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Preston Against CutsPreston Cuts WatchIf you know of any cuts which have happened already or a due please email us to add to this page. |
| Service/ Funding | Effective Date | Financial Cuts | Jobs Lost | Affect on users |
| Lancashire County Council | 17/02/11 | £179m | Not yet disclosed. GMB: "6000 council jobs at risk". | Council has not yet revealed which services will face the chop. |
| Preston Guild Hall | tbc | Out of 39 current posts it is proposed to reduce to just 13. 23 redundancies. | Professional Acts to be discontinued entirely. One night professional acts reduced from 46 to 12. Rock & Pop acts reduced from 28 to 4. Comedy Acts from 13 to 4. Friends of the Guild Hall to be wound up & replaced by volunteer group. "Regular closure of the Charter Theatre & Guild Hall would enable more frequent closure of the upper level and reduce security costs" "The venue will reduce its status as a sub regional entertainment venue attracting a wide range of nationally and internationally known entertainers, performances and shows. It will instead be a more locally based venue attracting a different type of audience for the largely community
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| Lancashire Police | tbc | £50m | 1000 jobs to go over next 4 years. | |
| Blackburn with Darwen Council | tbc | £25m | 1000 jobs to go. | |
| Intact Youth & Community Centre | 03/02/11 | £60,000 | Ingol Youth & Adult services in community under threat. | |
| West Lancashire Carers Sitting in Service | 08/02/11 | £13,000 | Volunteer service at risk of closure by end of 2011. | |
| Fulwood & Westview Leisure Centre | 01/04/11 | £44,000 £23,000 |
Non recruitment of 2 full time leisure assistants. 2 full time staff and one part time post. |
Revised rotas placing greater demands on exisiting staff. Closure of Fulwood bar. |
| Reduction in Cemetary Ground Maintenance | £35,000 | "There is a risk that appearance standards could occasionally fall slightly if periods of peak workload coincide with factors such as poor weather conditions or a high demand for grave digging". | ||
| Harris Museum | £37,000 | Reduce clerical jobs by 1.5 posts. | Office reception & telephone will not provide 100% cover during opening hours. Exhibitions budget cut by £5000 will reduce ability to mount exhibitions reducing from 3 to 2 per annum with an expected decrease in visitor numbers.
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| City Council HR | £60,000 for first 2 years. £110,000 | Advertising budget slashed by £20,000. Training to staff slashed by £20,000. | ||
| Area Based Grants & other special grants | £2,800 Per Annum | 11 PCSOs & all staffing funded through project funding if no alternative funding found. | Reduced street cleaning. Preventing Violent Extremism through projects such as Sahara axed. Worklessness & Welfare to Work to be outsourced to Private & Voluntary bidders. Community Safety - reduced community assurance & increased fear of crime. Citizen zone vehicle reductions. Small community grants. |
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| Parks & Horticulture | £75,000 for first year, £150,000 each year after | Reduce Bowling Greens from 9 to 4. Reduction of on-site staffing. Closure of 3 play areas. Reduce shrub bed maintenance from 12 months to 3 years & 3 years to 5 years. Reduced number of park events. City entry to "Britain in Bloom" to cease.
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| Environmental Health - Food Safety and Health & Safety Staffing | £35,000 | 1 Environmental health post | Reduced investigation of food poisoning, workplace incidents and reports of business regulatory non-compliance |
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| Environmental Health - Pest Control Services | £57,000 | 1 Pest Control Officer 1 Pest Control Assistant & vehicle |
Reduction to domestic premises treatment only for public health pests (rats & mice) No further services to remove other health pests (wasps, ant etc). Request services to business presmises will cease. |
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| Environmental Health - Licensing Staffing | £29,000 | 1 Senior Licensing Officer Post | Risk of increase times to process licences. | |
| Environmental Health - Environmental Protection staffing | £37,000 | 1 Contaminated Land Officer Post | Service request response times to other environmental protection work will increase. Some non critical work will not get done (eg on private water supplies) as reactive contaminated land work is redistributed across the team. |
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| Environmental Health – Admin Support Staffing | £10,000 | Loss of P/T Clerk | Increase in response times to a range of tasks. | |
| Prestonion | £25,000 | Reduction to 1 publication. | ||
| Funding to the voluntary and community sector | £20,000 in 2012/2013 £40,000 in 2013/14 £60,000 thereafter |
The small grant pot previously funded by Area Based Grant will no longer be available.
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| Crematorium / Cemetery Fees & Charges | £100,000 | The standard cremation fee to rise by £100. The charge for a burial in a public grave to increase to £75.
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| Passport to Leisure | £63,000 | Proposed pricing; swim £1.50, fitness £2.75, sauna £2.25, climb £3.00. | ||