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Wisbech Library has been extended and remodelled at ground and
first floor level and the new library includes a learning centre.
There is more room for children, new toilets, a lift, and a new
community meeting room, as well as more books and more library facilities.
Hundreds of people took part in a consultation that helped prepare
a successful bid for Big Lottery funding and customers, local groups
and organisations (including Wisbech Town Council) have worked with
Cambridgeshire County Council to design the library and shape the
new facilities it provides. The new library opens in January 2010
and in the meantime the library is at the Queen Mary Centre, Queens
Road.
Wisbech is one of five libraries in the East of England that have
been supported through the Big Lottery and the Community Libraries
programme, to become hubs for community learning. The Libraries
team were successful in a bid for £2 million from the Big
Lottery, and half a million from Cambridgeshire County Council.
Located in Somers Road, the Queen Mary Centre is very accessible,
and provides a range of facilities, including this state of the
art Youth Centre. These fantastic facilities were officially unveiled
in December 2008.
There is a gym with courts marked out for football and basketball,
and the main hall can be used for table tennis, dance mats and even
a night version of ‘Twister’. The gym area can also
be used for bigger functions, and the Youth Team organised a massive
Christmas party last year. It also hosted “Wisbech Jammin”
sponsored by Wisbech Town Council and showed at the Festival in
August 2009.
The new youth wing also has a pool table, two wall mounted television
screens, plus a Wii and Playstation 3 with loads of games, and funky
green and purple sofas.
Contact the Centre 4 Young Team on 01945 582438/581444
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