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Glascote Library
Glascote Library is community managed
under Midlands Partnership NHS
Foundation Trust (MPFT).
The library service is delivered at the
library by a team of 24 Volunteers led by
a Volunteer Library Co-Ordinator.
Volunteer Champions
Jo Ruddy and Maggie Jarratt
County
Location
Glascote is a deprived ward in Tamworth,
Staffordshire. The library is located
within a small shopping zone next door
to a health centre and children centre.
Population
8,000 residents, where 30.5% of children
are living in income deprived families,
last year only 32.8% of children were
school ready.
Staffordshire
Challenges
Artist in Residence
The library has no established digital
platform for promotion and has lost
key contacts with neighboring schools,
children centre and local nursery.
Becky Salt, New Vic Theatre Education
Connecting Community
Early Years Children and Families
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