First the Vale Tories withdrew all revenue grants for local groups, keeping only capital type grants. That means you could apply for funds for a new roof, but not for help with a special event, (like, for an annual North Hinksey Fete, for example).

Then the Lib Dems pointed out that the Vale had been funding events in the past, and requests were coming in for this year. What should be done about those?

So the Tories decided to do a u-turn and allocate £50k for a so-called ‘revenue grants fund’.

And THEN, they did another u-turn and funded this pot only to £10K, with a limit of £1000 per grant.

This sort of dis-organisation just underlines to me that they don’t know what they’re doing. When funding decisions are taken without proper consideration of the consequences, I lose confidence that they’re responsible stewards of the district purse.

Democracy at work. Is it true we get the government we deserve?