Iver Community Libraries
Following
the
decision
by
Bucks
County
Council
in
early
2006
that
they
would
no
longer
provide
a
library
in
Iver
Village
or
Richings
Park,
a
public
meeting
was
called
by
South
Bucks
District
Council
to
help
mobilise
the
local
community
into
finding
a
replacement
service.
Out
of
this
meeting
two
local
residents
task-forces
were
formed
to
Both
communities
were
circulated
with
a
questionnaire
to
gauge
the
likely
support
there
would
be
for
a
locally-managed
replacement
service.
The
results
of
the
survey
showed that the current library service would be sorely missed and that a volunteer-led community service would find strong support both morally and financially.
The
two
task-forces
found
that
the
Iver
Educational
Trust
(
IET
)that
operated
out
of
the
St
Peters
Centre
was
a
strong
supporter
of
such
local
initiatives
and
would
be
of
massive
assistance
to
each
of
them.
It
was
thus
resolved
that
both
task-forces
would
merge
to
form
one
Community
Libraries
Group
and
to
partner
with
IET
to
further
the objectives of running our own Community Library Branches.
In
order
to
obtain
maximum
tax
benefits
via
Grant
Aid
tax
relief
and
to
qualify
as
a
legal
entity
for
the
purpose
of
signing
leases
and
employing
staff,
a
company
limited
by guarantee was formed on August 18th, 2006 called Iver Community Libraries Ltd (ICLL). ICLL has also been registered with the Charity Commissioners.
At
the
start,
Bucks
County
Council
(
BCC
)
showed
an
interest
in
what
we
were
doing
and
stated
that
if
we
could
come
up
with
a
viable
business
plan
then
they
would
be
prepared
to
rent
us
the
current
Iver
Library
premises
at
a
non-commercial
rate
and
also
supply
us
with
an
initial
book
stock
at
cheap
rates.
Unfortunately,
despite
much
contact and many discussions, they turned us down at the final hour without any warning at all.
We
were
still
determined
to
go
ahead
and
had
support
both
moral
and
financial
from
Iver
Parish
Council
and
South
Bucks
District
Council.
In
Richings
Park
it
was
fortunate
that
Cornerstone
was
able
to
let
us
have
their
back
room
for
a
branch
library.
Due
to
a
lack
of
funding
though
we
were
finally
forced
to
close
this
branch
at
the end of March 2013.
Following
the
purchase
of
the
Iver
Police
Station
by
Iver
Parish
Council
in
2018
we
were
offered
use
of
the
shared
community
space
that
has
been
created
in
the
building.
We
have
been
in
contact
with
Bucks
Library
Services
who
have
granted
us
“agency”
status
for
their
“click
and
collect”
scheme.
This
enables
us/you
to
order
books
from
the service which will be delivered to the community library where you can collect them from and return them to when you have read them.
We also maintain a small stock of up-to-date fiction and young children’s titles to browse and borrow.
History
