Updates
As part of the development of Community Managed Libraries the County Council circulates updates to community library groups with briefing notes on specific issues. All the updates issued to date are listed here by theme:
Please note information contained in earlier briefing notes may have been overtaken by information in more recent updates on that subject.
Internal Fixtures & Equipment
Update 1 Self Service Feb 2015 (PDF, 371 Kb)
Update 14 Phones 10th June 2015 (PDF, 273 Kb)
Update 28 Datalines (PDF, 281 Kb)
Update 42 Updated Insurance Value 2019 (PDF, 431 Kb)
Building Services
Update 21 Gas and Electric Meter No. (PDF, 274 Kb)
Update 27 Energy Consumption February 2016 (PDF, 274 Kb)
Update 29 Energy Supplies April 2016 (PDF, 287 Kb)
Update 35 Beaumanor Hall Event July 2016 (PDF, 283 Kb)
Building Alterations & Permissions
Update 7 Building Works 21st April 2015 (PDF, 271 Kb)
Update 9 Condition Surveys 13th May 2015 (PDF, 272 Kb)
Update 13 Building Works 10 June 2015 (PDF, 274 Kb)
Consent for Alterations June 2016 (PDF, 1 Mb)
Suppliers
Update 2 Suppliers February 2015 (PDF, 453 Kb)
Update 6 ESPO 13th April 2015 (PDF, 291 Kb)
Funding Information
Update 5 S106 13th April 2015 (PDF, 271 Kb)
Update 10 Grant funding 18th May 2015 (PDF, 278 Kb)
Update 12 S106 process 9th June 2015 (PDF, 280 Kb)
Update 17 ICT offer 7th August 2015 (PDF, 407 Kb)
Update 22 External Funding October 2015 (PDF, 267 Kb)
Update 23 S106 Borough/ District Councils November 2015 (PDF, 393 Kb)
Update 30 IT Infrastructure May 2016 (PDF, 282 Kb)
Update 36 ICT Offer Latest (PDF, 278 Kb)
Update 41 Building Contingency Fund (replaces previous updates) (PDF, 307 Kb)
Community Foundation Funding (PDF, 1.2 Mb)
Alt Funding Streams January 2019 (PDF, 477 Kb)
- Leicestershire Funding Toolkit
- Institute of Fundraising
Trading Standards Information
Updates on Leicestershire County Council Reports
Update 3 Cabinet 15th March 2015 (PDF, 476 Kb)
Update 4 Next steps 19th March 2015 (PDF, 373 Kb)
Update 8 Cabinet 1st May 2015 (PDF, 278 Kb)
Update 11 Cabinet June 21st May 2015 (PDF, 296 Kb)
Update 20 Cabinet September 29th 2015 (PDF, 287 Kb)
Community Managed Libraries Transfer Information & Updates
Update 15 Process update 15th June 2015 (PDF, 290 Kb)
Update 19 revisions and clarifications re transfer process 22nd September 2015 (PDF, 288 Kb)
Update 19 - revisions and clarifications re transfer process
Update 24 Bank Account Details November 2015 (PDF, 270 Kb)
Update 25 Extension of VAL Support December 2015 (PDF, 278 Kb)
Update 26 For CMLs up to March 2016 (PDF, 289 Kb)
Update 32 Project Management Changes 8th July 2016 (PDF, 297 Kb)
Update 34 Library Rules of Behaviour July 2016 (PDF, 274 Kb)
Library Byelaws (PDF, 1.5 Mb)
Update 39 Change of Opening Hours Guidance & Application Form December 2017 (PDF, 303 Kb)
Update 43 Audit Recommendations for CMLs December 2019 (PDF, 435 Kb)
Annual Review
Annual review template effective January 2020 (PDF, 135 Kb)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation Guides
CIO Association Guide (PDF, 515 Kb)
CIO Foundation Guide (PDF, 457 Kb)