Appendix 2 (a) Equality Impact Assessment Report Please enter responses below in the right hand columns Monday 5 October 2015 Date to EIA panel Title of Project, business area, policy/strategy Safe and Interesting Spaces (Libraries) Author Donna Wiggins Job title, division and department Lead Commissioner, Healthier for Longer. Contact email and telephone
[email protected] Operations board sponsor Safe and Interesting Spaces (Libraries) London Borough of Lambeth Please enter responses below in the right hand columns. Full Equality Impact Assessment Report 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Business activity aims and By 2020 the Council will have 40% less funding for cultural services, including libraries, parks and intentions open spaces, sports and the arts. This reduction in funding means that some activities will need to In brief explain the aims of your be decommissioned to ensure services operate within the budget available to the council for proposal/project/service, why is it cultural services including the statutory library service. needed? Who is it aimed at? What is the The budget for cultural service which includes libraries will have reduced from £10.4m in 2014 to intended outcome? What are the links £6.5m by 2018. These figures do not include any further reductions, which are likely to be to the cooperative council vision, announced as part of the government’s autumn statement on public spending. Maintaining the corporate outcomes and priorities? status quo with the level of funding available is not an option. The Culture 2020 report sets out proposals for the future model of library service delivery across the borough following the recent consultation and a period of review and reflection.