LET’S not get too excited about the Big Society cash being splashed about today.

While it’s great news that £250,000 will go to benefit youth centres across Oxfordshire, we must not lose sight of why this is necessary.

Oxfordshire County Council is cutting £119m from its budget over the next four years.

The £600,000 pot of “Big Society” cash – to be used as one-off payments – is a drop in the ocean.