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Green Libraries Week 2024

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Green Libraries Week is back from 7-13 October 2024! This exciting week celebrates the role libraries play in promoting sustainability and raising awareness about climate change.
 
Throughout the week, libraries across the country will host a variety of engaging events for all ages, including:
  • Craft Events: Get creative with eco-friendly materials and learn how to make sustainable crafts.
  • Special Read and Rhyme Times: Enjoy storytelling sessions with a focus on the environment, road safety, and eco-conscious themes.
  • Recycling Drop-in Sessions: Discover practical tips for recycling at home, reducing plastic waste, and living a more sustainable life
Our shelves will also showcase a curated collection of books that highlight climate change, sustainability, and green living.
 
Whether you’re passionate about the planet or just curious to learn more, Green Libraries Week is the perfect opportunity to engage with your community and take action for a greener future.
 
For more information, check out our What’s On calendar below, or follow our social media platforms. 
 

Upcoming Events

Find out what is happening in your library with our event calendar.

October 2024

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  • Newton le Willows Library: Councillor Surgery
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  • Moss Bank Library: Gentle Chair Exercise and Boccia
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Knit and Natter
  • Haydock Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Read and Rhyme
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  • Chester Lane Library: Winter Warmer - Warm Hub - Coffee Morning
  • Haydock Library: World Mental Health Day Coffee Morning
  • Thatto Heath Library - Digital Drop-In
  • Chester Lane Library: National Poetry Day Gingerbread Man Craft Picnic
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  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Recycling Team Visit
  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme Time
  • St Helens Library: Writers for Wellbeing
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  • Moss Bank Library: Tea/Coffee Morning
  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Thatto Heath Library - Baby Rhyme Time
  • Thatto Heath Library: Fit Forever Gentle Keep-Fit Session
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  • Eccleston Library Read and Rhyme
  • Moss Bank Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Chester Lane Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Eccleston Library: Stay and play
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  • CHAMPS - Children and Male play sessions
  • St Helens library - Green Libraries Week Activity
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  • Moss Bank Library: Gentle Chair Exercise and Boccia
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Knit and Natter
  • St Helens Library: Get Online Week marketplace
  • Haydock Library: Read and Rhyme
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  • Chester Lane Library: Winter Warmer - Warm Hub - Coffee Morning
  • Thatto Heath Library - Digital Drop-In
  • Chester Lane Library: Jigsaws
  • Eccleston Library Read and Rhyme
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  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme Time
  • St Helens Library: Writers for Wellbeing
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  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Thatto Heath Library - Baby Rhyme Time
  • Thatto Heath Library: Fit Forever Gentle Keep-Fit Session
  • Chester Lane : Jigsaw group
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  • Eccleston Library Read and Rhyme
  • Moss Bank Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Chester Lane Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Eccleston Library: Stay and play
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  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Story Explorers
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  • Moss Bank Library: Gentle Chair Exercise and Boccia
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Knit and Natter
  • Haydock Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Read and Rhyme
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  • Chester Lane Library: Winter Warmer - Warm Hub - Coffee Morning
  • Thatto Heath Library - Digital Drop-In
  • Chester Lane Library: Jigsaws
  • Eccleston Library Read and Rhyme
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  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme Time
  • St Helens Library: Writers for Wellbeing
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  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Thatto Heath Library: Fit Forever Gentle Keep-Fit Session
  • Chester Lane : Jigsaw group
  • Chester Lane Library: Reading Group (Adults)
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  • Eccleston Library Read and Rhyme
  • Moss Bank Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Chester Lane Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Eccleston Library: Stay and play
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  • Newton Le Willows Library: CHAMPS
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  • Moss Bank Library: Gentle Chair Exercise and Boccia
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Knit and Natter
  • Haydock Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Newton-le-Willows Library: Read and Rhyme
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  • Chester Lane Library: Half-term Jigsaws and Colouring
  • Chester Lane Library: Winter Warmer - Warm Hub - Coffee Morning
  • Thatto Heath Library - Digital Drop-In
  • Chester Lane Library: Jigsaws
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  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme Time
  • St Helens Library: Writers for Wellbeing
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  • Chester Lane Library: Half-term Big Games
  • St Helens Library: Read and Rhyme
  • Chester Lane Library: 500 Words Drop-In
  • Thatto Heath Library: Fit Forever Gentle Keep-Fit Session

Rhyme Times

Read and Rhyme Times

Just 10 minutes a day reading with your child can help them to do better at school, so why not make using your library part of your routine and attend one of our regular Read and Rhyme Times?

Baby Rhyme Times

A new 6 week block of Baby Rhyme Time starts WC Monday 9th September 2024

Turn everyday moments into brain building ones with one our Baby Rhyme Times. Sessions for 0-2 year olds using rhymes, instruments and toys (as part of NSPCC’s Look, Say, Sing, Play campaign). 

Live Music Now – Lullaby Project

Live Music Now have been working on a Lullaby Project that has paired mothers across Cheshire and Merseyside with professional musicians to create and sing a personal lullaby for their baby. You can enjoy these beautiful new songs written by mothers from the region, organised in partnership with the Cheshire and Merseyside Women’s Health and Maternity NHS Network.

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