Volunteers Needed
WENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Tel: 02920 594176 – during opening hours or wenvoelibrary@outlook.com
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For general enquiries you can email us at wenvoelibrary@outlook.com
Do you know where the Wenvoe Community Library is located in the village? For most people reading this, the answer will be yes!!It’s been there for years. However people are moving into the area all the time, so if you don’t know, it’s in a very old Portacabin behind the community centre in the centre of the village. The good news is that this Summer, the building is going to be replaced with a new, modern unit which will be slightly bigger than the existing one.
The library is self-funded and run entirely by volunteers which means that we have to continually fundraise to pay for all the running costs to keep it open. This will be the same for the new building. All the volunteers who are currently involved want the new building to become a central hub for the local community and a real asset to the village.
Outside the building, on the grassy area, there will be a small patio area and it is our intention to have tables and chairs on there as well as inside. We are going to install a drinks machine so that we can sell refreshments as well as wrapped cakes and biscuits and this will mean that you can meet friends there – and make new ones – and chat over a drink. The money raised by this will go towards the running costs of the building.
However, in order to provide these services, we need volunteers and we always welcome new people joining our team. We only ask that you commit to a few hours each month. You can be involved in helping to run the library or with selling the refreshments – making the drinks will only involve pushing buttons on the machine! – or you can help us with both. Please consider if you could join us by volunteering and do contact us if you’d like to know more details. We anticipate that the new library/ community hub will be opening in late September so even if you don’t have any time now, will you have a few spare hours from the Autumn onwards? Many of you will already know someone who is already volunteering, so have a chat with them about the duties or pop into the library to see us on a Tuesday or Thursday morning 10am to 12 midday or on a Saturday morning 9am to 1pm. The old building will
be open until at least mid-July. You can also e mail us on wenvoelibrary@outlook.com
We would be really delighted if you would join us
New Library Building
The library will be closed from the end of July to the end of September 2021 for the building for the new library. Our Click and Collect service will resume during this period and will operate from the Meeting Room of Wenvoe Community Centre.
Opening hours when operating from the Community Centre will be:-
- Tuesday 10 till 12
- Thursday 10 till 12.