• What the impact of the cuts will mean for your organisation Due to our organisation already having had a 33% cut of area budget since April 2010 staff hours have had to be cut. With this next 24% cut our service will have to reduce the number of sessions with the young people we serve and put them back on streets where many of them are being threatened with anti social behaviour orders due to standing on the streets where they live. We believe we have helped in the last 10 years to prove that the quality of service to our young people can and should be better.• How will it affect the sustainability and or viability of your organisation? Due to cuts, attracting external funding will be very difficult as local funding has been used as match funding. With these cuts the organisation is looking very hard at closing down its services by April after 10 years of meeting and over-exceeding set outcomes and as one of the main voluntary sector groups in the area working successfully with young people,• Any comments on the process of the reductions. We have been surpassing local youth service targets and engaging with many more young people and feel the statutory sector will be given funds at our expenseConsultations I feel have been thin on the ground and very confusing. My biggest fear is that young people of the area should also be consulted as to who should get support. I accept some small voluntary sector project across the city may not be up to scratch but many LCC provisions have been failing for a very long time.I feel strongly that IYSS should oversee quality of provision to young people and not be involved in delivery where there are strong proven voluntary sector organisations doing an excellent job.
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