Twyford Advertiser - Library Hope Renewed

Twyford Advertiser, 18th January 2007



It's hard to count heads in the picture above as we were all covered up to keep out the torrential rain - however despite the awful weather a fantastic 15 adults and 9 children turned up to show their support.

Thank you to those who got soaking wet keeping their fingers crossed for Twyford Library and thank you to everyone who has written or e-mailed with their vision for Twyford Community Library. Keep them coming - before the end of January please!

Twyford Times - Villagers Show Support

Twyford Times, Wednesday 17th January 2007


"Villagers have bombarded councillors with letters and emails backing the plan for a new library in Twyford"

I like it! Keep up the good work! Every letter and e-mail that you send with your thoughts on how our community would benefit from a bigger library in a central location will be used to urge Wokingham District Council to submit a bid to the Big Lottery Fund for Twyford Library. It has to be worth trying.

2007 - New Year, New Start for Twyford Community Library!

Do you still support the idea of a bigger better community library in a central location such as J W Greens (which remains vacant) for Twyford and the surrounding parishes?

Although it may seem like a distant nightmare, many people still feel we were treated very poorly by Wokingham District Council who seemed unable to hear the voice of our community calling for better library provision for our area.

The only reason we were given for WDC's refusal to act on our request to purchase the site of J W Greens for a community library and children's centre was cost. Well, here is their golden opportunity!

The Big Lottery Fund has a Community Libraries Programme with a total of £80 million available. All local authority library services across England are able to apply for £250,000 up to £2 million, the average amount being £800,000 - just the amount quoted by the leader of WDC as the amount required to purchase and refurbish J W Greens!

Everyone worked so hard last summer - thank you for all your effort and support - let's now give it one more push. Make your voices be heard again! Write to or e-mail your local councillor requesting that they ask WDC to submit a bid to the Big Lottery Fund for a grant to provide Twyford, Ruscombe, Charvil, Hurst and the Northern Parishes with the size of community library that we so desperately need. It would help if you could indicate how you would like the community space to be used. There were some great ideas at the public meeting - art displays, local history displays, book club meetings...and many more great suggestions. The more people who share their vision for the community library - the better it will be for everyone, so don't be shy! What could this mean to you or your group or organisation?

Contact us for more information: community_speaks@hotmail.co.uk
or contact your local councillor directly:

Cllr Stephen Conway (Twyford) e-mail: drsrconway@aol.com
address: 20 Arnside Close, TWYFORD, RG10 9BS

Cllr Pamela Graddon (Charvil) Pamela.graddon@wokingham.gov.uk