| Topic: | Re:Around Ealing - 'Money-Wasting Propaganda Sheet' | |
| Posted by: | Philippa Bond | |
| Date/Time: | 26/02/19 09:12:00 |
| And in the past I'm sure a lot of people would have used it to light the fire - or said they did. I think it is a mistake to close down one of the few places that we hear about all the Council's services where our money is being spent. A lot of this has also been won in grants because that is how so much is now financed nowadays which means there isn't the same flexibility of how exactly it is spent. Instead of just lobbying the Council - why aren't you lobbying the Government? If they could get their act together then there would be a lot more money for the libraries and other services. Who visits the libraries nowadays? They need to be used for lots of other things and become hubs because sadly not so many people borrow books to read. There just aren't as many people free to volunteer nowadays - many of them are having to look after their parents, their grandchildren and other members of their family in any spare time that they have because of a lack of joined-up care in systems that have lost their experienced staff, are short of money and which consequently don't work properly. |