Thank you.
People at risk and vulnerable people need assurances that programs and services will be there to support them. When they see cuts, they think they're next. Therefore, they're not prepared then, and they are then more reluctant to access the services that are still on the ground.
Employers want the guarantee that there is long-term support, that there is a response if somebody they've hired gets into difficulty. There's uncertainty about the opportunities fund. There's perhaps a lack of implementation of the voluntary sector accord that was meant to have a planned, full process of engagement of the voluntary sector. All those things have put our communities at a level of uncertainty about future development that does not allow for planned, full, sustained help and/or...[Inaudible--Editor]...not only serving the people we're trying to serve, but also the employers we're trying to serve.