Home Library Service Volunteer in Bath Area
Bath and North East Somerset Libraries
The Home Library Service (HLS) works with teams of volunteers to provide access to books and other materials. The HLS is targeted at those who have a range of mobility and/or other impairments which restricts their ability to leave home.
The Home Library Service (HLS) works with teams of volunteers to provide access to books and other materials which can be borrowed from the Library Service. The HLS is targeted at those who have a range of mobility and/or other impairments which restricts their ability to leave home. They cannot visit libraries or mobile libraries, and have no neighbour, friend or family member able to borrow books on their behalf.
Befriending, Buddying & Mentoring,Community Work
Interpersonal
This role involves: • Selecting books from the library that match your reader’s reading preferences • Selecting specific items from the library for the reader, when required. • Delivering books and library resources to your reader, at a mutually convenient time (often on a monthly basis). • Talking to your reader about the books and chatting about other common interests and maybe such topics as what is going on in the world. • Returning the reader’s books to the library when they’ve been read. This role will suit you if: • You are a lover of books and like to talk about them. • You are enthusiastic about libraries and understand the personal impact of not being able to access them. • You enjoy talking to others in a social context. • You are concerned about the social isolation of some housebound people. • You have a few hours a month to make a positive difference to other people’s lives.
• You have a chance to make a real and direct difference to your community by providing library resources to those who otherwise would not be able to access them and by making social contact with isolated people. • We are dedicated to maintaining a supportive and encouraging atmosphere for our volunteers; providing training opportunities where appropriate. • We will reimburse travelling costs.
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Bath Central Library, 19-23 The Podium, Northgate Street, Bath
The Library is above Waitrose in The Podium in the city centre, 15 Minutes walk from Bath Spa Train station and Bath Bus Station and 2 Minutes walk from Guildhall bus stops. There is also plenty of car parking in the city centre as well as a car park within The Podium.
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