From Newsletter #1 Spring 2010 Barrie Levine describes SWAN’s involvement in a campaign against cuts in Glasgow, and explains how this is shaping the focus of SWAN’s annual conference in September 2010. Along with the rest of local government across the country, Glasgow is facing massive cuts over the next few months. Shamefully, the City Council have decided to shut 12 community centres along with a swimming pool and a library; cuts will be made in home care services and support to disabled people; welfare rights jobs will be lost and community workers cut by 50%; grants to voluntary and community organisations will also be slashed; it is estimated that over 600 jobs in the city will be lost. These cuts in vital services will rip the heart out of already struggling communities and there is more to come over the next few years.
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