It’s May and it ‘may’ be finally warming up! This month, as well as our regular timetable of activities, we are opening the library up for a couple of other organisations to showcase their work. Gabi, our in-house Yoga instructor is delivering her first Sound Bath as well as her usual Hatha Yoga classes and K&F Arts and Crafts are back organising their first of three craft fairs this year.

We are also working on some Cost Benefit Analysis Research to better understand the true impact community library hubs, such as ours, have on our local community and volunteers. Please help us with this by completing the survey detailed below.

We look forward to seeing you this month and if any of you fancy volunteering here at the library please read on…

Rachel, Ruth and all the CCL Team

Cost Benefit Analysis Research - Beneficiaries

Community Managed Libraries (CMLs), like ours, offer a range of activities and services beyond core library lending making them real community hubs. We want to better understand the impact of these activities on our local community and volunteers, as well as how they reduce the burden on public services such as the NHS and DWP among others. We are running this pilot survey intended for those attending activities, groups, services, or events here to quantify the benefits that being a part of an activity has on participants over time. We really appreciate you providing as much information as you can as it helps us gain a full picture of the library’s impact. Please follow the link to complete or pop in for a paper copy. Thank you 😃 

https://forms.gle/NMTvQyD61SFBR4Np8

We need a few specialist volunteers

Would you like to join our friendly team? We are currently looking for a few extra volunteers to support our library in certain areas. If you can help with any of the following or would like more information please email: [email protected] 

Saturday Volunteer: to support weekly or bi-weekly 10-1pm working with the library team, serving customers and shelving books.

Tech volunteer: to lead Tea & Tech our drop in tech session to support customers with I-phones, laptops or I-pads, sending emails, filling in simple online forms etc. Tuesday 12-3pm - or alternative 2-3hr slot if not available that day.

Event Volunteers: to support 2-3 times each year at our out of hours events, such as Quiz nights or Markets. Usually Saturday daytime/evening or possibly weekday evenings. Help with moving furniture, serving refreshments, selling raffle tickets, running a bar, leafleting etc.

Our new bookshop!

Due to our recent Fire Risk Assessment we sadly had to reduce our bookshop, moving it out of the entrance foyer and solely into the inner foyer. We’ve had a good old re-arrange and it’s looking great! Hardbacks cost £1 and paperbacks 50p. There is a large variety of books, so visit us to discover your next read!

MAY EVENTS

Gabi, our yoga teacher, presents:

K&F are a local organisation supporting arts and crafts in our community and promoting people who make things with their hands. At this particular event they are celebrating Archibald Corbett born 23rd May 1986, he would have been 168!

Community Art Project

Save the date!

Corbett Community Library AGM Monday 24th June 8-9pm - please join us and have your say.

Corbfest (Arts and craft market with fun activities for all the family - a real celebration of the Corbett Estate and our community) Saturday 6th July 10:00 - 5:00pm - were looking for interesting stalls to bring this event alive! Plant stall? Food stalls? Live music outside? Something interactive or a bit different? We’d love to hear from you… [email protected] 

Catford Arts Trail Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th October 11:00 - 5:00pm

Corbett Art Auction Saturday 16th November 6:00 - 10:30pm

ACTIVITIES

All our activities can be found on our website and on Lewisham Libraries Events Pages. We have sessions across the week to help you be your best self.

May Timetable

As you know, our library services are closed on Wednesdays and Sundays. What happens on Wednesdays? The Village welcomes you.

Please note, we’re also closed on May 6th and 27th for the bank holidays.

We have coded some of our activities: yellow for child friendly, teal for health and wellbeing and underlined activities are dementia friendly: