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		<title>Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding &#8211; but only for a year</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/03/council-reverses-decision-to-cut-third-sector-funding-but-only-for-a-year/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fife Children and Families Division]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[As previously reported in February, Fife&#8217;s Children and Families Division had been planning to defund nineteen charitable organisations of annual funding from April to save £410,000. However, the council administration has found now found money in its surplus to plug that gap for 2021-22, under its new budget arrangements agreed earlier this month. Kathy Henwood, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/03/council-reverses-decision-to-cut-third-sector-funding-but-only-for-a-year/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council reverses decision to cut Third Sector funding &#8211; but only for a year"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2019 13:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families First]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Willie Rennie]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[QV has previously reported on the precarious funding situation for the St Andrews  branch of Families First which was provided with reduced funding for a six month period by Fife Council in March. The charity has now been given a further six month funding extension from Fife Council to run its befriending service, which helps &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/families-first-st-andrews-faces-continuing-funding-uncertainty/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Families First St Andrews faces continued funding uncertainty"</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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