The Friends of the Birstall Library is a non-profit, charitable group  of volunteers formed to support the library in our community. Support from the Friends groups may be financial, political and cultural.

Our goal is to help the Birstall Library and Information Centre remain a Social and Educational Hub for the village. We work to help create a library service that works for the whole community, including:

– Host coffee mornings as a social activity and to fundraise

– Raise money for extra library equipment or activities such as writing workshops

– Promote their local library on social media

– Arrange talks with authors

In addition, we work collaboratively with the community to ensure that the library is sustainable and relevant for the future. We also evaluate the various ways that the library may develop in the future and how to ensure that it continues to reflect the priorities of our local community. This strategy takes into account what we know about:

– The way the city is changing

– Needs and ideas identified in consultations and engagement with the community staff, and service users

– Measures about our current service provision and use

– Costs to deliver library services