tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post3917096522904787790..comments2023-10-09T11:27:46.098+01:00Comments on Shepherd's Bush: Amid youth riots H&F Council slashes youth centre funding in S BushChris Underwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03026438313352911527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-67298142805450680412011-08-17T13:43:40.563+01:002011-08-17T13:43:40.563+01:00We are not withdrawing the claim.
The Cabinet Re...We are not withdrawing the claim. <br /><br />The Cabinet Report 18th July makes it plain as day that over £1 million of third sector funding has been left unallocated from Oct 2011 to Sept 2015 and could be used as potential savings. For instance for the next funding year Oct 11 to Sept 11 £200,581 has been unallocated. If LBH&F wanted to restore Masbro £45,000 reduction in grants this could be done out of this funding pot. We could mutual agree some worthwhile outcomes on what the money is spent on for the benefit of residents in Hammersmith and Fulham. We hope the Council will take up this offer.Masbro Centrehttp://www.upg.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-78758072487897794712011-08-17T11:47:36.578+01:002011-08-17T11:47:36.578+01:00Putting the record straight
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As with most press ...Putting the record straight<br />. <br />As with most press articles “Community Centre funding is slashed” (Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette 12th August) there are a number of misleading statements. Most notably that we were aggrieved at the Lyric’s grant allocation. In fact we have sympathy with the Lyric as their funding has been reduced by 33% to £240,000 a year. <br /><br />The quote submitted by Andy Sharpe Chief Executive to the Gazette on the 8th August was as follows<br />“In our view LBH&F is reneging on its commitment to defend frontline services and is cutting deep into third sector budgets. It is a short sighted approach and will hamper third sector organisations like ourselves to generate income. The Council should be supporting social enterprise ideas that generate income not stifling growth in the local economy. The proposal to leave over £1 million pounds of voluntary sector funding in reserve as future further potential savings is very worrying. From 2006 to 2010 the Council had probably one of the best records on funding for the third sector. Even in these hard times they could have offered us a 50% cut in this funding rather than turn our proposals to generate income down flat.” <br /><br />From the Council’s own Cabinet Report 18th July 2011 “Officers recommend that the unallocated portion of the 3rd Sector investment fund be held for any further Medium Term Financial Strategy savings that may be required.” (section 8.5 page 39). A potential £1 million pounds could be saved from the reserve fund over 4 years Oct 11 to Sept 15. (see appendix 1 page 56).<br /><br />Andy Sharpe Chief Executive of Urban Partnership Group who run the Masbro Centre says “ Since the story broke we have met with Sue Spiller Head of the Community Investment Team and plan to meet with Cllr Joe Carlebach Cabinet Member for Community Care. We are confident an amicable resolution to this dispute can be reached in the best interests of residents of Hammersmith & Fulham.”ENDSMasbro Centrehttp://www.upg.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-55892916632477155042011-08-16T17:23:59.416+01:002011-08-16T17:23:59.416+01:00They are so proud of all the extra cash they are p...They are so proud of all the extra cash they are pumping into policing, but meanwhile are not objecting to police cuts ('out of our hands', perhaps that money could be put to another use alongside a request that the Met not cut our police Seargents. Or fund Seargents and let Westfield cough up more money for the issues that have arisen since they were built. Just a thought. My suggestion is to put some of that 'extra police money' on the Council side back into youth centres and ask the Met to not cut so many police here - we could have a winner all around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-70897417413679300602011-08-13T14:02:50.052+01:002011-08-13T14:02:50.052+01:00When I arrived in H&F I was a single mum with ...When I arrived in H&F I was a single mum with 2 young children in tow, on the bennies. I had left school at 16. The Masbro Centre (Last Chance as it was called then) gave me an invaluable lifeline. I took classes there, my children had after school and summer holiday care which helped me to get some p/t work. For all of us it offered support, community and a way out of the poverty trap we were in. I now have a PhD and have taught around the world, my kids are grown with good jobs (taxpayers no less!). Without the Masbro Centre, none of this would have happened. It gave us all the most important thing - a start. It gave us a way to make our lives better as part of a growing, thriving community. The Masbro Centre always been under threat but it is a vitally important lifeline for families and kids who have very little. This budget cut is incomprehensible. It is a callous and shortsighted cut. It is one of the least intelligent actions a council could take in these strange days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-35766080248163592772011-08-10T17:00:01.650+01:002011-08-10T17:00:01.650+01:00Greg Smith is being disingenuous. The council has ...Greg Smith is being disingenuous. The council has slashed £2.2m from its crime-fighting budget (see http://t.co/KfrPFsC). They have also axed the Fulham Cross, Townmead and Avonmore youth centres/clubs (see www.andyslaughter.co.uk/?p=4668). This is sheer foolishness.HFConwatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04174122023355304634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-47340785037024988172011-08-10T10:57:00.479+01:002011-08-10T10:57:00.479+01:00Masbro centre has been losing funding for many yea...Masbro centre has been losing funding for many years now, everything is dying down, they will soon be closed down because they have no funding, it was a good place for the locals which did have loads of affordable activities but now people are looking elsewhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com