FUNDRAISING FOR BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE COMMUNITY MANAGED LIBRARY
THANKS TO ALL THE DONORS SO FAR WHICH INCLUDE:- Burley Educational Trust, Ilkley Round Table, Dale Eddison, BADCOT, Burley Summer Festival, Stephen H Smith's of Otley, Burley Nursery School, Burley Community Trust, Co-op Community Fund, Bradford Libraries, Wharfedale Scone Roses WI, volunteers (too many to mention), customers (too many to mention) and personal legacies.
The library no longer has any income from fines and fees since Bradford Council abolished overdue fines in July 2022. We do still have substantial outgoings in the form of building maintenance, staff costs, newspapers and cleaning. Bradford Council is continuing to support our business rates and utility costs for the time-being. Our main source of income is currently from hiring the library out of hours and from the donated books sale.
We would also like to improve accessibility as we are still having problems with the automatic doors at the main entrance along with water ingress and we do not have any automatic inner doors. Both these issues will take sizeable funds to address.
Unfortunately, the library budget does not stretch to include all these things. If any local businesses or individuals would like to contribute towards or sponsor specific items, the library team would be really pleased to hear from you.
We are also happy to accept donations of any amount towards our “wish/needs list” – even under £1. It all adds up!!
Thank you to all our loyal customers – we couldn’t keep going without you.
If you would like to donate we have envelopes for anonymous donations in the library or contact us on burleylibrary@gmail.com
The library no longer has any income from fines and fees since Bradford Council abolished overdue fines in July 2022. We do still have substantial outgoings in the form of building maintenance, staff costs, newspapers and cleaning. Bradford Council is continuing to support our business rates and utility costs for the time-being. Our main source of income is currently from hiring the library out of hours and from the donated books sale.
We would also like to improve accessibility as we are still having problems with the automatic doors at the main entrance along with water ingress and we do not have any automatic inner doors. Both these issues will take sizeable funds to address.
Unfortunately, the library budget does not stretch to include all these things. If any local businesses or individuals would like to contribute towards or sponsor specific items, the library team would be really pleased to hear from you.
We are also happy to accept donations of any amount towards our “wish/needs list” – even under £1. It all adds up!!
Thank you to all our loyal customers – we couldn’t keep going without you.
If you would like to donate we have envelopes for anonymous donations in the library or contact us on burleylibrary@gmail.com
