Category: Notice

PR 6376 – Mobile Libraries

DCCHave your say on the future of mobile libraries

A consultation with communities and library users is being planned to help shape the service for the future.

The number of residents using the public mobile library service has declined over the last few years. However the home library service mobile library, which goes to residential homes, has remained stable.

And residents can already access library services in a variety of ways including online, through the home library service, the public mobile service and of course within the buildings themselves

Cllr Colin Jamieson, Dorset County Council’s Cabinet member for economy and growth, said:

“Although the need to look at the service has come from current budget limitations, it is good business practice to reassess our offering, help us deliver a targeted library service to residents.

“We want to understand the impact of any changes on our customers and by working with communities and the voluntary sector, we will try to reduce the effects that any alterations may bring.”

The council will be consulting

  • On maintaining the mobile library service, which goes to residential homes, provided by the council’s Home Library Service mobile library
  • To understand the impact of removing the public mobile library services in more detail and to look at overcoming access issues by:
    • Extending the Home Library Service in partnership with the Royal Voluntary Service (RVS)
    • Consider the opportunities available within communities to create access to library services and contact with other people through car-sharing, good neighbour schemes etc.

Details of how to take part will be circulated throughout the library service and via parish councils. The consultation will take place during April and May.

A previous consultation had already looked at the numbers of people using the mobile library services and services are being withdrawn from areas with low levels of use. This has allowed a reduction in the number of vehicles from four to three and avoided spending on a replacement vehicle which would otherwise be needed. New mobile library timetables will start from 9 May.

The committee report can be found at http://www1.dorsetforyou.com/Council/COMMIS2013.nsf/MIN?OpenView&Count=1000&id=E701A6E15F7F1A9FD9CAA464DADCB156

Issued By:
Fiona King, Public Relations Officer
Tel: 01305 224725
Email: f.e.king@dorsetcc.gov.uk

Community Litter Pick – 19th March 2016

Stourpaine Parish Council are looking for a team of volunteers to clear litter in the village on Saturday 19th March 2016 from 10.00am to 12.00pm. Meet in the car park of the White Horse Public House at 10.00am. Some equipment will be provided but please wear appropriate clothing and strong shoes or boots, bring along work/gardening gloves if you have them.

We look forward to seeing you.

Community Litter Pick Poster 2016

Your bus matters – a communication from Bus Users UK

Dorset passengers to have their say on local bus services
In response to the consultations on public transport being run across Wiltshire and Dorset, Bus Users UK is holding a series of Your Bus Matters events in Dorset. Each event is open to the public, and will give passengers in the region the chance to have their say on proposed cuts to local services.
Dorset County Council has been invited to send representatives and visitors will also have the opportunity to speak direct to their local bus operators. The three Your Bus Matters events are being held on:
Wednesday 3 February –
Bridport Bus Station, Tannery Road from 10am – 2pm
Thursday 4 February –
Shaftesbury High Street bus stop (outside Hine and Parsons) from 10am to 1pm
Blandford Forum opposite Corn Exchange (outside Clarks) from 2pm to 5pm
At each event, passengers using Class 2 mobility scooters will be able to get hold of a ‘permit to travel’, the permission needed to carry a mobility scooter on board a bus.
Bus Users, a non-profit organisation that champions the interests of bus and coach passengers, will be running further events across Wiltshire over the next few weeks.
To find out more about these events and the work of Bus Users visit: www.bususers.org

Further information on the Dorset consultation, which ends on 8 February, can be found at: https://consultationtracker.dorsetforyou.com/00,consultation,12145,330,00.htm

To find out more about mobility scooter assessments visit: http://www.transportforall.org.uk/news/newregulations-on-scooters-on-buses
For more information contact Vicki Pulman on 01622 816737 / 07785 768580

Notes
Bus Users is an independent group which champions the interests of bus and coach users and campaigns for better bus and coach services.
We have the ear of all the major bus companies and a lot of the smaller ones too, of their trade organisation and of the Government and local authorities.
We operate a complaints appeals service for bus users who are dissatisfied with the response they have had from bus companies, and we run events for bus users to meet their local bus company management and local authority staff. We act as a support organisation for local bus users groups.

Free Advanced Driving Lectures

Wednesday 13, 20 and 27 April sees the Institute of Advanced Motorists free lectures commence at 6.45 pm with an 8.45 pm finish. The lectures are being held at Committee Room 1, County Hall, Dorchester DT1 1XJ.  Entry to Committee Room 1 is through the glass doors at Colliton Corner and parking is free.

The lectures, given by a class one civilian ex-police instructor with many years’ experience and a sense of humour, contain information and advice that could save your life.

As we strive to better ourselves at most things in life, why not driving?  No need to book, just come along and bring your friends.

For further information contact Jane Percy on 01305 820963 or secretary@dorsetiam.org.uk.

Do not reply to this message directly. Alternatively, visit the IAM website for more details: http://www.dorsetiam.org.uk/​

Weekly Table Tennis

table tennisTABLE TENNIS

Tuesday   7 – 9 pm, weekly
All abilities welcome

Thursday   2 – 4 pm, weekly
All abilities welcome

Friday  4 – 6 pm, weekly
Homework + Reading club + Table Tennis (6-16 years)

Table Tennis Sessions

table tennis…   Just turn up
all bats and balls provided

Indoor trainers only
(non-marking shoes)

Refreshments available

For more information please contact:

  • Sue Atkinson           01258 455 778  (Reading / Homework)
  • Barry Waterman   01258 450 669
  • Peter Jones               07805 242 801

Dorset County Council – Review of rural bus services

Dorset County Council needs to reduce the spend on public transport subsidy by £500,000.
The budget reduction will remove subsidy for services that run once or twice a week. Instead, the County Council will support the ongoing development of community-based transport schemes which can meet local needs better than traditional bus services.
A four-week public consultation asking local people how the changes would affect them will start on Monday 11 January.
You can see a list of affected services and have your say about the proposal by completing the survey at –

www.dorsetforyou.com/2016- rural-bus-review

or by picking up a paper copy from any Dorset library, town or parish council offices.