Wakefield Council is planning to close Libraries as part of a £571,000 savings review and Crofton's brilliant Community Library which serves the needs of the community of Crofton, including three local schools and it's 6,000 people is under threat.
As part of a stealthy Library Review which has been creeping forwards the cover of Zero publicity, the Council is now meeting in July 2012 to consider it's report on Crofton Libary's Future.
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Library employees and helpers will soon find out the decision which looks like a done deal.
Implementation will start in August 2012 , so children at Crofton's four Schools could suddenly return to School in September and find their loved Community Library closed.
Please join the campaign to safeguard Crofton Library by supporting friends of Crofton Library.
As a local Author - I have personally found the Library a brilliant local hub of information and learning which I feel the community will sadly miss.
Don't forget that Crofton has a proud heritage with links to the Bronte Sisters who were educated at Crofton Hall School.
To support our e-petition
"We, the undersigned call on Wakefield Council not to close Crofton Community Library"
Save Crofton Library | Online Petition
Thanks for your time and lets hope Wakefield Council don't close our library !
PS I have just written to local councillors to ask about what is being done to save the Library
Dear Faith Heptinstall, Albert Manifield and Maureen Cummings,
I am a local Crofton resident, local author and user of our brilliant Crofton Community Library and am shocked to learn that it is under threat of imminent closure in August 2012.
This one of the most well loved, best run and cost effective local libraries in the country.
Could I please ask you to make representations to Wakefield Council to stop the closure of the library and keep it open for the 6,000 residents and 4 local schools it serves.
If you would please support our online petition, or visit our campaign website
at http://friendsofcroftonlibrary.blogspot.co.uk
Yours sincerely,
Jonathan Pile
Jonathan Pile
Email your concern to : libraryconsultation@wakefield.gov.uk or editorial@wakefieldexpress.co.uk
or Contact me on : 07825 164501 email: savecroftonlibrary@gmail.com
Background Information
http://www.wakefield.gov.uk/CultureAndLeisure/Libraries/LibraryReview/default.htm
