Forest YMCA has run a trial of the project for the past nine months in a car park while it applies for permanent planning permission for sites in Leytonstone and Walthamstow.

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The Waltham Forest Guardian reported that the decision was taken despite pleas from "furious protesters", including disabled 29-year-old Hayley Bowden, from Leytonstone, who was said to be in tears at the prospect of being unable to get to other branches with her eight-year-old daughter.

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