Arts Together is a small rural charity in Wiltshire supporting isolated older people with weekly creative arts activities and social contacts. From April, 2011 our subsidised transport, which participants rely upon, will be withdrawn. Why? Because Wiltshire Council has decided that our members, including those who have dementia or have suffered strokes, wheelchair users and the other older and frail people who depend on Arts Together, are no longer eligible for this minimal support. We receive no other state support, relying on volunteers and donations and are constantly fund-raising in order to survive. Now these cuts threaten our existence. At best, we will be open only to those that can afford to pay for a taxi and who need minimal help. Most of our members will be excluded and we may not be able to continue. A vital social and emotional lifeline for our members will be lost.
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