The community campaigner behind Glasgow’s No1Seems2Care group has slammed the council for effectively “banning” him from trying to help locals.

Alex O’Kane, who runs the Facebook page which boasts around 25,000 followers, has been told by Glasgow City Council officials he can no longer contact them by e-mail, instead being forced to send concerns through the post.

Alex regularly raises issues with the council that have been shared on his page – including poverty, anti-social behaviour, suicide and general local matters.

But council chiefs have since come down on the campaigner for his “excessive” and “vexatious” behaviour.

Glasgow Times: The letter Alex O'Kane received from the councilThe letter Alex O'Kane received from the council

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“I have become a voice of the people,” explained Alex.

“I’m an activist, and I have dedicated more than 20 years of my life to helping people.

“I taught myself to write, and I’ve now worked hard to communicate issues of the people of Milton, Maryhill and other areas to the council – helping people who may otherwise not have been able to raise their problems.”

Alex added that he is severely dyslexic and would finds it difficult even writing out addresses on letters.

He says his online ban covers all of Glasgow City Council’s email network – meaning he couldn’t even get in touch with his local councillor through those means.

Alex continued: “The council are preventing me from representing people.

“They have taken away my voice, and in turn the voice of hundreds of other people.

“I’m trying to prove that people do care and I’ve been commended for that.

“But the council are blocking me – they’re showing a real lack of care at a time when voluntary care is essential.”

Glasgow Times: Facebook group No1Seems2Care has thousands of followersFacebook group No1Seems2Care has thousands of followers

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Alex also questioned what the council regarded as “excessive”.

The letter addressed to Alex reads: “I am writing with regards to your recent contact with Glasgow City Council.

“The council considers the level of your recent contact to be excessive and is therefore treating it as vexatious.

“As a result you will henceforth only be permitted to contact the council’s Customer Care Team by postal letter – the address details are provided with this letter.

“Any emails sent by you to the council will not be delivered to your intended recipients(s).”

A council spokeswoman said: "We aim to be accessible to all our customers however we retain the right, where we consider a customer’s actions to be unacceptable, to restrict or change access to our service; for example by specifying that contact is by postal letter only.

"A customer can appeal a decision to restrict contact in line with our Unacceptable Actions by Customers Policy."