Glasgow Life: Whiteinch Library protesters refusing to give in over library closure plans clydebankpost.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from clydebankpost.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Author Peter Ross joined campaigners at the Couper Institute Glasgow Life lost £38m last year due to lockdown and its estimated income for 2020/21 is around £6.4m. An agreed council funding deal will see Glasgow Life receive a guaranteed £100m for the next four years to open 90 out of its 171 venues. Without further funding, they say they cannot reopen any more venues. It is why The Herald has launched A Fair Deal for Glasgow campaign calling on both Scottish and UK governments to agree a new funding deal for Glasgow’s culture and leisure and venues of national and international significance.
Mike Dailly: Glasgow communities won t give up their local libraries glasgowtimes.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from glasgowtimes.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Campaigners Robert Mellish, Maisie McRae, Councillor Ade Aibinu and Elizabeth Brown outside Whiteinch Library (Photo - Kirsty Anderson) CITY councillors have teamed up with local community groups to support the Save our Venues campaign and reverse Glasgow Life’s decision to shut some facilities permanently. Conservative, Labour and Green councillors have criticised the move to only re-open 90 venues across the city while facilities including Whiteinch Library and the tennis and basketball courts in Victoria Park remain closed. The tennis and basketball courts are one of several facilities where there is interest in a community asset transfer. Whiteinch Community Council is demanding that a full service, comparable to other city libraries is provided from the same B-listed building near Victoria Park.