A Basildon youth project to which Mark Noble donated to is set to be scrapped after a change of council leadership.
The plans, under the former leadership of Labour’s Gavin Callaghan, will be pulled under the new administration of Basildon’s Tories, despite planning permission being agreed.
The £4.1million investment from Basildon Council into the project will be spent elsewhere.
Noble threw his weight behind the plan and pledged £35,000 in a bid to help the borough’s most vulnerable.
The Hammer, who has already pledged his support to Basildon Council’s plan to establish a Youth Zone in the borough, expressed how impressed he was to see the Basildon community and that it was important to do all we could to lopk out for one another at the present time.
And he added: “I have spoken before about how excited I am by what I see happening in Basildon and the potential for the future. I felt it was important to send a token of support at this time of need.”
The news that the Youth Project in Basildon could now be scrapped will come as a personal disappointment to the West Ham captain.
Obviously vulnerable young people are not Tory voters!
Wonder where the 4.1 mill is destined?
Has Gavin anything to say about this?