Dear mla
(insert name) are very concerned about the recent round of cuts being made to
voluntary and community organisations across Northern Ireland and we are asking
you to vote in favour of the Funding Cuts to the Voluntary and Community Sector
motion to be debated in the Assembly on the 18th May.
Voluntary and community organisations are realistic about the difficult budget
situation NI Ministers find themselves in. We are not asking for protection or special
treatment. We are asking for fairness.
Services provided by voluntary and community organisations should not be the first
place cuts fall because they are seen as a quick and easy cut. However based on
current experience across the voluntary and community sector we believe:
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Voluntary and community organisations are being cut unfairly and
disproportionately.
•
Services delivered by voluntary and community organisations are bearing the
brunt of cuts because they are seen as a quick and easy cut. No thought is being
given to the quality of services being provided or the impact of services ending.
•
Ministers are not aware of, or are not taking into account, the cumulative
impact of numerous cuts across departments.
•
Cuts being made now in departments are not only in contradiction to NI
Executive policy but are likely to make implementing policy and achieving targets
even harder in the near future.
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