From July 2011 Wandsworth Council will start charging children to use the adventure playground in Battersea Park.
Details for the Battersea Park Adventure Playground Charges
This is an additional tax on families in the area which will hit the poorest in society the hardest. Today some of the Battersea Lib Dem team were down at Battersea Park talking to parents and children to see what they think of the charges.
One local Battersea woman we spoke to said that with the charge the Adventure Playground will become the preserve of the middle classes.
The charge is £2.50 which although not huge is an additional cost at a time when people are already suffering. But if you start to think about the average family with more than one child this is when the bill really starts to rack up.
Over the next few weeks we will keep you up to date with how the campaign progresses and our proposed solutions and responses from the Tory Council with regards to this campaign. For now we need to start building a register of people who are opposed to the disgraceful tax on children’s play.
