National lockdown: please stay at home
Warrington is subject to the current national lockdown restrictions - please stay at home. For more more information about what this means, visit our coronavirus web pages.
National lockdown: please stay at home
Warrington is subject to the current national lockdown restrictions - please stay at home. For more more information about what this means, visit our coronavirus web pages.
LiveWire unveils initial plans to allow reopening of selected Leisure and Library sites in Warrington.
The plans to reopen will be in line with Government guidance, you can find more information on the Livewire website.
The Libraries Partnership Board (LPB) has now been set up to ensure Warrington's library services are dynamic, comprehensive, universal and sustainable for all Warrington residents.
LPB responsibilities:
The board can make recommendations to the council's Cabinet, policy committees, and to the LiveWire Board.
In the first few months of 2019, we published our draft Library Strategy for 2019-22 and asked you what you thought about it. We’re now finalising the strategy based on what you told us, and we hope to publish the final Library Strategy 2019-22 in the summer.
Board members:
The Next Library Partnership Board meeting on the 9 November 2020 (2.00 pm and 3.00 pm) will be taking place virtually again. As before, we'll be using Microsoft Teams to discuss our November agenda. If you'd like to attend the virtual meeting, please contact Garry D'Arcy via email, and Gary will send an access link.
Be assured that the council continues to work extremely hard with its partners and the community to ensure that vital services continue to be delivered to those who need them.
Please also see the link below to the UK government website which is being regularly updated with the latest advice and information regarding COVID19
The partnership board meetings are open to members of the public to attend which is on a first-come first-served basis. The capacity for this meeting is 20 guests. To book a place please email gdarcy@warrington.gov.uk. The board may consider a matter in private if is 'confidential and exempt information' as set out in the council’s constitution (Section E, Access to Information - Rule 8).
The board meets at least every two months, more often if needed.
Libraries Partnership Board - Terms of Reference
In 2016, LiveWire, the community interest company (CiC) that runs Warrington’s leisure, library and lifestyle services, consulted on how to modernise the library service.
In response, many people stressed how important the service is to them, and the good it does for our communities and cultural life.
This strength of feeling led to the set-up of a Libraries Working Group to consider residents’ feedback, review the needs of local people, and liaise with community groups.
The group made recommendations to keep all libraries open for the foreseeable future, which was approved by the council's Cabinet in December 2017. After this, the LPB was set up to deliver a new partnership strategy and establish a new set of performance measures.