Labour is backing Charities

Cllr Colman with Home Start Medway

Medway Home Start was sadly one of those charities targeted by Tories for cuts over the last week.

According to their website; Home-Start Medway provides a unique service for familes, recruiting and training volunteers to support parents with young children at home.

They currently we supervise and support over 65 volunteers, who help support over 120 families.

Home-Start Medway opened in 1987, 14 years after the original Home-Start began in Leicester. Across the UK, there are over 250 Home-Start schemes and is based in Gillingham but covers the whole Medway area.

According to lobby organisation False Economy the Conservatives are cutting £11,377 or 8.4% of the charity budget.

Labour Councillors across Medway are backing small charities including those that Conservatives are cutting.

Cllr Dave Colman from Gillingham South has recently attended and given ward funds in support of Home Start Medway who he believes offer an invaluable service to residents across the towns.