Opening Times and How to Find Us
The Library is available for hire out of hours : please contact the Lettings Secretary, Anne Tuffill, on 01883 623288 or annetuffill@gmail.com
Welcome Pack
TheParish Council want to welcome all who have recently moved to Warlingham.
Your free re-usable cotton bag includes a range of welcome items from Warlingham Village and Countryside Walks to free introductory copies of our Parish News, filled with local businesses.
Just call into our community library [open Tuesdays, Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays – look for the Open Today banner] and collect yours. Any local organisations wanting to include any welcome items for newcomers, please contact: grace.kempster@warlingham-pc.gov.uk
Background
Warlingham Community Library was set up in January 2013 as a partnership between Warlingham Parish Council and Surrey County Council, after the County had stated it would have to close unless the local community stepped forward to run it.
Under the terms of the agreement the Parish Council pays for a professional librarian to manage the library at all times it is open and recruits and coordinates a large cohort of volunteers to support the librarian, which it does via a volunteer co-ordinator. For its part Surrey maintains the building, the computer systems and the book stock, and provides support to the staff so that they can provide a full library service. The Parish Council is also allowed to use the building out of hours for meetings and other suitable activities.
The Library Today
The Partnership has been a great success, with steadily growing numbers of visitors and book issues, particularly to children, year by year. The annual Summer Reading Challenge, which encourages children to read books in the summer holiday, has been a particular success, and always concludes with a ceremony in September when children receive awards. As well as carrying out routine tasks our volunteers show their commitment by such activities as creating displays, helping choose the books we hold, hosting school visits and leading our very popular Rhymetime sessions”. There are over 40 volunteers, and anyone wishing to join them should contact the Volunteer Co-ordinator, Tina Picanza, on 01883 624123 or at librarycoordinator@warlingham-pc.gov.uk.
As well as borrowing books and DVDs, you can use the computers to access the internet, do photocopying and access the free wi-fi.