IF children want something badly enough there is nothing wrong with asking them to do something towards providing it.
Collecting 300 signatures on a petition for a skateboard park, as youngsters at Shrivenham did, is quite a pretty good effort.
And the parish council should show them it is prepared to give them more than just formal backing.
It should tell them it is prepared to dig into its treasury, if they and their parents roll up their sleeves and do some fundraising as well.
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