Wardens watered down - what next for village services

Called in to talk to the warden at the sheltered housing at Butts Green in Whittlesford. Currently the county council passes on around £643,000 annually to the district council for the service, but that is being reduced to approximately £424,000.
It is tough for the residents - who I talked to a few weeks back - because the basic service provided is being cut further as a result. Some people get very little social contact except the warden service. And Butts Green has a really active group of residents so it isnt that people are just waiting around - they do help themselves.
The library at Shelford, the C7 bus service through the villages, the warden service - all being cut back. Yet the county has put its rates up - unlike the district. 
Some villages have a warden scheme - and that is something that I want Whittlesford to look at. It won't be the same, but it might help. It means the parish picking up more financial commitment.