Across the country libraries are under threat. Many Councils are already
drawing up plans to close libraries down, to replace trained staff with
volunteers or to stop providing mobile library services altogether. Lambeth
council has been under-investing in this vital service for years and are now
proposing cuts and privatisation.
DATE: Saturday 20 November
TIME: 10:30 am
PLACE: Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton
Join us to tell the Labour Councillors to fight the cuts and help save our
jobs and services.
Monday 15 November 2010
Thursday 28 October 2010
Lambeth Save Our Services - The Demo - Saturday 30 November from 12:30pm
Join us in protesting against the cuts being imposed on our public services by the ConDem Government. These cuts will impact schools, public services like libraries and leisure facilities, health services, jobs and employment opportunites
Meet Saturday 30 October 2010, at 12:30pm in Windrush Square, Brixton, London.
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Meet Saturday 30 October 2010, at 12:30pm in Windrush Square, Brixton, London.
Full details can be found on facebook...click here >>> http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=165930590091661
Monday 20 September 2010
Save Lambeth Libraries - Show Your Support
Please show your support for Lambeth Libraries by signing our petition.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savelambethlibraries/
Across the country libraries are under threat. Many councils are already drawing up plans to close libraries down, to replace trained staff with volunteers or to stop providing mobile library services altogether. Lewisham have recently announced the closure of five treasured local Libraries. This new attack comes after years of neglect. Many councils have been under-investing in this vital service for years. Spending on new books, and the total book stock has fallen by more than 15% over the last ten years across the country. In the last year alone, the underinvestment in Lambeth Libraries has meant closures from power failures, staff shortages, heating failures, broken doors and toilet floods, blocked fire escapes and collapsing ceilings and water flooding in through leaking roofs. We must protect our libraries from cuts and closures. We must force the council to invest in books and buildings and staff to make a library service the people of Lambeth deserve.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/savelambethlibraries/
Across the country libraries are under threat. Many councils are already drawing up plans to close libraries down, to replace trained staff with volunteers or to stop providing mobile library services altogether. Lewisham have recently announced the closure of five treasured local Libraries. This new attack comes after years of neglect. Many councils have been under-investing in this vital service for years. Spending on new books, and the total book stock has fallen by more than 15% over the last ten years across the country. In the last year alone, the underinvestment in Lambeth Libraries has meant closures from power failures, staff shortages, heating failures, broken doors and toilet floods, blocked fire escapes and collapsing ceilings and water flooding in through leaking roofs. We must protect our libraries from cuts and closures. We must force the council to invest in books and buildings and staff to make a library service the people of Lambeth deserve.
Monday 13 September 2010
Join the lobby of the Co-operative Council commission
Date: Thursday 23 September 2010
Time: 6pm to 8.30pm
Venue: The Elmgreen School, Elmcourt Road, London SE27 9BZ.
Across the country libraries under threat. Many councils are already drawing up plans to close libraries down, to replace trained staff with volunteers or to stop providing mobile library services altogether. Lewisham have recently announced the closure of five treasured local Libraries.
This new attack comes after years of neglect. Many councils have been under-investing in this vital service for years. Spending on new books, and the total book stock has fallen by more than 15% over the last ten years across the country.
In the last year alone, the underinvestment in Lambeth Libraries has left; South Lambeth and Durning libraries closed by power failures, Streatham, Clapham, Waterloo, Durning, Minet, Archives and Carnegie closed by staff shortages, Streatham, South Lambeth, Durning, Carnegie, Minet and West Norwood closed by heating failures, Brixton closed by broken doors and toilet floods, Streatham closed by a blocked fire escape and collapsing ceiling, West Norwood and Carnegie closed by water flooding in through leaking roofs.
We must protect our libraries from cuts and closures. We must force the council to invest in books and buildings and staff to make a public library service Lambeth deserves.
Keep Libraries Public!
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Union demands funds for “crumbling” Libraries
South Lambeth and Durning libraries closed by power failures, Streatham, Clapham, Waterloo, Durning, Minet, Archives and Carnegie closed by staff shortages, Streatham, South Lambeth, Durning, Carnegie, Minet and West Norwood closed by heating failures, Brixton closed by broken doors and toilet floods, Streatham closed by a blocked fire escape and collapsing ceiling, West Norwood and Carnegie closed by floods through leaking roofs.This is business as usual in Lambeth's crumbling, dirty, ancient, and increasingly dangerous public libraries according to public service trade union UNISON.”Lambeth Labour Party promised in their 2006 election manifesto to increase investment in libraries,” said a UNISON spokesperson. “At the time the Council acknowledged a long history of underinvestment in the library service. The service had insufficient money to maintain buildings to basic health and safety standards, to replace failing IT or to buy sufficient book stock. The Council were warned about the state of building maintenance due to the age of facilities and underinvestment over many years and that serious incidents could cause closure of libraries. That is what is happening now.”
UNISON points out that rather than increase the Libraries budget the Council has cut funding by more than 20%. Many library jobs are kept vacant to save money and senior management posts have been filled "temporarily" for more than two years by managers attempting to do two jobs at once.
UNISON is demanding a clear plan of improvement with a sensible budget and timetable and is calling upon local people to support the demand for adequate funding of Lambeth libraries.
UNISON points out that rather than increase the Libraries budget the Council has cut funding by more than 20%. Many library jobs are kept vacant to save money and senior management posts have been filled "temporarily" for more than two years by managers attempting to do two jobs at once.
UNISON is demanding a clear plan of improvement with a sensible budget and timetable and is calling upon local people to support the demand for adequate funding of Lambeth libraries.
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