One Folkestone: a new platform with opinion, info and ideas for community action. Starting from the beginning.
Folkestone, England
Joined January 2023
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Interesting in the local context.
@KCCpressdesk
KCC abandoned planned & proactive maintenance in 2011.
The repairs backlog is now way over £100m and casualties include school buildings and our own #GraceHillLibrary.
A scandal of epic magnitude. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rj…
A year ago today, @NewFolkestone hosted the first public discussion of #onefolkestone as a major community partnership project.
This week we’re launching plans for activities & events in 2026 to illustrate the opportunities
@Kent_cc - perhaps we should meet!
#gracehill #community
Counting the measurable impact of libraries
Article by the head of @kentlibraries on the importance of community.
We’d love to discuss this element of our proposal for #GraceHill library in #Folkestone. themj.co.uk/counting-measura…
folkest.one/saving-grace
Some background information on the fight to save Grace Hill.
We’re asking for a discussion.
Our door is open.
Historic Folkestone library to be sold on open market | Kent Live
#heritage #folkestone #community kentlive.news/news/property/…
Kent's oldest library up for auction leaving folkestone residents furious - video Dailymotion
#Nationalyearofreading dailymotion.com/video/x9xs3d…
A picture of our times: this is the reality of a grossly distorted economy and economic outlook in which the next generation have little vested interest- and may well reflect the lack of investment in them. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7e…
There is almost always a way.
It’s all about listening and looking for solutions and opportunities.
#GraceHill #Folkestone
Bristol removes threat to cut libraries: “We have listened to the public and prioritised certain services” says Council bbc.com/news/articles/cp8k28…
Councils to be merged in major local government shake-up
This will be interesting.
#Folkestone could well be in the mix for rethinking the democratic model. bbc.com/news/articles/cn0xz4…
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Today is a very sad day for Folkestone & MUSIC. @TheChambersBar ceases to trade after 26 years. This week has been packed: we're now realising what we're going to miss: one of the best grass-roots music venues in the UK. Chris & Liz are legends & we'll forever be in their debt.
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Good news for public library colleagues (local govt funding increases, new recovery grant, reform inc. fairer funding for essential services like libraries, and multi-year settlements) but how many more libraries will close before they take effect? gov.uk/government/news/counc…
One potential barrier is a local authority that closes the main town library in #Folkestone without a plan.
@FH4Labour @f_hlibdems @KCCChair @ShepwayGreens
#libraries #community
Our new #ACEFunded 'Poverty Proofing©' project, a partnership with @ChildrenNE, seeks to remove the barriers that prevent low-income families from accessing a range of resources, activities and support at their local library. Find out more: librariesconnected.org.uk/ne…
ALT The inside of a library. In the background are people seated listening to a talk.
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Jenny Colgan says “I was a library kid, Val McDermid was a library kid, Ian Rankin, we’re all library kids. Unless you only want posh people writing books {you need libraries}.’” dailymail.co.uk/news/article… @RhonddaBryant @lisanandy
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It’s the red tape that families & vulnerable people face in getting help & support which really needs cutting.
@Kent_cc Are you going to follow suit?
@tonyvaughanMP @FH4Labour @ShepwayGreens @f_hlibdems
A campaign for Christmas?
Free school meals auto-enrolment 'way forward' bbc.in/4fuqpAI
'London-style' buses promised nationwide with £1bn boost
Does this announcement of new investment & greater powers for local authorities offer some hope for service improvements in areas like #Folkestone ? bbc.com/news/articles/c86qy5…
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Hi @EalingLabour @lisanandy @RhonddaBryant
Offloading a statutory service to volunteers isn’t the answer we need support, funding, staffing and a future.
When are you going to act?
#savelibraries
Crisis in credibility for government committed to creating opportunity?
There are announcements of 31 libraries and 1 mobile library under threat over five different library services, plus further cuts in a sixth and the loss of an archive/local studies library in a seventh in just one week. This is comparable to 2012. publiclibrariesnews.com
Literacy, democracy.
Good if they help to build a thoughtful & considered world together.
Dramatic drop (9% in one year) in children reading for pleasure. Reading ability affected. Perhaps having local places loaning books for free would help? Invest in them then @lisanandy @RhonddaBryant theguardian.com/books/2024/n…
“The time has come to tell the truth”
Kemi Badenoch.
Gosh, really?
Better late than never.
#Conservatives
#Politicians
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We need properly funded public services: libraries are not a luxury.
@SkyNews #Budget2024 #Folkestone