ANGUSalive, the culture, sport and leisure charitable trust for Angus, successfully secured the future of the mobile library service for customers in rural Angus, following a successful Angus LEADER grant funding bid.
The funding obtained will see 2 new purpose-built, multi-functional vehicles including IT equipment, ultimately offering greater access to library services such as book borrowing and research, as well as a point of contact for ACCESS services, digital services and community-based health and wellbeing initiatives.
Lesley Matthews, Rural & Home Delivery Services Officer along with Carolyn Couper, Mobile Library Information Advisor recently visited Nu-Track in Belfast where the vans are nearing completion. Lesley commented ‘we are delighted that with this investment our rural communities all across Angus will have greater access to services’.
ANGUSalive’s Mobile Library service is greatly valued by the communities it serves, one library customer commented ‘the library bus is a lifeline to so many people, not only for borrowing books but also for access to information. The staff are always so friendly and helpful.’
With the service due to launch this summer the design of the new vehicles has been chosen to enable ANGUSalive to reach parts of rural Angus that are currently not served due to the constraints of the present vehicles, as well as providing enhanced services to existing customers.
The Angus LEADER Programme grants are awarded to projects that will create more prosperous and more resilient communities which are better places in which to live and work. This grant funding is matched by investment from Angus Council.
ANGUSalive
ANGUSalive (SC046133) is the culture, sport and leisure trust for the county of Angus and has been operating since December 2015.
