{"id":6644,"date":"2015-03-24T15:59:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=6644"},"modified":"2015-03-24T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T15:59:42","slug":"council-cuts-claim-poetry-competition-and-cardiff-in-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/24\/council-cuts-claim-poetry-competition-and-cardiff-in-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Council cuts claim poetry competition and Cardiff in Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JR_Cardiffinbloom_print.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6660 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JR_Cardiffinbloom_print-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"JR_Cardiffinbloom_print\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6660 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/JR_Cardiffinbloom_print-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"JR_Cardiffinbloom_print\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nWe\u2019ll have no country fair, no poetry competition or garden festival. Cardiff council has announced that it will be making its budget this year \u2013 but at what cost?<br \/>\nThe latest of Cardiff\u2019s festivals and events to face cancellation due to cuts in funding, the annual Cardiff International Poetry Competition has been cancelled, after Cardiff Council withdrew funding.<br \/>\nThe competition, which has been running for more than 25 years, has celebrated winners from as far afield as the USA, Canada, Norway, Australia and the Slovak Republic.<br \/>\nIn previous years the competition has received generous funding from the council, yet in the wake of the budget announcement and increased pressures on the city\u2019s finances, Literature Wales were informed this year\u2019s competition would not go ahead.<br \/>\nMuch discussion has been dedicated to the \u201ctough decisions\u201d faced by Cardiff Council in order to cut their budget shortfall of \u00a3124 million while protecting vital services. Today the council announced that: \u201cThe council is on target to bring in a balanced budget,\u201d having begun implementing savings across a number of services.<br \/>\nOther summertime events that usually brighten the capital are no longer taking place, such as Cardiff Country Fair. Cardiff in Bloom, the city wide garden festival, has also been axed. Ruth Mumford, a mother of two from Whitchurch who runs the competition said: \u201c I am currently fully employed by Cardiff council but from April 1\u00a0I will have to go.<br \/>\n\u201cCardiff in Bloom has gone now after 20 odd years of it and I had just found 20 new jury last year for this year\u2019s competition, which usually launched in April, was judged in July and the award took place in October.<br \/>\n\u201cI understand why they have cut it although it is a shame, but things like Cardiff in Bloom are not core services like libraries and day centre\u2019s. Cardiff Bloom was about people making their area look better and I really hope that people will still keep doing that because of their love for Cardiff and their gardening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ll have no country fair, no poetry competition or garden festival. Cardiff council has announced that it will be making its budget this year \u2013 but at what cost? The latest of Cardiff\u2019s festivals and events to face cancellation due to cuts in funding, the annual Cardiff International Poetry Competition has been cancelled, after Cardiff Council withdrew funding. 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