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		<title>Council plans deep cuts to charity funding</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education and Children's Services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Start]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council, which is facing a £11M black hole in its 2021-22 budget, is planning to take £410,000 of its funding of 19 charities and voluntary organisations after a six-month transition period. These include charities which support struggling families such as Home Start, with several branches across Fife, and the stand-alone Cottage Family Centre in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/02/council-plans-deep-cuts-to-charity-funding/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council plans deep cuts to charity funding"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council plans to divert Pupil Equity Funds to cover Covid-19 costs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education and Children's Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Councils have been given the go ahead to use some funding given directly to all schools by the Scottish Government to help close the poverty-related attainment gap to help with Covid-19 related costs, estimated to be around £23.5 million across the Education and Children’s Services department. In a letter to head teachers in Fife, the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/09/council-plans-to-divert-pupil-equity-funds-to-cover-covid-19-costs/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council plans to divert Pupil Equity Funds to cover Covid-19 costs"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Further cuts to education and children&#8217;s services in Fife Council&#8217;s 2020/21 budget</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/03/further-cuts-to-education-and-childrens-services-in-fife-councils-2020-21-budget/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2020 21:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Children's Services]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cuts of over £3.5 million across education and children’s services were approved by Fife Council at its meeting on March 27th, with a review of early years officer and attendance officer posts among the proposals agreed. £1.4 million will be recouped through a review of devolved school management, which will include a review of the &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/03/further-cuts-to-education-and-childrens-services-in-fife-councils-2020-21-budget/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Further cuts to education and children&#8217;s services in Fife Council&#8217;s 2020/21 budget"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Funding cuts to hit Fife voluntary organisations</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/funding-cuts-to-hit-fife-voluntary-organisations/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2019 23:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Ryan Smart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education and Children's Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funding cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Sector]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cuts of over £400,000 in funding to voluntary organisations in Fife will leave many facing financial uncertainty or even closure. The region’s Education and Children’s Services has agreed almost £2.4 million in grant funding for more than 40 different projects but this is only guaranteed for the first six months of the coming financial year, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/03/funding-cuts-to-hit-fife-voluntary-organisations/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Funding cuts to hit Fife voluntary organisations"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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