Whilst we are still reeling from the cuts which were announced at the budget meeting a few weeks ago, Bury Council is moving on. Well, now we have Bury's Transformation Strategy. This is, in effect, its agenda for future cuts. Every service will be reviewed and the assumption will be that it should be handed over to the private or voluntary sector unless the existing providers can show they would be more efficient. We have until 20th March to comment on this process.
This is the weblink to the process: http://www.bury.gov.uk/transformation/default.asp
We want to encourage everyone - our members and other citizens of Bury to:
1. Register their objections to the transformation agenda through the 'consultation' process and to
2. Write to their councillors objecting both to this inadequate consultation and the transformation agenda itself. Comments and queries for this will follow soon
We hope to encourage others to protest via press releases and street stalls and we are starting this Friday. A copy of the petition is available on the front page of this website.
We plan a stall near Kay Gardens on Friday 11th March at 12 noon and again on Saturday 12th March at 11.30 am.
If you can attend, please let us know asap by e-mail and/or by contacting Sam on 07855 869430 or samantha.jones3@o2.co.uk
Please also print off the petition and get signatures yourself from others you meet. Please make sure you get these back to Your Views, Bury Town Hall, Knowsley Street, Bury BL9 0SW before Sunday 20th March.
Thanks for your support.
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