Community workers to meet Minister for Employment

COMMUNITY WORKERS from the SHoRes Centre in Withernsea are to meet with Employment Minister Chris Grayling (pictured) to address their fears that that services run by local voluntary and community sector groups will be hit by Government cuts.

Graham Stuart, the Beverley and Holderness MP, has arranged the meeting after visiting the Withernsea based community Resource Centre last month.

“The teams at the SHoRes Centre are doing a great job helping as many people as possible get back into work and with their care needs. They are worried much of that work could be undermined as Government is forced to make the changes to public spending to get the country back on track after 13 years of Labour mismanagement. They fear they will be overlooked and possibly squeezed out by larger organisations which simply do not have the local knowledge which has been built up by dedicated staff at the SHoRes Centre.” - Graham Stuart MP

Three members of staff from the SHoRes Centre will travel to London with the MP to meet Chris Grayling. They will also be meeting other senior civil servants about new Government arrangements being put in place to improve services and get better value for money.

Graham Stuart has described the SHoRes Centre as a 'Withernsea success story' that provides a base for thriving social enterprises providing care services and back to work help in Holderness and Beverley.

Chris Grayling is the second senior Minister to agree to meet with people from Withernsea. In November the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, will visit Withernsea High School as part of the local MP's campaign to improve understanding of the needs of rural and coastal communities in East Yorkshire.

See also: PM offers comfort to VCS groups.