No S.O.S. grant
A proposed $4OO grant to; the Sisters Overseas Service I was rejected by the Christ-; church' City Council last! evening In a bipartisan vote, the; council said that such a grant with rates money was not appropriate. It would have! been using funds to help a project that urged some 1 women to travel overseas for 1 abortions. Another move to delete
I $4OOO from a proposed $5OOOl (Community Volunteers grant, and allocate it in $lOOO par-! I cels to four “mainstream”! I social service organisations,; i was defeated. But several councillors: were critical of the grants; | sub-committee for leaving: ;such organisations without: grants this year. I The community services committee chairman (Cr D. F. Caygill) said ratepayers
had a right to expect the greatest value would be obtained from money dispersed on their behalf.
Some organisations receiving grants benefited from little other outside help, while allocations to other organisations would only slightly reduce big deficits, he said.
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