CVSF's Budget Scrutiny Process

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Over the next few years the council is faced with a tough economic choice: protect front line services to the city’s most vulnerable people whilst having to find significant and far reaching savings. The magnitude of these savings is not yet fully known but it will be in the region of £50 million over the next three years.

There remains a large degree of uncertainty about the impact of the cuts on the community and voluntary sector. One thing is certain however, there will be real and significant cuts to budgets in 2012/13 and 2013/14. As a sector we cannot expect to rely on the same levels of funding and support from Brighton and Hove City Council.

Nevertheless CVSF and its representatives are exerting as much influence as possible during the budget scrutiny process to ensure that priority services delivered by the community and voluntary sector are protected. You can find out more about how we will go about this in CVSF's Budget Scrutiny Process document.

Please also save the date for our event Your Budget, Your Say: CVSF Consultation on the Council’s Budget Proposals for 2012/13 which will take place on Wednesday 11 January 2012 930-1300 at The Friends Meeting House, to book your place please email Lisa Mytton.

Kind Regards,

Gordon McCullough

Interim CEO of CVSF