£50,000 Cuts to Culture at Rutland County Council

£50,000 Cuts to Culture at Rutland County Council

The Council will remove a active travel officer, No longer give grants to external arts groups (but keep Arts for Rutland)

Ketton and Ryhall libraries will close on Saturdays.

Ketton, Ryhall and Uppingham libraries will no longer open late nights on a Wednesday.

Oakham library will loose one of its late nights.

LINKS (Local Involvement Network) The Shaw Trust Rutland Count y Council Cuts Grant £26,000 Cut

LINKS (Local Involvement Network) Rutland Count y Council Cuts Grant £26,000 Cut

The Shaw Trust provides a service for people, helps them have a say in how their health and social care services are provided.

Rutland County Council increases care in the home by over 100%

Rutland County Council increases care in the home for the elderly and sick by over 100%

Rutland County Council currently charges a maximum of £170 a week for care in the home.

This will now be increased to £300 a week.

Rutland County Council is very slow to let people who need this service know they can buy this service from other organisations.

Rutland County Council Budget Consultation

Rutland County Council Budget Consultation

Rutland County Council Consulted the people!


They asked the public to consider 7 cuts

This could deliver approximately £700,000 of cuts

Online you could have one vote at a public event you could have two votes?

Here are the result of those votes.

Whoever dreamt this up?!

Increase Community Care Charges 14 votes  4% of votes
Cut CA Site Opening 109 votes 34% of votes
Withdraw payment facilities at Council office 61 votes 19% of the votes
Cuts to Library Services 60 votes 19% of votes
Transport Cuts 25 votes 8% of votes
Cuts in highway spending 24 votes 8% of votes
School Funding Cuts 26 votes 8% of votes

Total votes 319