The library policy failed
The current policy on libraries in our city has clearly put people off visiting, with visits to the branch libraries in our city at an all-time low since the staff were sacked.
This means that vulnerable people such as the elderly, isolated and mentally ill, among others, are not engaging with a service that could enhance and even change their lives in so many positive ways.
Destaffing libraries also produced a small saving compared to some of the more non-essential items the council could have cut.
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What we need from Sheffield Council is an acknowledgement that current library policy has failed, and a plan to restaff libraries using savings from the non-essentials that I mentioned above.
Martin Vaughan
Stannington Road, Sheffield S6