Loudwater Studio is a community arts studio on the Burway Trading Estate off Bromfield Road. Supported by the charity Vision Homes, it has specialised in providing support for those with physical and learning impairments. Last week, Vision Homes announced without giving a public reason that the studio will close from 31 March 2022. (See this […]
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Today is National Libraries Day – ten days ago Shropshire Council agreed finance plans that could wreck the county library service
Shropshire Council is being rather quiet about National Libraries Day. It issued a low profile press release two weeks ago and there are just four events running. It is perhaps not surprising that the council seems to be keeping its head below the parapet. Shropshire Council is predicting that library budgets will be reduced by […]
Ludlow library is to be reviewed – I think the right plan for its future is absolutely obvious
Very shortly, Shropshire Council will launch a review of the six hub libraries – Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Bridgnorth and Ludlow. I’ll write more about the review when I know more. But I do have a firm view on what the result of any review should be. We know we will have to work […]
For want of a nought the arts grant was (almost) lost in Shropshire – please sign the petition
Please sign the petition to Stop the Shropshire Arts cuts. “What a mistake to make!” Those are not my words. They were uttered by BBC Radio Shropshire’s Eric Smith yesterday morning (listen). He was talking about grants given by Shropshire Council to community arts groups around the county. The arts grant scheme was quietly […]
Shropshire Council gets its sums wrong on arts grants – they draw in ten times more money than it thinks
A row blew up three weeks ago about Shropshire Council’s decision to axe funding for arts organisations, venues and festivals through its Revenue Client Grant Scheme. Barely had the ink dried on my blog post, when the council did a partial u-turn and said it would look at the matter again. It turns out that […]