Labour says Stop Tory community cuts!
The Tory-led Brighton & Hove City Council is making massive cuts to community work in the city - in deprived areas such as Tarner and Eastern Road.
Local people in Town Hall opposition to service cuts
The Tarner Area and Eastern Road Partnerships will both suffer greatly due to redundancies being made by the council in the Neighbourhood Management Team - there will only be a token 1 person left in the 'Team'.
The partnerships bring the council, police, schools and other agencies together with local people to ensure issues such as; the isolation of older people, youth activities, drug dealing, employment, housing, anti-social behaviour, racism, fly-tipping and much else are adddressed using the knowledge of local people. The results have been impressive leading to an increased sense of community in these deprived communities.
Local people supported a petition of over 1000 signatures delivered to the council by Cllr. Gill Mitchell - calling for the investment to be continued.
Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Burgess said:
"I have found my time on these partnerships to be incredibly productive.
"They are example of best practice with staff that have shown enormous commitment and are universally appreciated by the communities they serve. To make them redundant is a tragic waste that will have long lasting negative consequences for the communities. There are many local people who will soldier on but there task will now be so much harder.
"This is a dark day for those who believe in helping deprived communities to help themselves. If the council prioritises this exceptional service it can easily afford to maintain it - frankly it can't afford not to."
