Views are sought on the New Quay Library and Reading Room.

Ceredigion County Council has been the trustee of the charitable trust ‘New Quay Library and Reading Room’ since 1958.

The trust owns the site of the former library, situated in Uplands Square, for the benefit of New Quay residents.

The property became vacant on November 1, 2021 when the volunteers running the library - New Quay Community Library (NQCL) - re-located to nearby New Quay Memorial Hall.

Both NQCL and Ceredigion’s Library Service have said that they have no plans to move back to the trust site.

There is a need for the council, as trustee, to consider the position of the trust and its future. This is because the trust site is not currently being used for the purposes of the trust.

Local councillor Matthew Vaux, Cabinet Member for Partnerships, Housing, Legal and Governance and Public Protection, said: “We want to hear from local people on the future of this building.

“The original purposes of the trust have been adequately provided for by other means as library provision is now in New Quay Memorial Hall. The new purpose of the trust to be proposed to the Charity Commission be ‘the advancement of education of the inhabitants of New Quay’.

“Before we go ahead and approach the Charity Commission to propose a change in the trust’s purpose, we need to consult to help inform the final decision.

"We welcome the public’s opinion, especially New Quay residents and those living nearby, on the proposed new purpose and how the trust site could be used in the future within that new purpose.”

Have your say by completing the consultation online.

You may request a paper copy or a copy by email or call 01545 570881. Paper copies will be available at the library within New Quay Memorial Hall and responses may be returned there.

An alternative format of the consultation- which ends on May 7 - is available on request.

Once all responses have been collated the results will be taken before the Charity Trustee Committee for consideration and decision.