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!