500 signatures reached
To: Peterborough City Council Cabinet Members
SAVE PETERBOROUGH LIBRARIES AND COMMUNITY CENTRES
Peterborough’s libraries and Community Centres provide vital public services which many people and organisations depend on. Our library services and Community Centres meet the differing needs of people across our city. Therefore our library services must be protected from cuts.
Specifically we want to see:-
· All of our libraries to remain open
· None of our libraries to be privatised or outsourced
· Existing library opening hours to be kept
· Our mobile library service to be maintained at its current level
· No cuts to computer equipment or access
· No cuts to library staff jobs, hours or working conditions
· No public library buildings to be sold off
Specifically we want to see:-
· All of our libraries to remain open
· None of our libraries to be privatised or outsourced
· Existing library opening hours to be kept
· Our mobile library service to be maintained at its current level
· No cuts to computer equipment or access
· No cuts to library staff jobs, hours or working conditions
· No public library buildings to be sold off
Why is this important?
This campaign is an important way of bringing together local communities. Shutting down local libraries and Community Centres would not only cut members of the community off but it would also affect the local schools and isolate vulnerable people in the city of Peterborough. Children get taken to local libraries in the afternoons to help further their education. Not only that but some people rely on the library for access to reading material, computers or even just for social gatherings and this is true of community centres, which have taken over as a venue for families to access where Children's Centres have closed down. Not everybody can afford, or is able, to travel further distances to 'bigger libraries'. We are starting this petition to help voice all the smaller communities and to help them stand up to Peterborough City Council Cabinet Members and their plans.
Libraries and Community Centres are a focal point for the whole community. They are a diverse space where children learn to read, pensioners can go to socialise, and free internet access is provided for everyone. They provide access to education and the arts for everyone. We cannot afford to lose them.
Peterborough City Council is currently holding a consultation to find out the experiences and opinions of local people. Once you’ve signed the petition, please fill out this Council survey to let the Council know how important your library and Community Centres are to you:
The Link for the survey is below
http://www.nwaresearch.co.uk/surveys/pcc/community.htm
The deadline for replies is 5pm on Friday 26th September 2014.
Libraries and Community Centres are a focal point for the whole community. They are a diverse space where children learn to read, pensioners can go to socialise, and free internet access is provided for everyone. They provide access to education and the arts for everyone. We cannot afford to lose them.
Peterborough City Council is currently holding a consultation to find out the experiences and opinions of local people. Once you’ve signed the petition, please fill out this Council survey to let the Council know how important your library and Community Centres are to you:
The Link for the survey is below
http://www.nwaresearch.co.uk/surveys/pcc/community.htm
The deadline for replies is 5pm on Friday 26th September 2014.
