The following has been received by email and I am passing it on. Please spread the word via facebook, twitter, word of mouth and consider donating yourself.
If we all make a contribution, even just a pound or two, think about that collectively.... what a huge difference this could make!
We thank you for all donations so far, you've been great. BUT we still need MORE !!!!!!!!
For the claimant:The Judicial Review is upon us, and is taking place on 19th & 20th March in the High Court, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
- Court Number 19, 10:30 each day
Please come and hear what is going on, the more the merrier.
- You are able to enter and leave as you wish.
We still need to raise funds towards the Community Contribution of £18,000.
Please pass this message on to all your own contacts.
Information on the case:The Counsels for the case are as follows:
Helen Mountfield QC - Matrix Chambers http://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/
supported by Rachel Logan - Matrix chambers http://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/
For SCC:
Elisabeth Laing QC - 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers http://www.11kbw.com/
supported by Patrick Halliday - 11 King's Bench Walk Chambers http://www.11kbw.com/
We expect the case to last the best part of 2 days. We expect the Counsel for the Claimant to present for the whole of the first morning and for a good chunk of the afternoon, and we expect then Counsel for SCC to be on her feet for the remainder of the afternoon and on second morning. We expect the Judge to sum up and conclude on Tuesday afternoon.
DonationsLobby of ParliamentOn 13th March, SLAM campaigners joined the rally at Central Hall, Westminster and the lobby at Parliament. There were great speakers such as Alan Gibbons (Campaign for the Book), authors Kate Mosse, Philip Ardagh, and Ian Anstice (Voices for the Library and Librarian). Also there was music provided by ‘Doyle and the fourfathers’ with ‘Welcome to austerity’ and ‘One man and his beard’ with ‘The library song’. Running a stall gave us the opportunity to explain what has been going on in Surrey. We met other campaigners from Brent, Croydon and Somerset, as well as individual campaigners and MPs (see the blog).
For more information see http://www.speakupforlibraries.org/
The library community has always in the past, had a spirit of sharing knowledge and resources. The system of Inter Library Loans is based on this. Each sector should have some concern for professionals in each sphere. It has been a difficult time for public library staff because their jobs are under threat. Changing to fully volunteer run libraries has meant that jobs have had to move, and reductions in staffing due to retirement has occurred, as well as some redundancies. Staff in public libraries should support SLAM because we want to keep these libraries open and keep paid, trained staff in them, but working more with volunteers. Library staff in all sectors should support each other.
The speakers were enthusiastic and passionate about the great resource the UK has in public libraries, available to all, giving knowledge and opportunity to all. By doing nothing Ed Vaizey is handing the situation over to councils. By setting up Community Partnership Libraries, the councils are handing over responsibility to neighbourhoods. If these fail, it won’t be the council or government taking the blame!
Help SLAM to help libraries in Surrey.
You can pay by direct transfer as follows:
Lloyds TSB / Account: SLAM / A/c No. 48371668 / Sort code:30-99-80 along with an email to: slamtreasurer12@gmail.com with your name, address, amount of donation so that we can return donations if we win!
Thanks for reading, please HELP!
Jenny Meineck
SLAM Secretary
www.slamupdate.wordpress.com
And, by the way......
I'm also personally collecting donations to pass on, with agreement from the campaigners. Flavours Coffee Shop in Warlingham have a donation pot and SLAM flyers too.
I hope to attend the Judicial Review on at least one day if not both.
Please help!
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