Crowdfunding site set up by BMX club in Rotherham to help thwart the vandals
A CROWDFUNDING page has started to bring in money to help build a fence that will stop vandals ruining facilities at a BMX park.
As reported last month, vandals caused damage at the BMX track on Little Common Lane in Kimberworth, the day after a company had repaired earlier destructiveness.
Now the volunteers at Rotherham BMX Club – which caters for 30 to 40 children each week – need to raise £55,000 to build a fence around the site to stop future attacks.
Carole Foster said that the track – run by volunteers – had reopened four years ago and provides 12,000 sessions to children each year. It also runs regular British Cycling races.
She told the Advertiser that all repairs at the site had to be paid for by the volunteers and children so money for the proposed fence would need to be raised.
There has been a spate of three vandalism attacks on the site.
The crowdfunding site can be visited at https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/rotherham-bmx-on-the-right-track