HAVING resubmitted our initial business plan to run Abbey Leisure Centre as a community steering group I hope Durham County Council’s Labour cabinet will not underestimate our vision for Abbey and the community as a whole.

If we can pull it off as a group, it will be an exciting opportunity and will prove the big society plan can work.

Abbey Leisure Centre means so much to so many people and the effects this could have longterm on people’s health could, and should, be a major concern if it closes.

I am confident the council cabinet will make a sensible decision not to close Gary Tidbury, Pity Me.