Impact of a "tighter sector" in Northumberland
Maybe I'll start tracking news coverage of 'ChangeUp' related development around the country. What's happening does appear to be extremely varied.
Extract from Hexham Courant:
PLANS are afoot for a radical overhaul of Tynedale’s voluntary and community organisations.
With a £50 million grants shortfall looming in the North-East due to changes in Lottery and European funding, the voluntary sector has to pull in its belt.
On top of that, the Government wants to see a tighter, more efficient network nationwide.
Now a mapping exercise has been launched to establish just what it is that each of Tynedale’s 365 such organisations do.