Library
Before Christmas we all had the opportunity to give our views to the County Council about their plans for the future of our library in a survey, forms for which were delivered to nearly every household. We were all asked questions like, were we prepared to volunteer to help in the library, whether we thought the Parish should pay to cover the 10 hours that we might lose, and which days would we prefer the Library to be open. However, before the results of this survey have been analysed the County is already making preparations for the future. (So much for Local Democracy!)
The Library in Corfe Mullen is to be closed for 10 days at the beginning of February for reorganisation and a bit of refurbishing. The County Council plans for the future of the library include it being closed (as a library) on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Children’s Services are already planning to use the building on those days for a Sure Start initiative programme. Not sure exactly what that entails. I hope this will benefit children in the village, but it may also include children from other areas, and some outreach work ? The Library shelves will all be changed to ones that can be pushed out of the way to open up a play area for the children. Sure Start seems to have the funds that Library Services lack.
I will tell you more when I know more. What might be good is if the Library, which would still be nice and warm after the children had been there all day, could be opened, manned by volunteers, for a couple of hours on those evenings.
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