*** NEWS - DECEMBER 2011 ***
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NEW WEDNESDAY OPENING HOURS: We're now open until 5pm on a Wednesday (used to be 1pm). | |
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NatWest CommunityForce Award: We have just won £6275 in a competition run by NatWest Bank. This money will be spent on badly needed refurbishment of the library interior and exterior. Many thanks to everyone who voted for us. | |
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CHAIRMAN'S MBE: MBE - our chairman Jim Brooks received an MBE over the summer for his work on the library. Congratulations, Jim. Richly merited. | |
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QUEEN’S AWARD FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE: The Library has just been granted the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the MBE for volunteer groups. | |
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NATIONWIDE LIBRARY CLOSURES: with the recent cuts, many councils have announced or are looking at library closures. Our case of a library being saved and brought back to life by the community has become a prominent example of what can be done. If you are interested in this, please contact our Chairman, Jim Brooks, at jim.brooks@ntlworld.com
We have been featured on the BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12223368 | |
| • | FILM NIGHTS: We are now running film nights on a regular basis. Contact David on 01494 762009 for more information. | |
| • | E-AUDIO BOOKS: Bucks County Council have launched a new electronic audio books service for anybody with full library membership. Here at http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/sites/bcc/libraries/eaudio.page | |
| • | INTERNET & EMAIL CLASSES: Internet and e-mail classes have now been split into Beginners on Tuesdays 11.00 to 12.00 and More Experienced from 12.00 to 1.00. Contact George May. | |
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READING GROUP:
We meet at 7.30pm until approximately 9.15pm on the last Wednesday of every month, in the library. Bucks County Library supplies the group with books for discussion as part of its reading group scheme. Members choose the titles they would like to read from an extensive list. New members welcome. Please contact Pippa on pippagreensmith@gmail.com, or phone 01494 762282
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