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Boxing at Sheffield Lane Top Boxing Club<\/p><\/div>\n
He advocates an approach of tackling the problem at the source, instead of simply filling Page Hall with police, suggesting funding should be allocated to adding a boxing gym to the community centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the evenings when all the kids come out. If they had a class at 8pm they\u2019d get tired out and go home because they want to sleep\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
When asked whether he thought opening gyms should be a governmental priority on the roadmap out of lockdown he said: \u201cAbsolutely. I think it should be top of the list.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another Page Hall resident, Mr Ali, felt the community\u2019s faith in the police was dwindling, and agreed more good would come from arranging activities for the younger generation.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cI think the young have been forgotten.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith a lack of funding and leadership they don\u2019t have aspirations to excel, and they have nowhere to go to relax and unwind.\u201d<\/p>\n
He warned that children are at risk of falling into drugs and gang culture if something is not done soon.<\/p>\n
Councillor Paul Wood, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods and Community Safety at Sheffield City Council said the council are working with South Yorkshire Police, local community groups and residents to address problems in Page Hall.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cBy drilling down to the root causes, and joining up our approach, we hope to see a notable difference.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor instance, addressing education issues and leisure opportunities should ultimately have a positive impact on antisocial behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boris Johnson is due to set out plans for sports and clubs to resume this afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Exasperated residents of Page Hall have doubts over high visibility police patrols, and have said the solution to the area\u2019s problems lies in getting children off the streets. Community champion Yasser Mohammed, who runs the Facebook group \u2018ONLY IN PAGEHALL\u2019, praised South Yorkshire Police\u2019s efforts over the years, but said the relationship had soured. Mr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n