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The cutting of funding for community and voluntary groups in the north is "short-sighted", Stormont has been warned as organisations met with a department head to plead their case.
New figures show there have been a 30 per cent increase in the number of women using Fermanagh Women's Aid in the past year.
More than 60 community organisations are told their Department of Health funding is being cut.
Concerns have been raised after the Department of Health announced a £35m cut to a programme aimed at reducing waiting lists.
The Department of Health has been accused of causing "dismay" to voluntary and community groups after it stopped core funding for new applicants.