Costs prohibit our youngsters activities

Why do we allow things to be so completely wrong for our young people? I was at a meeting of an organisation for young people last night and we were looking at some future activities. A new local 10 pin bowling alley was mentioned and it was revealed that one teenager had been and it was ‘good value’ at £16 for two games!

One of the hotels Julie and I stayed in Las Vegas had a 55 lane bowling alley in the basement. They charged youngsters 99 cents for two games. Guess what? The place was packed out with young people, giving them an affordable alternative to haunting a street corner.

Even outside this present economic nightmare, £16 is way out of the reach for many youngsters. To top it off, a colleague then declared that to enter a football side into a local league wasn't achievable for under £1,000 these days.

Total bloody madness!


nick