CAMBORNE volunteers and staff working with some of the most vulnerable people in the county were
today told it was time to "draw a line in the sand" over the
impending redundancies and service closures.
About twenty Cornwall Community Volunteer Services (CCVS) employees are to lose their jobs as part of the charity's cost-cutting measures.
The organisation has already shut furniture bank Sofa Project and over the next few months workers with visually impaired people, car and minibus drivers and people who offer company at Miners' Court will face the axe.
At the charity's annual general meeting (AGM) held at Camborne Community Centre earlier today, chairman Mike Firbank confirmed the organisation's overall deficit was estimated to be £23,000 by the end of this year.
He said: "It has been a very difficult second half of the year and the trustees had to make some very difficult decisions.
"For many people it came as a shock and people felt quite raw in terms of how the decision was made."
The meeting, which was attended by a handful of staff and volunteers, heard that the one and only service to continue operating was Carers Break which was estimated to make a £18,500 profit this year.
Mr Firbank added: "We share your frustration but we want to draw a line in the sand and present you with a clear picture of where we are and where we are going.
"We are in a storm which continues and our job is to try to get through that storm while supporting as many people as we can. Otherwise the whole CCVS would have to stop because we have no money to continue any projects."
About twenty Cornwall Community Volunteer Services (CCVS) employees are to lose their jobs as part of the charity's cost-cutting measures.
The organisation has already shut furniture bank Sofa Project and over the next few months workers with visually impaired people, car and minibus drivers and people who offer company at Miners' Court will face the axe.
At the charity's annual general meeting (AGM) held at Camborne Community Centre earlier today, chairman Mike Firbank confirmed the organisation's overall deficit was estimated to be £23,000 by the end of this year.
He said: "It has been a very difficult second half of the year and the trustees had to make some very difficult decisions.
"For many people it came as a shock and people felt quite raw in terms of how the decision was made."
The meeting, which was attended by a handful of staff and volunteers, heard that the one and only service to continue operating was Carers Break which was estimated to make a £18,500 profit this year.
Mr Firbank added: "We share your frustration but we want to draw a line in the sand and present you with a clear picture of where we are and where we are going.
"We are in a storm which continues and our job is to try to get through that storm while supporting as many people as we can. Otherwise the whole CCVS would have to stop because we have no money to continue any projects."