Lancashire County Council is one of several local authorities making cuts in funding to care companies, including Alternative Futures Group. LCC have been asked repeatedly to meet with Unison and affected support workers to discuss the damaging effects of AFG passing these cuts on to staff and service users through swingeing pay cuts and reducing staffing levels to a bare minimum in many services, but have repeatedly refused to engage with us or take any responsibility.

LCC claim that the cuts being made by AFG are a matter for staff to discuss with our employer, despite the fact that these cuts are a direct result of funding cuts by local authorities. Because of this, support workers employed by AFG are calling for a demonstration at the Cabinet meeting at the County Hall in Preston on the 10th of May at 2pm both in protest against the funding cuts and to demand that LCC meet with us to discuss the effects that their cuts are having on us.

LCC are also on Facebook and Twitter, why not contact them and ask them why they are making these cuts and why they refuse to accept any responsibility for the consequences of their actions?

BRING BANNERS, FLAGS, MEGAPHONES, PLACARDS, LEAFLETS ETC.