DESPITE the complaints that there is nothing to do in Beaconsfield, young people seem to be turning their backs on an opportunity to suggest ideas.

The steering committee of the proposed Beaconsfield Community Association wrote to 12 schools at the end of last term inviting essays on What I Would Expect from a Community Association, and offering £8 in prizes. Now, just a week from the closing date, not a single essay has been received.

"We're baffled," said one member of the committee, who took on the organisation of the competition. "We took great care not to clash with exam times in the school but nothing has happened." The competition will go ahead as planned. But unless the committee gets a crop of good essays by the end of next week the closing date will be postponed until the beginning of next school term and the schools will be approached again.

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