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Friends Of Wash Common Library

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1179703
Status
Registered
Registered
Aug. 29, 2018
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
WASH COMMON LIBRARY
GLENDALE AVENUE
NEWBURY
RG14 6TL

Activities

The Friends of Wash Common Library was set up in 2017 as a response to the threatened closure of the library by West Berkshire Council. After a campaign lasting nearly two years the Friends, with support from Newbury Town Council, re-opened the library as a Community library. FoWCL fund and manage the library, it Is completely independent of WBLS and is run entirely by volunteers.

Objects: To Advance The Education Of The Public In Wash Common And Its Surrounding Area Or Communities By Operating And Managing A Lending Library.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
What
Education/training, Recreation
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Hampshire, West Berkshire

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £9,423 £9,515
March 31, 2024 £7,518 £5,619
March 31, 2023 £3,628 £4,924
March 31, 2022 £5,173 £4,040
March 31, 2021 £3,567 £3,418

Trustees

Name Appointed
Julia Ramsay Calvert (Chair) May 7, 2018
David Ralph Marsh Feb. 6, 2018
Jenifer Klepfer May 7, 2018
Judith Helen Thomas May 7, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Leonard May 7, 2018
Susan Jane Oliver May 7, 2018