Cullompton Library
Cullompton Library and Community Hub
Latest News 23 November 2009 During October and November, children and young people from Cullompton have been getting involved in the new library and community hub project. After Children’s Librarian Kate Mackenzie came to speak to them during assembly in October, children from St Andrew’s and Willowbank primary schools filled out consultation forms with their families to tell us what they would like from the new library, ranging from opening hours to types of stock. The children wrote or drew their ideas and prizes were awarded for the best ones. The winners were Zoe, Molly, Lucy, Megan, Ryan, Caitlin, Lewis and Bradley. You can have a look at some of the inspiring suggestions in the Photo Gallery. All families responding to the consultation were entered into a prize draw for a family ticket to Diggerland and a £20 book voucher. The winners were the Bending family from Willowbank and the Ruth family from St Andrew’s. All of the winners were invited to a prize-giving event in the library on Friday 20th November. During November, Young People’s Librarian Lesley Salter, held four consultation sessions with young people at the John Tallack Centre, Cullompton Community College and Paradox (St Andrew’s) Youth Group. Over 150 young people got involved, calling for a better selection of books, computers, comfy seating and a safe place to meet and chat to friends, among other things. Work will continue with young people in Cullompton as part of the Reading Agency’s Participate South West project. The next step is to improve current provision for young people in the existing library and engage with young people in the town to enable them to influence ongoing decisions regarding a space for them within the new Cullompton Library. A brief has been developed for the architects incorporating all of the comments and suggestions received from consultation with the community, library staff and our community hub partners. Concept designs are currently being drawn up. There will be further opportunities to be involved in the project as it develops – have a look at the Get Involved page to find out more. |
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