Cornwall Libraries and One Stop Shops: Consultation result respected by the Communities Policy Advisory Committee today. Anyone who has not been following the story so far can catch up by following the link! My thoughts re Cornwall Libraries and One Stop Shops In short, there was a consultation about the future of Cornwall’s Libraries and OneRead More »
St Just Library: The case for a local solution rather than a one size fits all for Cornwall will be my argument on Friday, at County Hall. Following the consultation, officers are recommending putting the whole service out for tender, against the majority view in Cornwall and against St Just Town Council and the FriendsRead More »
Cornwall Libraries and One Stop Shops are under review and this is your chance to have a say. This is going to be a very important consultation to shape the future of the service but as huge savings have to be made Cornwall Council cannot run them as they do now. The consultation began on 01Read More »
Library devolution conversations on hold in Cornwall whilst the impact of a legal challenge to Lincolnshire Council is being studied. Today, at Full Council, I asked the new Portfolio Holder for Libraries, Geoff Brown, why conversations over devolution of library services to town councils seem to have stalled. He explained that, Lincolnshire was embarking onRead More »
Discussions re future of St Just Library are set to continue after a confidential discussion between the Full Town Council, last Monday. Although the details of the discussion are confidential they have confirmed their willingness to continue conversations with Cornwall Council to explore future options for the local Library.
Andrew George, MP and Baroness Kate Parminter meet the Friends of St Just library during a visit to St Just on Saturday 25 October. I wanted them to meet the group of enthusiastic supporters of our local library, especially as I knew that the Baroness was interested in literacy. Kate Parminter is an adviser to theRead More »
Cornwall Council Budget implications for St Just Library. I have not read all of the over 200 pages yet! You can read it too (look at my news post on the budget). I am sure that it will not mention St Just Library because it will not go into that much detail. However, I thought this earlyRead More »
Nearly 5,000 signatures wanting to protect Cornwall’s Libraries. This petition is getting very close to the 5,000 needed that will trigger consideration of a full council debate. By signing it, you will be saying that this is a service that should have greater protection than other Council funded services. A consequence will be that otherRead More »
Static Library options were discussed at the Partnership’s Portfolio Advisory Committee last week but disappointingly no real direction emerged. I am not a member of this committee but did attend. The discussion took place, in confidential session (that is not open to the public), at the end of a lengthy meeting. Several voting members hadRead More »
Kids’ Lit Quiz International Final 2014 took place in Falmouth yesterday. An amazing event that should have got far more publicity than it did! An event that I would never have heard of or gone to if it had not been for the fact I was elected on to Cornwall Council in May 2013 andRead More »
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