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#VoteLibraries in the local & national elections 2022
Encourage your candidates in the May 5 elections to support #VoteLibraries
On Thursday 5 May, local and national elections will be held in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to appoint almost 7,000 new elected representatives.
CILIP is asking our members to reach out to your local candidates and encourage them to ‘Vote Libraries’ in recognition of the tremendous social and economic impact that strong local library services provide to a community.
Improve people’s life chances
Support formal, informal and lifelong learning
Improve local health and social care provision
Help build strong, more cohesive communities
Give people access to life skills, including digital skills and literacy
Read more about the impact of libraries in our article for The Bookseller.
For library, knowledge and information professionals
If you live and work in England or Wales, please see below for some simple ways that you can help us get the message to candidates in your area.
Send a tweet or message to your local candidates (we’ve suggested some template tweets below, but please feel free to tailor these to your area). Please do use the hashtag #VoteLibraries so we can keep track of activity.
Please let us know if you have been able to reach out to your local candidates. We are hoping to keep track of activity and it is really helpful to know how people are responding.
Consider donating
CILIP’s campaigning and advocacy work is entirely funded from membership subscriptions. We welcome any and all donations which help us to grow the reach and impact of our work
Suggested tweets
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I support the @CILIPinfo #VoteLibraries campaign and call on candidates for election on May 5th to pledge their support for stronger local libraries https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/votelibraries #LocalElections2022
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#Libraries have a tremendous positive impact on local communities, society and the economy. I call on candidates in #LocalElections2022 to show their support #VoteLibraries https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/votelibraries
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This May 5th, let’s celebrate the power of local libraries. Share and RT to show your support for the @CILIPinfo #VoteLibraries campaign https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/votelibraries #LocalElections2022
Find your local candidates
For candidates
We know that as someone standing for election this May, you care deeply about the place where you live and the constituency you are hoping to represent.
Libraries are a much-loved feature of those communities and we are proud to deliver impact against a wide range of local priorities including:
Supporting formal, informal and lifelong learning
Improving local health and social care provision
Helping build stronger, more cohesive communities
Giving people access to vital life skills, including literacy and digital skills
You can discover more about the innovative work going on across libraries in our article for The Bookseller on the ‘Library Dividend'
Show your support for the #VoteLibraries
We want local government candidates to show your support for your public libraries by pledging your support for #VoteLibraries.
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