1. '50% reduction in Parks and Open spaces maintenance regimes' - £610,000 to be cut (including 19 posts)
2. £70,000 'reduction in Parks supervisory and support staff'
3. £71,000 cut (2 posts + 2 'voluntary redundancies') in the parks development team
4. £208,000 cut and 'review of resourcing of Parkforce activities and related support and partnership funding particularly in relation to the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers and Metropolitan Police managed activity',
5. Commercial leisure provision in parks in partnership with private sector / third sector operators'
6. 'Review of Parks Management, to identify the future service options for the delivery of a Parks Management Services, including Grounds Maintenance management of Parks' £90,000 cut leading to possible privatisation of parks management/staffing.
7. Other cuts proposed for other departments will have an impact on green spaces and Friends Groups, eg the total scrapping of the Neighbourhood Management department. Reducing the very popular and effective 'Making A Difference' grants which Friends Groups and local residents associations have used to great affect in their areas, often as a substitute for underfunding for much-needed park improvements.
Are the proposed cuts to green spaces viable or acceptable?
