Plaid AM speaks up for campaign to save Troed Y Ton care home
13 January 2009
Plaid Cymru Assembly Member, Bethan Jenkins, has today spoken of her support for the campaign to save Troed Y Ton care home in Kenfig Hill and asked the Assembly Government to join her in supporting the local campaigners.
Troed Y Ton is a residential home for the elderly in Kenfig Hill. It’s a home for over 30 people and over 40 staff. The council have decided the land on which it’s situated will be turned into a block of flats.
Today, campaigners from the area protested at the council’s decision and staged a march past Bridgend County Borough Council offices.
In a question to the Leader of the House, Carwyn Jones during today’s plenary session at the Assembly, Ms Jenkins said:
“You will be aware that Troed Y Ton care home in Kenfig Hill is to be demolished by the local council in favour of building a block of flats on the land. The home houses 30 residents and more than 40 staff and as campaigners rightly point out, it is more than a building, and it is a community. Will the Welsh Assembly Government support campaigners’ calls for the home to be saved?”
In response, Carwyn Jones said it was a matter for the council and whilst he understands “the sentiment of local people” he disagreed that it was a case of demolition and claimed that the area would benefit from the flats being built in its place.
But Ms Jenkins disagrees and following the debate said:
“We are not talking about bricks and mortar: we are talking about a close-knit community, a home and a place of work. People stand to loose that if the Council goes ahead with its decision and I again call on them to reverse their decision and accept the views of local people.”
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