£700,000 could be diverted from Yorkshire council’s wellbeing budget to offset library cuts
The library at Thebes was said to have the inscription “Medicine for the soul” above its doors – a notion Bradford council is set to put to the test with plans to offset major library cuts with funds from its health and wellbeing budget.
The West Yorkshire council is just one of the local authorities up and down the country which has dealt with shrinking reserves by closing hundreds of libraries. Last year, it proposed chopping £2 million from its libraries spending over two years, a funding reduction of two-thirds. The biggest cut of £1.05m was due to hit at the start of this coming financial year, until the council came up with what could be described as a novel idea.
The social interaction libraries provide is vital, especially for isolated people … We are remodelling how they work to meet the needs of the health agenda
If we didn't have libraries, I think people would be very miserable
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