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Across England, 58 library authorities are being given grants of between £250,000 and £2 million each from BIG’s Community Libraries programme to renovate, extend or build new libraries so that they can offer a broader range of activities to their communities.
A full list of the library authorities to receive funding is below:
| APPLICANT NAME | COMMITTEE AWARD |
| Hertfordshire County Council | £1,432,367 |
| Suffolk County Council | £1,450,080 |
| Norfolk County Council | £1,371,647 |
| Luton Borough Council | £1,247,955 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | £1,992,925 |
| Derby City Council | £2,000,000 |
| Leicester City Council | £1,492,100 |
| Leicestershire County Council | £781,402 |
| Nottingham City Council | £1,381,413 |
| London Borough of Croydon | £1,373,470 |
| London Borough of Enfield | £948,139 |
| London Borough of Merton | £958,078 |
| London Borough of Islington | £791,389 |
| London Borough of Southwark | £1,420,594 |
| London Borough of Ealing | £1,279,273 |
| London Borough of Wandsworth | £1,469,410 |
| London Borough of Haringey | £1,063,628 |
| Westminster City Council | £1,066,097 |
| London Borough of Brent | £1,463,602 |
| London Borough of Sutton | £1,476,350 |
| London Borough of Tower Hamlets | £2,000,000 |
| Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,994,671 |
| Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council | £1,350,381 |
| North Tyneside Council | £1,353,149 |
| Northumberland County Council | £1,472,117 |
| Lancashire County Council | £1,394,111 |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,416,725 |
| Warrington Borough Council | £1,299,542 |
| Cheshire County Council | £1,454,965 |
| Bolton Council | £1,127,293 |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | £536,685 |
| Liverpool City Council | £1,298,717 |
| Blackpool Borough Council | £2,000,000 |
| Halton Borough Council | £1,271,993 |
| Manchester City Council | £1,095,060 |
| Buckinghamshire County Council | £1,443,008 |
| Hampshire County Council | £1,245,804 |
| Slough Borough Council | £798,189 |
| Reading Borough Council | £1,469,808 |
| South Gloucestershire Council | £1,496,000 |
| Bristol City Council | £1,947,800 |
| Cornwall County Council | £1,458,153 |
| Torbay Council | £2,000,000 |
| North Somerset District Council | £815,080 |
| Bournemouth Borough Council | £1,840,781 |
| Borough of Poole | £1,162,632 |
| Staffordshire County Council | £1,140,817 |
| Wolverhampton City Council | £1,497,297 |
| Worcestershire County Council | £1,495,587 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,428,648 |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,269,900 |
| Birmingham City Council | £1,404,949 |
| Bradford Metropolitan District Council | £1,499,000 |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,177,051 |
| North Yorkshire County Council | £1,500,000 |
| Sheffield City Council | £1,459,365 |
| Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | £1,334,955 |
| Leeds City Council | £1,401,823 |
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