On why the voluntary sector is a priority
Last week the Council announced that, for the third year in a
row, it will be protecting the amount of money it gives in grants
to voluntary sector organisations. And that’s despite the dramatic
reductions in the Council’s own budget which has been cut by some
£50 million since 2010. Frankly it’s not been all that easy to
protect cash for voluntary organisations again this year. In fact
to make it possible, sacrifices have had to be made elsewhere and
for that reason I thought I should spend a little time explaining
why for us the voluntary sector is a priority.