Your local council is considering closing a sport and leisure centre that it runs, in order to save money. Write a letter to the local council, in your letter, - Give details of how you and your friends or family use the centre. - Explain the why the centre is important for the local community. - Describe the possible effects on local people if the centre closed.

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Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to express my concern, on behalf of the Reading community, about the proposed closure of the only
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centre
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in the town. Numerous people use
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place and the decision to shut it down contradicts
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the interests of the Reading residents. I am hoping that you reconsider your plan and keep it open. The
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centre
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has served us well for several years and many have enjoyed
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facilities that have been provided to us. It is an asset to our town and it is a place that many excersize, participate in several sports and social activities. It is an integral social hub of our town and a very treasured facility. I understand that closing
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will save a lot of money, but do you really want to deprive us
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a local
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centre
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? It is common knowledge that the
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is a well-valued facility that all age groups love to use. Some schools can afford a small pool, which the council is reluctant to provide, and many
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to the
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.
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, after taking snatching the
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, education authorities will have to spend money on coaches and transport. A popular concern is global warming these days and shutting down
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would
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force us to travel elsewhere. Many parents and carers will struggle and have the hassle of strapping children in for a long, uncalled-for journey- to Bracknell, where the
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is most likely loud, overcrowded and chaotic. Many children will not want to spend their pocket money on transportation and without physical
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it will impact them psychologically and physically. We are informed that the
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will be replaced with a supermarket and another park. As much as we love greenery, we’d much rather have a more entertaining, unique and inclusive to all ages, and a
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centre
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has been doing great for us.

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The Closing

The style of the letter determine how you have to close it.

Check out the suggested closing sentences for each type of letter in the General IELTS Test. The closing sentence should be the last sentence of your letter.

Formal style (To someone you have not met, whose name you don’t know)

  • Yours faithfully,

Semi-formal (To someone you may or may not have met, whose last name you know)

  • Yours sincerely,

Informal (To someone you know well, whose first name you know and use)

  • Best regards,
  • Warm wishes,

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