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Hi, I’m Tim Muller and I’m a student at Ullswater Community College.
I’m also a student at Community College and I’m Chris
INTERVIEWER: Hello, your school has been taking part in Eden District Council’s Consultation on next years Scrutiny Work Plan,
INTERVIEWER: can you tell us how you first found out about this consultation?
Yeah, well a few weeks ago our entire Student Council was brought here
and we had about half an hour talk on the Scrutiny just discussing the basic ins and outs,
anyways it was good, it gave us some time to consider our initial views
and sort of come to terms with what we thought was the most important issues as students in Penrith,
so it was basically a half hour discussion which just allowed us the time to come to these decisions.
INTERVIEWER: And can you tell me what your first choice of topic was?
My first choice of topic was the Penrith New Squares site.
INTERVIEWER: And what did you feel was important about this topic, why did you choose it?
Well, as a young person in Penrith and a student at Ullswater,
it’s something that’s really had an impact on everybody,
a couple of years ago we had a lovely green field which people could go out and play their football on,
just generally enjoy, where as now it’s been replaced by this rather macabre sort of concrete nightmare,
it’s generally after talking to the other students of Ullswater
it’s really held that we’d much prefer, rather than them continuing on building shops or car parks,
we’d really prefer it to be returned to some sort of community park,
if we need to spend money on shops and car parks there then why not spend money on creating something with a real community sense,
something that has values and that really brings me on to my second point on the Scrutiny list
which is parks and open spaces because obviously
I mean we had parks and open spaces and they were turned into car parks and confined spaces so
basically people at Ullswater think that if we return it to a community park it would just be lovely and
it could be enjoyed by everyone from parents with toddlers to senior citizens,
I mean who can’t enjoy a sunny day in a field and the same just cannot be said for a multi storey car park,
obviously parking in Penrith is an issue at the moment, it wouldn’t be so much of an issue it our car park hadn’t been replaced by a building site,
yeah, that’s about it.
INTERVIEWER: Thank you very much Tim, and Chris what were the topics that you chose as the most important?
My first topic was refuse collection and recycling and my second was disabled facilities grants.
INTERVIEWER: And why did you think it was important to look into recycling and refuse?
Well obviously with the global situation we’ve got with the environment I thought recycling was quite important and
there are a lot of pros and cons to the way it’s operated in our County and
I think the way that the recycling and rubbish are done on alternate weeks is quite positive
because it encourages people to recycle and to not just put their rubbish into their recycling and vice versa
and that mixes everything up and that reduces land fill and it’s good for the environment
but also I know I get quite confused and I tend to put the rubbish out on recycling days
but obviously my mother corrects me with that so that’s alright.
INTERVIEWER:And what lead you to choose disabled facilities grants as your other choice?
Well, I think it’s very important for families to stick together
and I know when my Grandad was terminally ill we wanted him to stay with us
but we couldn’t obviously afford to have that
so he went to live a home where he’d be looked after properly
but we couldn’t see him very often because he lived quite far away
so I think it’s important for families to remain together so that would provide that opportunity
which is something people need.
INTERVIEWER: Thank you, well thank you very much for taking part in the Scrutiny Work Plan Consultation
and thank you also for coming to speak to us today.
Thank you