Quiz! – Tickets On Sale Now

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We’re holding another of our popular quizzes in October!

We have a few changes this time, it’s being held at Narborough Parish Centre on Desford Road, and bring your own food and drinks as they will not be provided. Tea and coffee will be available.

Tickets are £5 each and are available from Narborough and Littlethorpe Community Library now.

You can have teams of up to 6 people, so get a team together and start brushing up on your trivia!

Details:
Quiz Night hosted by Narborough and Littlethorpe Community Library
Location: Narborough Parish Centre, Desford Road, Narborough
Date: Friday, 11th October, 7pm

Book Sale – September 14th

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Our next book sale is on September 14th, 10:15am – 12:15pm.

We’ll have adults fiction and non-fiction, as well as children’s fiction and non-fiction books for sale.

All profits go towards the ongoing costs of running the library, so come get a bargain and support your local library!

Summer Fayre

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Our Summer Fayre will be held at the library on Saturday, 15th June, from 2:15pm, coinciding with the Connecting Narborough Summer Saturday in the village.

We will have a tombola with exciting prizes, a bran tub for children and lovely handmade crafts and plants for sale – perfect gifts.

This is also the last chance to buy raffle tickets for just £1 each (check our earlier post for the full list of amazing prizes donated by local businesses!). The drawing will take place at 3:45 pm.

As always, these events are essential for fundraising to keep our library running. Any contribution, be it buying an item or a raffle ticket, is greatly appreciated.

Holiday Opening Times

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Happy holidays! Here are our opening times until the New Year.

Thursday, 21st – Open 10am – 1pm
Saturday, 23rd – Open 10am – 12pm
Sunday, 24th to Wednesday, 27th (inclusive) – Closed
Thursday, 28th – Open 10am – 12pm
Friday 29th – Tuesday, 2nd January (inclusive) – Closed

Normal hours resume from Wednesday, 3rd January.

From Wednesday, 3rd January, our Wednesday opening hours will be 1pm – 6pm.

Board Game Group is on December 19th, closed December 26th, and will be closed until January 16th.
Busy Hands & Minds resumes from January 19th.
Digital Drop In is closed on December 20th and 27th and resumes January 2nd.
Wriggly Readers is closed on December 19th and 26th, and January 2nd and resumes January 9th.

Proposed Changes To Library Opening Hours

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Firstly, thank you to you all for your continuing support and for using our Community Library. Without this support we would not be able to operate.

As winter months are approaching, the nights get darker and people are reluctant to go out. We decided to look at the safety of our volunteers. As part of this process, we have been reviewing our opening hours.

As a community library, we are staffed completely by volunteers.

We are committed to a specific number of hours per week. Currently, we are open on Wednesdays until 7pm, as you may appreciate, this is not a popular shift with our volunteers, especially in the winter, and our footfall after 6pm can be nil.

Therefore, we are proposing to change our current opening hours on Wednesdays to 1pm – 6pm.

As members of the local community we value your thoughts/comments.

There is a sheet in the library for you to voice your opinion on this matter, or you can email us at nandlclibrary@gmail.com

Please leave comments by December, 2nd.

Thank you for your continued support and feedback.

Best wishes,

Volunteers of Narborough and Littlethorpe Community Library

Book Sale – 14th October

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We’re having a book sale at the library, come to find a new read at a bargain prices! All proceeds from the sale supports the ongoing costs of the library.

We have adult fiction, non-fiction and children’s books for sale.

If you have any unwanted books you can donate for the sale, please drop them off at the library.

Book Sale:
Saturday, 14th October 10:15am – 12:30pm
At Narborough and Littlethorpe Community Library

Library Closed 5th & 6th October

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We will be closed on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th October while we have new electrical sockets installed.

The Busy Hands and Minds session scheduled for Friday 6th October has moved to this Friday, the 29th September.

You can return books via the book drop or renew them online.

You can also renew by telephone if you call another library.

Alternative libraries:

Cosby: Open Thurs 10am – 12:30pm, Fri 2pm – 5pm

Enderby: Open Thurs 2pm – 5pm, Fri 2pm – 6pm

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Autumn Fayre

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We’re having an Autumn Fayre on September 23rd, 2pm – 4:30pm.

There will be gifts, crafts and cards for sale, prize to be won in a tombola and children’s bran tub. We also have a jar of sweets to win if you can guess how many are in the jar and a cake to win if you can guess the weight!

It’s also the last chance to enter our raffle, prizes include a luxury hamper from Asda, and prizes from Next, LivingWell health club, Copt Oak, Mill on the Soar, Narborough Eye Care and more. The raffle will be drawn at 3:45pm.

All proceeds from sales will fund the library so come along and support your local library.

Summer Reading Challenge 2023

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This year’s summer reading challenge is here! 

For those new to the challenge, it is hosted annually by The Reading Agency, who set the theme and provide incentives to encourage children to read during the summer holidays. We have stickers to collect and medals to be won!

How It Works

Any library member aged 4 – 11 can join in, you can join the library for free at any time.

  1. Sign up for the challenge at any time from July 1st, your child will get a starter pack including stickers, a reading goal is set and your child can take part in our treasure hunt at the library.
  1. Any book counts towards their reading goal, including comics, ebooks and audiobooks.
  1. Upon returning books, your child will be given more stickers and a bookmark.
  1. When the reading goal is met (6 books or more!) your child will receive a certificate and medal!
  1.  Your child has until September 2nd to complete their challenge.

Sign Up Event

We will be holding a sign-up event on Saturday, July 1st 10am -1pm, outside the library, our Summer Reading Challenge heroes will be there to answer any questions. If you can’t make it, any librarian can sign your child up at any time over the summer and provide them with a starter pack during our usual opening hours.

See what some local children have to say about this year’s Summer Reading Challenge – keep a lookout for the special sporting guest!

This year’s theme is play, sport and games, so your child can read about their favourite sports, athletes, and games. The Reading Agency has teamed up with the Youth Sports Trust to inspire children to read and get active. Book recommendations can be found online here, or you can come along to the library and browse our shelves.

For more book recommendations, online games and fun for your child head over to summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

Details
Challenge launch date/sign up event: July 1st, 10am – 1pm, at Narborough and Littlethorpe Community Library
Challenge dates: July 1st – September 2nd