Libraries Report 2024
Earlier today Councillor John Hacking Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure, Councillor Adele Douglas Deputy Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure and I took a report on libraries to the Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee.
You can read the report here.
The report describes how the library service is at the heart of our communities and continues to have a positive impact on people’s lives.
The report also includes the 2023 – 28 Vision for Manchester Libraries that shows the priorities for future years. The vision sets out how libraries contribute to Manchester being a high-class city improving the lives of residents and neighbourhoods and highlights the priorities for coming years.
You can read the full Our Vision for Manchester Libraries here.
The key priorities identified are:
- Our Manchester Our People
- Literacy & Reading
- Health & Wellbeing
- Culture & Creativity
- Digital Inclusion
This report shows the quality of the library service and the huge amount they do that improves the lives of our residents. It also shows how they are an integral element of how the Council delivers its services to residents in local neighbourhoods.
With this vision we will help to make our great library service even better, and continue to improve the lives of our residents.
Neil MacInnes OBE
Head of Libraries, Galleries, Culture and Youth Services
