The effect of government cuts on volunteering is top of today’s news. Good on Dame Elisabeth Hoodless for speaking out and telling the nation how the government's spending cuts are "destroying" volunteering and undermining its "big society" vision.
I thought it was just happening locally. It seemed as soon as I’d made a commitment to do more as an enterprise ambassador last year, I’d put the kiss of death on the idea. A few weeks later, I got news that the Warwickshire EBP (Education and Business Partnership) was closing at the end of March due to lack of funding.
The EBP have been instrumental in facilitating volunteering in schools for me and lots of other business people, giving teenagers the chance to learn, first hand, what the world of work is like and to try out their own skills with various enterprise challenges. It is a shame that these opportunities are now being taken away from young people. I’m very sorry that very soon the Warks EBP will no longer exist and make it easy for busy business people to give back to the nation’s future.
Also, since the New Year I’ve been trying to sign up to a road safety scheme that’s literally on my doorstep. But the local police have been undergoing lots of changes too and nothing’s come of it yet, despite several attempts by my local councillor to get me on the list for training.
I hope they sort something out soon as apparently the speed cameras are going to be switched off across the West Midlands if no funding can be found before April.
I’m sure so much more is going to disappear in the new financial year. We’re only glimpsing the tip of the iceberg at the moment.
Debbie Griffiths www.idealCSR.co.uk
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