10am: *FREE Community Learning course: Gardening for Wellbeing
Thornbury Library
Wednesday 21st April – 26th May, 10am – 12 noon
For further details and to book your place, please contact Anneliese Goodare, Community Learning Development Worker on 01454 864613 or email below.
*For adults aged 19+ with few or no qualifications; or experiencing other barriers to work.
Address: St Mary Street, Thornbury, BS35 2AA
Phone: 01454 868006
Fax: 01454 865657
Email:
Website: www.southglos.gov.uk/libraries or www.librarieswest.org.uk
Click here to view the current staffed and open access hours.
Photos of Thornbury Library are kindly supplied by RichMcD Photography.
A pop-up library open two days a week; use your Active Library card to borrow from a changing collection of books, audio books and DVDs. Click here to find details, including days/times.
We are following the Government roadmap out of lockdown and offering services according to current restrictions.
These include self-service borrowing and free access to computers and Wi-Fi.
However services may change at short notice and our webpage www.southglos.gov.uk/librarychanges is kept updated.
You can:
If you have a newborn or baby aged 0 – 12 months you can pick up a Baby Bag or Newborn Pack by visiting the library or ordering ahead using Click and Collect.
Books to help you look after your wellbeing
Now more than ever many of us find ourselves needing a bit of support and advice to get through difficult times; we have the expert endorsed national Reading Well collections of books for all ages on mental health topics such as stress, anxiety, depression, bereavement and grief free to borrow and reserve. Find out more at www.southglos.gov.uk/librarychanges.
#WordOnline – author events programme
We're working with Literature Works and the South Western Regional Library Service on an exciting programme of online author events celebrating diverse voices.
Running until 28 October, each event will be hosted by a library from across the South West.
See the calendar for individual event details.
Find out more and save your virtual seat now at http://bit.ly/LWword.
Our free online library is always open 24/7: eBooks, eAudiobooks, eComics, digital magazines and newspapers continue to be available for library members to download anytime - www.southglos.gov.uk/eresources has all the details.
It now also includes Who Else Writes Like?, and for children, Who Next? where you can find authors who write in a similar way to those you have already enjoyed reading. Simply log in with your library card number and select South Gloucestershire.
If you are not already a library member you can join online at bit.ly/joinLW - membership is free. You will receive an Online Membership number which will work for our digital services right away. Please enter an email address when you register for greater control of your account.