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Officials from Shetland Islands Council told trustees of the Shetland Amenity Trust (SAT) at a meeting last week that they would be recommending cuts of 35% to the budget of the Shetland Museum and Archive over the next three years.
In an open letter published in the Shetland Times, SAT’s chairman Brian Gregson said that, if implemented, the cuts would result in “at least 20 staff being made redundant and render it impossible to provide any workable or acceptable level of museum and archive services in Shetland”.
Gregson pointed to the 25-year service-level agreement between SAT and the council, which states that the council should provide the necessary revenue resources to meet the delivery of the museum and archives services. The agreement was a pre-condition of a £5.1m Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant for Shetland Museum and Archives.
"Notwithstanding this," he wrote, "since the first full year of operation the museum and archives services have been subjected to cuts each year.
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http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/23102012-shetland-museum-may-have-to-lay-off-20-staff-redundant
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