MORE signatures and letters calling for the day centres in Beaconsfield and Bourne End to remain open were sent to county hall before the end of the public consultation on Monday.

Seeleys House in Beaconsfield and the Bourne End day centre are under consultation by Buckinghamshire County Council who intend to shut around 20 day centres and open four or five new ones.

The Friends of Seeleys House sent a petition with more than 1000 signatures calling for its day centre to stay open saying it should be developed not destroyed and to re-think the proposals.

Mrs Trevallion has a 36-year-old daughter called Anna who is severely learning disabled as a result of brain damage when she was ten months old who uses Seeleys House.

She said: “There is also insufficient information to be able to judge whether or not the proposals if carried out would be an improvement to the lives of the Seeleys House and other day centre users.”

The Bourne End day centre in Wakeman Road was built in the 1980s and residents raised £45,000 towards the cost.

Resident Peter Willingham said the the day centre “is fit for purpose” and should be “turned over to the community to run.”

He sent letters of support from 90 residents received in three days to MP Dominic Grieve and BCC before the end of the consultation on Monday.

A petition of 1,225 people opposing plans to close the centre was handed to Cllr Patricia Birchley at Bourne End library earlier in the month.

Mr Willingham said residents at the public meeting held on August 31 felt the proposals were a “done deal”.

He added: “Everyone recognises that significant cuts have to be made in most areas of life for a few years – but the meeting felt that alienating the myriad of volunteers of Bourne End, who have built up a very successful 'business model' for many aspects of social care over 40 years is not the way to achieve those necessary cuts.

"A different solution and direction must be pursued.”

Mrs Trevallion wrote a statement which they believe Anna would have written if she could verbalise her thoughts and speak and write for herself.

In the statement it said: “The good thing for me at the day centre has been making it part of my daily routine.

"I learn about the world through repetition of activities and through the geography of the places such as Seeleys. When I get onto the bus in the morning I know I am going to a place where I know what will happen and how I will spend my day.“

Later on the statement read: “Continuity of care, activities and geography are very important to me and changes however small cause me great distress. I do not understand why the Council wants to save money on some one like me who is considered to have profound and multiple learning disabilities.”