SaveOurLibrary

Croydon residents opposed to the savage closure of local libraries and the dumbing down of The Big Society.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

When working in an office never met anyone else for lunch because I was using the hour to write, when an unemployed single mother did the washing up at 2am (only once all plates were dirty) and waited for baby to fall asleep, when teaching never watched TV & wrote after marking.

[Elizabeth Ash (she/her) @ElizCro]

@friends_norwood @wylie_alan @and_unite @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs It's not too late to drop your plans and really fight for public libraries in Croydon, United under @SaveCroydonLibs but please don't pretend to be part of the wider campaign if you aren't fighting the same cause

[Elizabeth Ash (she/her) @ElizCro]

@friends_norwood @wylie_alan @and_unite @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs ...I bet very few supporting your campaign realise this. The tiny children's library space you plan in the foyer is fraught with issues inc safrguarding, and a massively reduced offer.

[Elizabeth Ash (she/her) @ElizCro]

@friends_norwood @wylie_alan @and_unite @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs ...The existing reference library and the children's library are being turned into rentable spaces, along with other areas turned into spaces to generate income..

[Elizabeth Ash (she/her) @ElizCro]

@friends_norwood @wylie_alan @and_unite @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs This just glosses over the issues. Your application to run the library stated one librarian, in this was in writing. And this idea was challenged in the meeting by several people, Inc me

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

@friends_norwood @and_unite @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs And by doing so are not only undermining the statutory basis of the library but are also undermining other campaigns and your library service as a whole. As I said at your meeting this is not just about you and your library it has much wider implications 🤷‍♀️

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

@friends_norwood @and_unite @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs Oh come on what you’re actually proposing is taking on the running of the building with
“A professional library worker during opening hours” NOT library ‘workers’ and reducing the public library space via “private hire, hot-desk subscription and sub-leases to local businesses”

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

@and_unite @friends_norwood @SaveSanderstead @InsideCroydon @ElizCro @NetworkCroydon Maybe a good way for the Friends Group to support ALL Croydon Libraries would be for them to withdraw their proposals to takeover the library building & cut the staff/space? It not only undermines other campaigns but undermines the statutory basis of the library 🤷‍♀️

[Bromley and Croydon Unite Community @and_unite]

@ElizCro @wylie_alan @SaveSanderstead @NetworkCroydon @SaveCroydonLibs We are deeply saddened and very disappointed by the campaign developments of @friends_norwood libraries should be fully staffed with library workers and protected not sold off. Our position, fight for the library stop privatisation & keep libraries fully staffed

[Angela Betts @AngelaBetts7]

My earliest library memory is of visiting south Norwood Library, I understand people wanting to save their local library. But it's so important that the council provides a fully funded and professionally staffed service across the whole borough.

[SaveCroydonLibraries @SaveCroydonLibs]

JOIN US!
Save Croydon Libraries Campaign Meeting - 1 April 2021, 7pm

We are fighting to keep ALL Croydon's libraries properly funded, staffed and stocked.

Booking essential https://t.co/oAXUSSuC5J

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

Just thinking about the Croydon housing story and their proposals to close 5 libraries, many people who live in poor & overcrowded housing use libraries as a warm & safe space 🤷‍♀️

[Elizabeth Ash (she/her) @ElizCro]

Councils urged to protect libraries as cost-cutting measures proposed https://t.co/cy0GpKVlzo via @thebookseller

@NickPoole1 + @SaveCroydonLibs open letter to Croydon mentioned, as is @lswaffield1
#savelibraries

[SaveCroydonLibraries @SaveCroydonLibs]

Sign the petition to Save Croydon Libraries!

FIVE are under threat

Cuts will affect the whole service

https://t.co/io5bn7Wjk7 via @SaveCroydonLibs

[SaveCroydonLibraries @SaveCroydonLibs]

Looking for people who care about Croydon libraries.

Bradmore Green, Broad Green, Sanderstead, Shirley & South Norwood libraries are under threat AGAIN

Losing these libraries will drastically reduce our statutory library service in Croydon.

[Tim Pollard @_timpollard]

Lots of public Q’s about #sandersteadlibrary from the public to @oliverjlewis - who has the cheek to bat off a Q about the lack of public transport access to alternatives with the remark ‘how people get to other libraries is down to them’. Disgusting.

[James Croydon @JimmyCroydon]

Suggestion from @oliverjlewis that if Sanderstead library closes local residents (many of whom are elderly) could use a volunteer-run library in Selsdon, which is two miles and two bus journeys away.

Library closures a result of reckless spending by @CroydonLabour.

#CroydonLive

[Yvette Hopley @YvetteHopley]

Looks like a decision has already been made to close Sanderstead library in its current form. It is the only council community asset in Sanderstead#croydonlive

[Tara O’Connor @TaraOConnor_]

Many public questions so far tonight on potential closure of five Croydon libraries - most about loss of Sanderstead