Wednesday, 18 April 2007

How Not To Silence Criticism

The notice board at the Stony Ridge entrance near the composting slum has been taken down and removed. It does not take much guesswork to conclude this is the work of Sheffield Wildlife Trust. The board went up before Easter and has been undisturbed until now. SWT have been on holiday over Easter and would have been back in the office on Monday. And of course some of the notices comment on aspects of SWT’s work.

Pity! Worrying too that such a fine and peaceful place is in the hands of those who behave in this way.


I would also like to invite SWT to use the comments facility on this site if they wish to discuss relevant matters in a balanced way. This is not something that can be done on their own website which is disappointingly dull.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I must say I agree with you that the notice board should not have been removed. That area has been a disgrace ever since the wildlife trust erected the wooden composting structures. I had thought the council gave Blacka Moor to them because they had the resources to look after it. The Friends notice board was at least well presented and informative for somebody who has not been able to go to meetings. Keep up the work.

Neil said...

Thanks for that. Most of the people who I have met on Blacka have expressed similar reservations about that part of the site. It does not inspire confidence.