CANDY JAR SUPPORTS CAMPAIGN TO SAVE LIBRARIES

Over 500 libraries are threatened with the prospect of closure.

Your help is needed.

We must try and change this decision.

522 libraries (462 buildings and 60 mobiles) are currently under threat of losing funding out of 4517 in the UK. Cuts of this magnitude could do lasting damage to the public library service.

We need our libraries because:
• they are a community resource and meeting place and promote social cohesion
• libraries provide books and other resources free to people on low incomes and the elderly
• children who visit the library are twice as likely to read well as those who don’t
• children who are read to every day at age three have a vocabulary at five two months more advanced than those who do not
• 30% of UK citizens do not have access to the Internet. Public libraries provide it free of charge
• three million people lack adequate reading skills. Libraries can help them access education and work
• librarians provide expert support to the public
• the OECD says that finding ways to engage pupils in reading is one of the most effective ways to leverage social change.

LIBRARIES MATTER - KEEP THEM SAFE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION!

Please write to your MP and tell them to support this campaign.


Don’t know who your MP is, or how to contact him/her?

Go to www.writetothem.com, put in your postcode and you will be given the names of – and contact details for – your MP, Councillors, MSPs or AMs.

DIRECTORS FEATURE IN STRATEGY DOCUMENT

Directors of Candy Jar Shaun Russell and Justin Chaloner have been featured in Cardiff Council's strategy document 'Cardiff - What Matters'. the overarching strategy that will shape how Cardiff moves forward over the next 10 years.

It has been developed over the last year by a range of public, private and third sector partners, focusing on outcomes for the city across organisational boundaries, delivering what matters most to people.

Shaun and Justin (as Directors of Candy Jar sister company Hubbub Media ) give their opinion about Cardiff's economy and the future: “With TV companies like the BBC investing in and locating to Cardiff it’s going to have a huge impact on the city and on Wales as a whole. There will be great opportunities for new media businesses, but it’s also going to help create a thriving economy, as well as making a strong cultural contribution.”

You can view the document here.