Member

We increasingly rely instead on the extraordinary efforts of volunteers like Denise and her team at Broadstone in Bloom, the Kenways who lead the youth club, and the flag fairies. Yes, we have flag fairies in our town who overnight pop up the lights at Christmas and flags throughout the year so that we wake up to a festooned town. There will always be wonderful volunteers in our communities, but they should not have to replace everything or raise every penny themselves and organise the whole piece. They do remarkable work, but they should not be replacing local, accountable, democratic structures.