This week, Bridgend Council is finalising and set to approve its budget for the coming financial year.
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Here’s a list of the cuts and savings (pdf).
Education & Family Support (-£68,000)
- Cuts to council subsidies for adult learners (-£68,000).
Social Services & Wellbeing (-£365,000)
- Savings arising from a shift in emphasis within social services towards independent living (-£200,000).
- Remodelling day services for the elderly and disabled (-£115,000).
- Remodelling supported living services (-£50,000).
Communities (-£150,000)
- Potential income from letting a wing of Ravens Court in Bridgend to a partner organisation or business (-£50,000).
- Change the home food waste bag as the current ones cause issues with biodegradation (-£35,000).
- End a contract with a tourism promotion and PR agency, AMA Associates (-£25,000).
- Cut to the strategic regeneration fund (-£20,000).
- Taking the running of business and enterprise centres in-house (-£20,000).
Administration, Chief Executive & Council-wide (-£48,000)
- General efficiency savings target (-£48,000).
