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Save Upper Norwood Library
Petition published by Valerie Shawcross on Jan 07, 2008
27 Signatures 
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Target: Croydon Council
Region: United Kingdom
Web site: http://www.valshawcross.com
Petition Background (Preamble):
The last Independent Library in the UK has suffered dramatic funding cuts at the hands of Croydon's Conservative Council.
The Library is funding jointly between Croydon and Lambeth Councils and since the Conservatives took over Croydon Council in 2006 they have made repeated attempts to cut their contribution and to raid the Library's reserves.
The Library is funding jointly between Croydon and Lambeth Councils and since the Conservatives took over Croydon Council in 2006 they have made repeated attempts to cut their contribution and to raid the Library's reserves.
Petition:
We, the undersigned, recognise the importance of the Upper Norwood Library to our Local Community.
We deplore Croydon’s Conservative Council’s decision to withdraw the extra funding that our Library needs and that the previous Labour Council had promised.
This cut is seriously threatening the future of our Library.
We therefore demand that Croydon Council restores the promised level of funding to an equal amount to that provided by Lambeth Council, and that it then continues to fund the Library to a level needed to secure its future now and for the long term.
We deplore Croydon’s Conservative Council’s decision to withdraw the extra funding that our Library needs and that the previous Labour Council had promised.
This cut is seriously threatening the future of our Library.
We therefore demand that Croydon Council restores the promised level of funding to an equal amount to that provided by Lambeth Council, and that it then continues to fund the Library to a level needed to secure its future now and for the long term.
The Save Upper Norwood Library petition to Croydon Council was written by Valerie Shawcross and is in the category Media Issues at GoPetition. Contact author here. Petition tags: library, council, croydon, funding, level, future, promised, conservative, norwood, upper, lambeth, croydon council, our library, norwood library, upper norwood, upper norwood library
