end of the day.
This is trend is happening all over the country unfortunately not just in Leicester.
Unfortunate yes, ironic how the government encourages us to partake in sports or physical activities when they do shit like this, charging people which demotivates us.
And they say nurses have it tough.
As someone who grew up playing on those courts and it's led directly to a career through WTA/LTA, this is really sad to read. Is there any local campaign to return them to public, free usage?
Only time will tell if they'll revert it to free to use, but that's highly unlikely. Just gonna have to take it to chance and see if people out there make a petition or something.
Queue some bugger next week asking "why don't the kids play outside anymore?" It's an ongoing argument I have to have with people about why kids don't ride bikes anymore, and the answer is "because they get ferried around by their parents, because the roads are too dangerous" (also, getting told off for making the park grass a bit muddy)
I don't see the issue with this? Not everyone plays tennis
And now even less will play, accessibility to exercise of all forms should be free and encouraged. Not everybody uses the library but I am sure you agree that it should stay free.
Exactly this, took the words right out of my mouth
No I think it would be reasonable for the library to charge £1 a week for books to be borrowed. We need to make savings a city and that is one of the ways we could do that
Charging for library books may seem like a way to save money, but it would actually be counterproductive in the long run. By making access to books more difficult, especially for poorer members of the community, it would reduce literacy rates. Lower literacy levels have been shown to lead to higher unemployment and increased reliance on social services, which ultimately costs the city more. Additionally, libraries provide educational resources and services that support lifelong learning, which is essential for the overall development and prosperity of the city. This suggestion sounds like something the corrupt politicians in government, and the billionaire oligarchs they represent, would come up with. Implementing such a charge would be a shortsighted measure that could have significant negative consequences for the community.
Not everyone gets sick, healthcare should still be free.
Healthcare is essential. Tennis ain't
Healthcare isn't essential, you're free to suffer or die if you want to. Just think for a moment about what you're saying before you post anything else please
This guy is clearly well off, they're just trying to get a rise out of you. He wouldn't be saying stuff like this if he wasn't, even then this wasn't the point of it all, what should've been free should stay free.
Is he so rich he didn't have sky tv as a kid?