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The Executive is looking for pressing adjustments to the Local Growth Fund to prioritise individuals and very important providers right here. We perceive the depth of anger and frustration throughout the voluntary and group sector as a result of these providers are lifelines for a lot of people and communities domestically and the present place is neither sustainable nor honest.
We have been elevating these issues for a lot of months, together with instantly with the Prime Minister. We additionally wrote to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed, urging him to behave as a matter of urgency to handle the present funding constraints and supply a extra acceptable useful resource allocation. We made clear the intense penalties these choices are having. It is due to this fact deeply disappointing that, up to now, this has not been met with the extent of response or engagement required.
The Executive has mentioned the worsening scenario on a number of events, together with at our assembly on Thursday (26th March), the place Ministers once more mentioned the very grave scenario nonetheless going through the sector as a result of present fiscal challenges. The considerably diminished quantum of the Fund is compounding these challenges and putting very important providers in danger.
We proceed to interact with the voluntary and group sector and imagine there may be nonetheless time for the Secretary of State to guard and make sure that the extremely valued organisations inside it will possibly proceed to ship interventions that assist individuals and drive financial development.
With one voice, we proceed to induce the Secretary of State to make sure the Local Growth Fund receives a sensible useful resource allocation instantly.
The Executive stands firmly with these calling for a good and sustainable funding place and we are going to proceed to make that case within the strongest doable phrases.