Author: Friends of Stirchley Library

Birmingham City Council has recently published a revised proposal following the final phase of consultation that took place between 23rd August and 27th September. In their revised proposal,Stirchley Library hours will remain open for 21 hours a week! This is fantastic news for our community, as it represents a return to a 3 day a week professionally staffed library service. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Save Stirchley Librarycampaign and made sure that the Council has been aware just how important the library is to us all.

Whilst this is good news for Stirchley …

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Thank you to everyone who came along to the River Rea walk as part of Birmingham Heritage Week at the beginning of September. This followed six bird portraits by local artist Stephen Earl Rogers positioned in community gardens run by Fruit & Nut Village, and a talk on route about the history of the Rea in Stirchley by Jen Dixon, our Volunteer Coordinator.

If you couldn’t join the walk on the day, you can find an outline of the walk and a map to follow on our local resources page.

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The Council has published a Phase 2 Consultation Pack outlining its plans for each library in the city, announced in-person consultation meetings for each library, and issued a new online survey. Stirchley’s consultation meeting is next Wednesday 4th September 10.30am-12pm.

Option 1 and Option 2 from the original consultation document have been dropped, Option 3 and 4 remain with more detail about what this will mean for individual libraries.

Under Option 3 Stirchley Library will close. This is unthinkable and must be strongly opposed.

Under Option 4 Stirchley Library will open just 14 hours a week, along with 18 other …

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Birmingham City Council has announced that Stirchley Library will be closing for a further day each week from 22nd July. They have described libraries as being in a ‘transitional period’, and advised that a reduced number of available community library staff means a temporary timetable needs to be introduced for the majority of libraries during the summer which will see them close for an additional day each week.

From 22nd July Stirchley Library will be closed on Thursdays, leaving only two days a week of BCC-staffed library provision (Tuesdays and Saturdays). Kings Norton and Kings Heath libraries will also be …

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We just wanted to remind everyone that the deadline for completing the Birmingham libraries consultation survey is Wednesday 17th July. The survey is available on the Be Heard website. 

The survey is rather long, but we really encourage everyone to complete it. If you need any support we recommend reading the unofficial guide available on the Birmingham Loves Libraries website.

Birmingham City Council has now announced that the final phase of the libraries consultation will run from late August until 27th September. This final phase will include a summary of the analysed feedback and data collected from the consultation survey, and …

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