RE Nelson youth club funding ‘could be lost’ (LT, Feb 10), what on earth are they playing at? Here we have probably a once in a lifetime chance to improve the life chances of hundreds of children and young people across the district, and we hear it could be thwarted by bureaucracy The solution is not rocket science! The chiefs of both Lancashire and Pendle councils need to get the individuals in the relevant departments in one room and tell them to get on with it. Just do it!

Let’s for a change, have a can-do attitude from council staff before we lose this chance. If it fails and the area loses the myplace funding, those who should have had a part in it should, at the very least, be named. There are no excuses that would be acceptable for such a loss to the local community and its young people. The repercussions for those responsible should this happen would be deservedly relentless.

I’ll even give them the required £2 as a gift.

R Enshaw, Leeds Road, Nelson