{"id":9449,"date":"2016-02-26T17:38:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=9449"},"modified":"2016-02-26T17:38:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T17:38:22","slug":"cardiff-residents-protest-against-council-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/02\/26\/cardiff-residents-protest-against-council-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff residents protest against Council cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OVER 200 Cardiff residents gathered outside City Hall to protest against cuts to local services.<br \/>\nThe protest, which took place at the same time as the Council meeting yesterday, saw the Cardiff Against the Cuts group rally local residents to voice their concerns over the damaging effects of the cuts.<br \/>\nSeb Robyns, a leading figure in Cardiff Against the Cuts, was extremely critical of the council\u2019s policies.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cI think the council&#8217;s hands are tied, but they are only tied by their party allegiance.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat they should be doing is saying I\u2019ve been elected to fight for representatives of Cardiff, and the council hasn\u2019t taken a stand, but backed down.<br \/>\n\u201cThe last massive rounds of cuts that came through in the last budget were passed by the vast majority of Welsh councillors.<br \/>\n\u201cAs councillors they are connected to the communities better than anyone else.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Cardiff University student has campaigned on various issues, including cuts to children\u2019s services, cuts to dementia day centres, and the closures of homeless centres.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9459\" style=\"width: 351px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Protest-pic-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9459\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9459\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Protest-pic-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Seb Robyns rallies his troops\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9459\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Protest-pic-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Seb Robyns rallies his troops\" width=\"351\" height=\"263\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Seb Robyns rallies his troops<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cThe attitude towards homeless people in Cardiff is shocking,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you look at the police attitude towards homeless people in Cardiff they are under instructions to move them out of the town centre, which means that they can\u2019t get the services they need.\u201d<br \/>\nOne of main\u00a0points of\u00a0protest were cuts to children\u2019s services, with the popular Grangetown play centre in line to be closed.<br \/>\nMother of five and Grangetown resident Cynthia Bailey was dismayed at the prospect of the play centre\u2019s closure.<br \/>\nShe said: \u201cThey should be managing things better because they need these things for the kids as it\u2019s free.<br \/>\n\u201cA lot of children haven\u2019t got anything free meaning they are on the street but with the play centre in Grangetown, they\u2019ve got somewhere to go.<br \/>\n\u201cIf they close that then there\u2019s nothing there for them, it\u2019s been there for about 40 years.\u201d<br \/>\nMrs Bailey was also critical of Cardiff\u2019s councillor\u2019s lack of communication with residents of the city.<br \/>\n\u201cThe councillors don\u2019t listen, they just do what they want to do,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n\u201cThey don\u2019t listen to the children either. In other places where kids services have closed, in St Mellons, Splott, and Grangetown they\u2019ve just closed them all because of money.\u201d<br \/>\nAs councillors walked past protestors on their way to the meeting, many were stopped in their tracks by campaigners.<br \/>\nLabour Councillor for Cathays, Chris Weaver, was defensive over the Council&#8217;s decision to implement cuts\u00a0and critical over the effectiveness of the protesting.<br \/>\n&#8220;There is nothing that can be done about cuts through protesting from City Hall,&#8221; he told protestors.<br \/>\n\u201cWhat we have to do is try to manage that in the fairest way possible so we\u2019ve looked at wherever we could to run services differently so that they don\u2019t shut and we protect those that matter the most.<br \/>\n\u201cBut there is no way to avoid the fact that we had to save money, it\u2019s ridiculous the amount of money we have to save.\u201d<br \/>\nDespite fighting a tough battle, Cardiff Against The Cuts managed to overturn a small number of cuts.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9460\" style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/protest-pic-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9460\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9460\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/protest-pic-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Councillor Weaver addresses crowd\" width=\"319\" height=\"239\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9460\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/protest-pic-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Councillor Weaver addresses crowd\" width=\"319\" height=\"239\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Councillor Weaver addresses crowd<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nOriginally the council planned to cut the Alzheimer\u2019s Society Day Centre in Penylan, but now it has agreed to fund the centres for current users.<br \/>\nHowever, Mr Robyns was cautious not to over-estimate the effects of the protests.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cYes we have had some minor victories, but what we need is structural change in the way Cardiff, and the country as a whole is run.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OVER 200 Cardiff residents gathered outside City Hall to protest against cuts to local services. 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