SAVE WHITEFIELD LIBRARY

Bury Council is making £32m budget cuts over the next three years. 


As part of this, a review of the town's library services is taking place.

Libraries could close - or have their hours drastically reduced.

Make your views known!

Whitefield Library is an important resource - providing services to young and old - and is an important meeting point for the whole community.

As well as running a twice-weekly homework club for school children and a magical story-time for under-fives, the library also hosts a range of adult education classes, helping older people or those confused by IT to get started on the Internet and with email.

See this story in the Manchester Evening News (November 4, 2011) for further information about the proposals.

Details of how exactly the cuts will fall are still to be announced.

The local authority will start consulting with the public about where and how the cuts will fall, but - with the library budget set to be drastically reduced by £540,000 - it is expected that some libraries will have to shut for good.

But if you feel that this important resource should be protected, then ACT NOW!

Sign the online petition here - or look out for copies of which will be available in a number of Whitefield businesses (locations TBC).

You can also write to Councillor Jane Lewis, the council’s executive member for leisure, tourism, and culture, to make your views known.

Write to: Bury Council
Town Hall Knowsley Street
Bury
Lancashire
BL9 0SW

Or e-mail: j.lewis@bury.gov.uk

Further information about the campaign will be posted as more details about the plans emerge.