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I say this regularly, but here I go again…#libraries are a lifeline to parents of young kids, the elderly and those on low incomes. They are a place where you can exist and learn for free.
#Tories think no one dies when a library closes…but their absence hits right to the heart of communities.
And yes #Labour run councils have shut libraries too…due to austerity.
@JugglingWithEggs
Last winter when our town was hit with a major power failure two days before Christmas, and it took more than 24 hours to get power back to some houses, there were exactly two places open with heat where people could go for free:
the public library, and a church that allegedly had a heat-shelter open in the back, but no one answered the phone there when I called to verify.
It's not our main purpose, but libraries are an important fallback for a lot of things.
In the UK during the energy and cost of living crisis libraries have been dedicated ‘Warm Spaces’ where people can stay warm during the day because they can’t afford to heat their homes. It’s this or riding the buses all day with their bus passes for pensioners in winter. Despite now having a Labour government there is no sign of improvement on this front with the energy price cap set to rise by 10% in October.