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Nelson needle centre plans to be discussed tonight
12:10pm Monday 1st March 2010 in
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- By Jon Livesey » Reporter
PLANS to convert a former bank in Nelson town centre into a drug and alcohol misuse centre with a needle exchange will be discussed by councillors tonight.
Traders have protested against voluntary body CRI’s plans to create the centre in the former Halifax Bank premises in Manchester Road.
They fear it will attract the ‘wrong kind’ of people into the area and believe it should be outside the town centre.
But Pendle Council’s planning officers recommend the proposals are approved.
The proposals include a needle exchange service, specialised prescribing, structured day care programmes, clinical support and counselling.
If the plans are approved the centre would open between 9am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday and 9 am to 1.30pm on Saturdays.
Access to the needle exchange unit would be from the rear of the building.
The facility is funded by the East Lancashire Primary Care Trust and commissioned by the area’s drug and alcohol abuse team.
Pendle Council’s Nelson Committee will meet at the Town Hall at 7pm.
Comments(8)
nelson claret
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12:47pm Mon 1 Mar 10
yep i'm sure many people will agree with you that its a good idea to spend scarce taxpayers funds on a centre for smack heads who contribute absolutely nothing in any way shape or form to society REGARDLESS of where that centre is to be located - if you don't have any legitimate comments to make on a serious issue then why bother???
retired one
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3:29pm Mon 1 Mar 10
These are the people who should be helped and not the scum of society.
Izanears
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4:23pm Mon 1 Mar 10
4 Despite what is said about blacking out the windows of the former shop, and having the needle exchange at the rear of the premises by appointment, a town centre is not the place for such a facility. However it has to be accessible, (and I can't really understand why) then there are premises, i.e. former offices in Carr Road and in Trafalgar House, which would allow the 'visitors' far greater privacy, and keep them away from the gaze of town centre shoppers.
FREDF2009
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4:49pm Mon 1 Mar 10
Cool Lad
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11:02pm Mon 1 Mar 10
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My security word is your-wife, imagine it was your husband/wife that was mugged or attacked by one of these druggies. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
lancastrian lass
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8:27am Tue 2 Mar 10
Lancylad
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3:59pm Tue 2 Mar 10
I think that the councillors should grasp the nettle here. Hell's teeth! Nelson centre has enough problems already. This is a prime town centre location. What message would it send out?
I am disgusted that the charity behind this has considered it to be a suitable location and they have shown no respect for the town, its population or its potential customers.
These sort of places, as necessary as they might be, should not be located at the heart of a town's retail centre.
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12:22pm Mon 1 Mar 10