'It's taken a lot of hours and unpaid work to create this garden, it's just really disheartening.'
However, now with the recent damage to the community space, the church is having to add extra safety precautions, including putting a padlock on the polytunnel, which will restrict easier access to the gardens for locals.Jillian hopes that these new measurements will stop people from trespassing into the garden in future, but is saddened that such restrictions will be enforced.
As well as adopting safety measures, the church is also having to fork out a chunk of cash to repair the garden."To deal with this damage, we're probably looking at a couple of hundred pounds. "This is money that as a charity, we find really difficult to get back, because a church itself is totally reliant on the funds that come in from the church members and volunteers, and the clubs who come in here and pay a hall let."After posting the news to Facebook, locals stood in angry and upset solidarity with the church.While another commented,"Disgraceful behaviour, a lot of people have put time and effort into this great project.
Jillian has blamed the lack of facilities in the area for leading to these spouts of vandalism in the community. She said:"I think the lack of facilities has led to kids going back to old habits that they used to have."I think that has a big impact on how kids behave, because if there was something there that would stop them from hanging around polytunnels and setting fires to things, they wouldn't be resorting to vandalism."
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