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engagement has remained consistently in the top quartile both regionally and nationally.
Ambition and innovation
Redbridge Council and Vision are frequently noted as an example of innovation and good practice as one of the first local authorities to adopt an alternative delivery model for public libraries. Pre-pandemic, the service regularly received on average 1.7 million visitors and issued in the region of 1.3 million items per year.
The service has been successful in attracting significant funding from Arts Council England, Working Internationally Fund, Carnegie UK Trust, Wellcome Trust and Wolfson Foundation. Funding enabled us to develop one of the UK’s first digital makerspace in
a library and helped create the UK’s first Death Positive Library Service.
The library service works closely with internal partners across the Trust as well as partners in the council such as Children’s Services, Adult Services, Public Health and Regeneration. The service works closely with a range of voluntary sector and commercial partners such as Citizen’s Advice and Redbridge CVS, the local Business Improvement Districts and grass roots community groups to deliver activities and projects that respond to local needs and support the council in delivering on its corporate plan.
Redbridge is also a founder member of The Libraries Consortium which was established to share resources and contracts between library services in order to get the best value.
The service has been recognised for its approach to innovation and transformation with recent awards from Libraries Connected, Community Leisure UK and Edge Conference.
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