30th June 2010
As Chair of the Viking Festival I had put in our requests for grants from the Common Good Fund and the Community Grants Scheme.
Last year we got £6000 from the Common Good and £2500 from the Community Grants Scheme. As as it’s our 30th anniversary this year, we had put forward a request for grants of £7000 from the Common Good Fund and £3000 from the Community Grants Scheme. We need the money to fund our ambitious programme of events.
Unfortunately, instead of supporting the need to make the Festival bigger and better this year, Liz Marshall and Alan Hill actually cut the Common Good allocation from £6000 last year to only £3000, and the Community Grant Award to £2oo0.
Last year we got £8500 from these sources, this year only £5000. £3500 is a large amount to cut from our operating budget. The result is that, instead of expanding our ambitions in our 30th year, our cash is going to be much more constrained than before. I have to say that I find this very disappointing.
