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Meeting to safeguard Upper Norwood Library, Oct 13
With local authorities, including Lambeth and Croydon councils, having to make further cuts in public spending – by as much as 25 per cent – here ROBERT GIBSON calls for more public help to keep Upper Norwood Library operating We … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Steve Reed MP, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Library
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Upper Norwood book club sets off down the Red Dust Road
The Upper Norwood Library has chosen Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay for its Book Club tomorrow, September 27. The library’s book club meets for an hour from 2.30pm one Saturday a month to dissect and debate a book over … Continue reading
Cry God for Harry, England and the Upper Norwood Library
The Upper Norwood Library Campaign chose St George’s Day to rally all its supporters to start to lobby candidates of all the parties in next month’s local elections to fight for increased funding for the library. “The Library is at … Continue reading
Developer’s donation welcomed by Upper Norwood Library
The Upper Norwood Library Trust has received £1,000 from Neville De Souza, the director of Crystal Palace-based developer Lightbox. The money was donated from the commission on art works sold at Lightbox’s elegant redevelopment of the Thicket pub on Anerley … Continue reading
Carillion cuts jobs just weeks after taking over libraries
Up to eight professionals working across Croydon’s network of 13 branch libraries face redundancy, just a few weeks after a firm of builders which had never pitched for the job took over the running of the borough’s libraries. Four of … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Croydon Council, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Carillion, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central Library, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, JLIS, John Laing, John Laing Integrated Services, Labour, Libraries, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Public rejects any moves to undermine Upper Norwood library
89% That is the massive majority surveyed who object to any suggestion that Croydon Council could abandon the 112-year-old joint agreement for funding and management of the Upper Norwood Joint Library. Even with a council consultation which was accused of … Continue reading
American firm limps away from race to run Croydon’s libraries
LSSI, the American library services company which seemed set to get a juicy public money contract to run the libraries in Croydon and Wandsworth, has pulled out of the procurement process, Inside Croydon can reveal. LSSI is the second specialist … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Schools, Tim Pollard
Tagged Civica, Croydon, Croydon Council, Library, London Borough of Croydon, LSSI
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Civica pulls out of libraries bid because of risk to its “brand”
And then there were four. Civica, one of the five companies bidding for the Croydon and Wandsworth privatised libraries contract, has pulled out of the process citing “potential risk to the Civica brand of taking on a contract which is … Continue reading
Secret meetings and council silence on library sell-off
Bookish GENE BRODIE looks at recent developments over Croydon’s library service, and finds that some things said by Mike Fisher and Sara Bashford just don’t stack up Today is June 26. Croydon Council has yet to announce formally any details … Continue reading
Posted in Libraries, Mike Fisher, Sara Bashford
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon Council, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Twitter
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Croydon hires supersnoops in Council Tax clampdown
Croydon Council is moving to boost its Council Tax take by clamping down on the number of people who receive the single person discount, or SPD. Council Tax assumes that there are at least two people living in any property. … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Library, London Borough of Croydon, Taxation
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How Croydon Council tries to hide a consultation (Part 94)
Today is D-Day as far as the future of Croydon’s libraries is concerned, with a public meeting at the Town Hall from 6.30pm. It represents the latest example of how a “consultation” works in dystopian Croydon in 2011.
Posted in Libraries, Sara Bashford
Tagged Croydon, Libraries, Library, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sanderstead
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