Weekend starts now...slobbing on the sofa with a glass of vino tinto and laptop slogging my way through emails, council papers and various other council matters: report of the moment is, of course, the grants to voluntary organisations report. Locally, it looks like 2 organisations take a direct hit...The NEN whose grant is almost wiped out and the Health Project who lose about £25k [ a health warning about the health project, though...the £25K is deleted from the Choose Life fund which looks like it's to be replicated elsewhere...I will have to check what this means]... since there seems to be a big discrepancy in the amount actually deleted from the overall grant portfolios in February (over £2 million) and the amount actually reported here (under £1 million) then I don't think we've got the whole picture just yet.
However, many organisations who have been anxious will be relieved; Prentice Centre, NET, GIC to name just a few...
The NEN faces a predicament- is it able to raise enough advertising revenue; will it get CRF funding; can it cut its costs or distribution to make the sums add up? It would be a huge loss to the community if it goes...its Board has to pull together now!
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