‘Coping with Cuts’ is a digest of guidance for voluntary groups and public sector agencies in dealing effectively with funding cuts.

The digest has been issued by Brian Carr, Chief Executive of BVSC, The Centre for Voluntary Action.

Many of you will already be engaged in discussions around the ongoing and imminent public sector funding cuts.

It is widely acknowledged that these will have a significant impact on the provision of public services in the city, and no doubt we share very real concerns that they will have a disproportionately adverse effect on our most vulnerable citizens.

In addition to already-announced local cuts, all public sector agencies are under considerable pressure to identify and implement savings where possible. Yesterday, the Cabinet Office announced £11m of cuts in this year’s budget to a range of initiatives working with the voluntary sector, including Capacitybuilders and V, the youth volunteering charity.

Francis Maude, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, and Nick Hurd, the Minister for Civil Society, have written an open letter to the sector asking charities, social enterprises and community groups to offer ideas for how the OCS could make further economies. Their letter is available here: http://download.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/voluntary/open-letter.pdf

See the full digest here >