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Let's build a free library and reading room together in Swansea
We have the land, the volunteers and the plan for a free library and reading room - we need $3,600 for materials.
🇬🇧 Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom4,382 views
For eight years the neighborhood has asked for a free library and reading room. This year a group of 9 volunteers, including the parish youth group, decided to stop waiting. The council has given permission for the old Lotus bus depot, but no funding.
We have received donated a pump, and the remaining cost is $3,600.
It will serve about 164 people, including local farmers and market traders. We'll hold a build day in August and everyone is invited.
We're a small team, and every dollar will be spent in the open - I'll post receipts and progress photos.
All purchases will be made by two volunteers and logged publicly. Surplus funds will go to maintenance.
Where the $3,600 goes:
• Materials: $2,600
• Permits and inspections: $290
• Safety equipment and signage: $280
• Tools hire and delivery: $430
I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
- Cora
Updates from Cora
Good news. Because of your gifts ($953 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.
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Hope things get better soon, Cora. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Take care.
Sending good thoughts, Cora. This could happen to any of us. We're a small family in Moscow but we're thinking of you. Greetings from Moscow.
Sending love, Cora. Shared this with my family. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Hang in there. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Swansea
so sorry you're going through this, Cora. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Blessings!
So sorry you're going through this, Cora. Shared it with a few friends. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Love from Stockholm.