I must write that this is my personal opinion, although I am a member of an Ashton Church this is my personal opinion and not the Church's opinion.

The Churches in Ashton run several clubs for toddlers, children, Youth, elderly. The Churches do all this voluntarily for no pay whatsoever and for the good of the Community as a whole.

Some of the Clubs that I know of that are run by local Churches voluntarily for the whole community: -
Salvation Army - Thursday night Kidz Club, Thursday Toddler Group am and pm, Wednesday elderly luncheon club.
Cave Browne - CAMEO toddler group
St Lukes & IM - Monday Youth Club, Tuesday Toddler group
St Thomas - Friday night Youth Club Drop In, Wednesday Weenies Toddler group
Bryn Baptist - Countdown weekly Club for school age children.
Also all the uniformed Clubs - Brownies, Guides, Brigade, Scouts, Brigade all run by Churches.
Sorry if I missed any Church out these are just the ones I know about.

All the Churches do this for the good of the community - if Churches didn't do these clubs then kids would have no where to go and could be causing a nuisance for the Council and Police on the streets.

Therefore why can't the Police or Council or whoever refuses to foot the bill for a Walking Day say "Yes the Churches do a lot for the Community so let's Police their Walking Day for them?"

I am really disappointed that words actually fail me!!!