Our local library is already open for only two days each week, giving residents limited access to an important community resource. Reducing this to just one day would make it much harder for people use it. The library is a valuable space for people of all ages, and keeping both existing opening days helps ensure it remains accessible to as many residents as possible.
The proposed removal of Friday opening hours for an amenity which already only offers few hours would mean less opportunity for our locals to meet and keep reading. This for our eledery neighbours is imperative for improving memory and mental health. In holidays its an important place for our children to get together and continue learning
Children in Fairlie have not got many resources at their fingertips without having to get transport out out of the village. This means that all of the toddlers who walk to their toddler group on Fridays in the village hall would now miss out on their visit to the library and a book bug session. This is the only council provided children's activity that is available in the village and is being proposed to be removed. Bookbugs on a Tuesday would likely not therefore be attended by anyone.
It would affect my toddler and my older children in the school who therefore would not get access to books here , as I cannot attend on any other day. Like many people in the village, I work compressed hours and get a Friday off so a Friday is a valuable day to have this facility open.
We have a book club in the village and are planning on now using the library to borrow our books. Fridays are the days that we will be able to visit to order and pick up our books.
Removing the Friday would limit when I can use the library, meaning that some weeks I will not be able to go when my Tuesdays are busy. My daughter and I utilise Fairlie library most weeks. Always on a Tuesday as it’s the only time it is open after school. During the summer holidays my daughter likes to go both days as she is a very keen reader. We should be encouraging our children to read, not discouraging them by closing amenities and taking them away from our children.
It will affect our village and so it will affect me. The village population has increased by a third in the last 10 years. We need some public services!! Especially given the amount council tax the village contributes !!
The local toddler group visit the library in conjunction with their meetings on Fridays - with BookBug when it is on. Reducing the hours that Fairlie library is open will be a true loss to all ages - but I believe the Friday morning closure would hit the youngest children harshest. I already find the opening times very limited and being unable to attend a Tuesday will mean this service is lost entirely to my family.
It is so important to keep the library open on Fridays as not everyone in the village will be able to attend the library on a Tuesday. Friday opening encourages toddlers to visit the library before, during or after the Fairlie Toddlers group which meets on a Friday morning during term time. Access to books is vital at this early age, they really enjoy choosing their books and also the Book Bug session which is held once a month also on a Friday after Toddlers.
Cutting hours creates a trap: fewer hours mean fewer visitors, which the council will just use as an excuse to close it permanently later. It’s deeply concerning that the library was already subtly showing as "Closed" on Google Maps on Fridays for a while until someone suggested an edit.
A single Tuesday doesn't work for everyone. It completely locks out people who can only make it on Fridays. We need more access, not cuts.
Our local library is already open for only two days each week, giving residents limited access to an important community resource. Reducing this to just one day would make it much harder for people use it. The library is a valuable space for people of all ages, and keeping both existing opening days helps ensure it remains accessible to as many residents as possible.
The proposed removal of Friday opening hours for an amenity which already only offers few hours would mean less opportunity for our locals to meet and keep reading. This for our eledery neighbours is imperative for improving memory and mental health. In holidays its an important place for our children to get together and continue learning
Unable to attend on Tuesdays. No other after school times available for children!
Children in Fairlie have not got many resources at their fingertips without having to get transport out out of the village. This means that all of the toddlers who walk to their toddler group on Fridays in the village hall would now miss out on their visit to the library and a book bug session. This is the only council provided children's activity that is available in the village and is being proposed to be removed. Bookbugs on a Tuesday would likely not therefore be attended by anyone.
It would affect my toddler and my older children in the school who therefore would not get access to books here , as I cannot attend on any other day. Like many people in the village, I work compressed hours and get a Friday off so a Friday is a valuable day to have this facility open.
We have a book club in the village and are planning on now using the library to borrow our books. Fridays are the days that we will be able to visit to order and pick up our books.
Removing the Friday would limit when I can use the library, meaning that some weeks I will not be able to go when my Tuesdays are busy. My daughter and I utilise Fairlie library most weeks. Always on a Tuesday as it’s the only time it is open after school. During the summer holidays my daughter likes to go both days as she is a very keen reader. We should be encouraging our children to read, not discouraging them by closing amenities and taking them away from our children.
It will affect our village and so it will affect me. The village population has increased by a third in the last 10 years. We need some public services!! Especially given the amount council tax the village contributes !!
The local toddler group visit the library in conjunction with their meetings on Fridays - with BookBug when it is on. Reducing the hours that Fairlie library is open will be a true loss to all ages - but I believe the Friday morning closure would hit the youngest children harshest. I already find the opening times very limited and being unable to attend a Tuesday will mean this service is lost entirely to my family.
It is so important to keep the library open on Fridays as not everyone in the village will be able to attend the library on a Tuesday. Friday opening encourages toddlers to visit the library before, during or after the Fairlie Toddlers group which meets on a Friday morning during term time. Access to books is vital at this early age, they really enjoy choosing their books and also the Book Bug session which is held once a month also on a Friday after Toddlers.
Cutting hours creates a trap: fewer hours mean fewer visitors, which the council will just use as an excuse to close it permanently later. It’s deeply concerning that the library was already subtly showing as "Closed" on Google Maps on Fridays for a while until someone suggested an edit.
A single Tuesday doesn't work for everyone. It completely locks out people who can only make it on Fridays. We need more access, not cuts.