A family trust has come up with half the money needed to fund the Family Library and Mobile Family Library for an additional three years.
The Scheinberg family have responded to the libraries’ call for a new financial backer by confirming it will fund £125,000 of the annual running costs for a three-year period.
The services have been run as a charity through the auspices of the Manx Educational Foundation since 2012. The current funding deal with PokerStars expires next summer.
MEF director Kurt Roosen said: ‘This is wonderful news and a remarkable gesture from the Scheinberg family.
‘The family recognises the valuable services we provide and shares our vision to continue to expand and improve.
‘We are very grateful to them and will now continue our search to find the rest of the funding to cover our yearly costs.’
The Scheinberg family is based in the island and a spokesman said: ‘We have been very impressed with the services the libraries continue to offer the island and are happy to contribute towards future funding.’
The Family Library is based in Westmoreland Road in Douglas and is home to the largest collection of books for young people in the island. There are more than 2,000 members and 235 teachers are also signed up to it.
To find out more about funding opportunities for the Family Library and the Mobile Family Library, email Kurt Roosen at kurt.roosen@mef.im