Thank you Thank you to the 11,000+ supporters who have signed this petition to date or made a donation to IWM. Prospect members at the Imperial War Museum have been heartened by your fantastic support. Please keep spreading the word to encourage as many people as possible to sign – we would like to reach 20,000 before Chancellor George Osborne makes his Autumn Statement to Parliament on Wednesday 3 December. What Prospect is doing Prospect has written to all members of the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee calling for an inquiry into the museum’s proposals. We will also be writing to all MPs in the next few days seeking support for an inquiry and an Early Day Motion on the IWM cuts. Links to leaflet, poster and paper petition You can find a poster, an A5 leaflet and a paper version of the petition at http://bit.ly/IWM_info. The direct links are: Leaflet – https://library.prospect.org.uk//download/2014/01423 Poster – https://library.prospect.org.uk//download/2014/01524 Paper petition – https://library.prospect.org.uk//download/2014/01424 Please pass these links on to supporters and potential supporters. If you would like hard copies, please contact Sarah Powell at Prospect (sarah.powell@prospect.org.uk). What else can you do to help? If you can, please write to your elected representative. Find them and their contact details at: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/ http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msps.aspx http://www.assembly.wales/en/memhome/Pages/memhome.aspx Write to: • your local papers • The Imperial War Museum’s trustees – if possible before they meet on December 3, 2014. You can find their details at www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/trustees/current-trustees • The Prime Minister, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, 10 Downing Street, London SW1A 2AA • The Chancellor of the Exchequer, HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ • The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA Consider making a small donation to IWM at https://www.justgiving.com/iwm/ highlighting Prospect’s petition and your opposition to the cuts. Media coverage Here are a few links to the media coverage we have received to date: Imperial War Museum library closure petition launched www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29966987 Duxford Imperial War Museum proposes education cutbacks www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-30053234 Imperial War Museum library petition gathers strength www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturenews/11220249/Imperial-War-Museum-library-petition-gathers-strength.html Letters to the Daily Telegraph www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/11217060/Dont-forget-the-sacrifices-made-by-women-on-the-home-front.html www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/11248949/Letters-A-Torys-vote-for-Ukip-could-mean-propping-up-Labour-with-the-SNP.html FT£ Experts attack Imperial War Museum cuts http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c1d49f8-6bfa-11e4-b939-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3K0higctY The Bookseller www.thebookseller.com/news/imperial-war-museum-library-threatened-closure www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/7959 Museums Journal www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/19112014-parliamentary-scrutiny-iwm-library?utm_source=ma&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19112014