4:00pm Saturday 26th September 2009
By Emily-Ann Elliott
Pride bosses are being forced to make staff cut backs as they face up to a £50,000 funding shortfall.
One of its office workers will be made redundant and the two remaining members of staff will have their hours reduced.
Chief executive Lesley Burn said the decision had been made with a “heavy heart”.
One 30 hour post will go and the remaining positions will be reduced to four days a week.
Pride said the cutback would save £2,500 a month which will save the charity £8,750 in the 14 weeks left until the end of the year.
Bosses announced five weeks ago that it faced a potential deficit of £50,000 but a fundraising drive to raise the cash before the end of December has raised less than £5,000.
Despite the reduction in costs caused by the redundancy, the charity still needs to collect more than £36,500 to reach its target.
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