Cynthia Spencer Hospice is not under threat despite having
to find £1.5 to £2million year on year in the future.
So where's the money going to come from. That's easy - it
comes from us.
Don't I already pay for that in my taxes I hear you
say? Well er ... yes. But the local
public LOVE Cynthia Spencer and will give money because they won't want it to
close.
The problem is that there's only a certain amount of money
in people's pockets that they want to and can give. Every day local people find
more and more appeals for their funds. Many of the national charities have high
profile marketing for fundraising, celebrity endorsements etc. These and other
good causes are well placed to pull in the pounds. Other smaller local
charities like the ones i work with are less able to do this and money reduces
and reduces. When Great Britain won the chance to put on the Olympics a £425million was spent on the Olympic infrastructure which otherwise have been given
to good causes. Cynthia Spencer Hospice fundraising to maintain existing
services as a result of Nene Clinical Commissioning Groups cut will mean less
money for local charities.
The local newspaper's story runs as "No chance of
Cynthia Spencer closing". Currently, on it's Facebook page it's positioned
just above a headline about Favell House closing. Another facility where NHS
budgets were changed and the local community were meant to get behind to make
up the difference. Sound familiar?
