Over 110 children from St Augustine’s School have joined a campaign by local residents to save their community library by designing their own petition.
Their petition was presented to Peterborough City Council on Tuesday 15 October, at the same time, a residents paper petition of over 660 signatures was submitted by the Friends of Woodston Library to be added to an e-petition hosted by the Council, which contains a further 200 plus signatures.
Mrs Jo Bird, Reading Champion and teacher at St Augustine’s School, said:
“The children were devasted to learn their much loved library was facing closure. They decided to start their own petition to support the campaign in a bid to have their voices heard by decision makers.”
“The children are regular users of the library and it’s so encouraging to see them interacting with the local community, growing in confidence and developing their reading and social skills. The library’s closure would have a serious impact on all local children along with parents, grandparents, carers and local residents, and at a time when Peterborough continues to have one of the lowest literacy rates in the country.”