A MOBILE library service – which
currently stops at a number of North
Solihull sites – has been axed.
The scheme, which serves
Hedingham Grove, Guillemard Close
and Chestnut Court, will come to an
end next April.
Solihull Council has argued that
fewer than 300 people used the
service, which costs £32,000 a year, in
2017/18.
Coun Joe Tildesley, cabinet member
for leisure, tourism and sport, argued
that this “wasn’t good value for
money”.
Although Coun Cheryl Buxton-Sait
(Green, Castle Bromwich) had some
reservations.
“I have got concerns
about the termination of the service,”
she said.
“The [new arrangements] look very,
very good on paper, but my worry is
that if it doesn’t work then we’ve lost
the mobile service.” It is intended the money saved
from ending the current contract be
invested in initiatives including an
improved home library service.
The local authority also plans to
work more closely with care homes
and look at the options for putting
books in community buildings
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