Halesworth Library activities and events

    
Weekly events
Day Time Details
Tuesdays 10.00am - 10.30am Baby Bounce as part of our Bookstart activities
Tuesdays 10.30am - 11.00am Tot Rock as part of our Bookstart activities
Tuesdays 10.00am - 3.00pm Registrars of Births & Deaths.
Wednesdays 10.30am - 12.00pm Time Out - the over 50s meeting
Fridays 1.00am - 1.00pm Rainbow Savers Credit Union
Second Saturday of the month 10.00am - 11.00am County Councillor Surgery
Fourth Saturday of the month 10.00am - 11.00am Town Councillor Surgery
Sundays Between 12.00pm - 2.30pm Children's Activities

Shopping Event

On Saturday 25 September there will be Shopping Event in Halesworth organised by the Halesworth Town Centre Group, incorporating a scarecrow festival, plus various forms of street entertainment, so come along and join in the fun! We shall be secretly working on our library scarecrow over the next few weeks!


Open Garden

On 2 October come to Halesworth library for an “Open Garden Day”. Halesworth in Transition (HinT) representatives will here with a display of their work in our library garden and to encourage people to get involved.

Lipreading Classes

Starting this month the Suffolk Hearing Support Service will be holding Lipreading Classes in the library. These are weekly classes for adults with an acquired hearing loss. Classes are small, friendly and fun. To book telephone 01473 467785 or 01502 512073.

2010 Summer Reading Challenge

Go to Suffolk Space Hop blog Take part in this years Reading Challenge - Suffolk Space Hop - in all Suffolk libraries and mobiles. 

Go to Suffolk Space Hop Blog and find out what's happening in your library. 



"Time Out" - the weekly over 50s meeting at the library

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An open house for older people (no age limits).  It’s a friendly, relaxed and interesting group.  Refreshments provided, come and join us on Wednesdays at 10.30am.


Sunday crafts for children

Stories and crafts for children available on the following Sundays between 12.00noon and 2.30pm

  • 5 September - Back to school - Decorate your own backpack or pencil box;
  • 12 September - Last night of the proms - make an instrument;
  • 19 September - Harvest corn dollies;
  • 26 September - Autumn is here;
  • 3 October - Make an insect box;
  • 10 October - Pine-cone creatures;
  • 17 October - Apple Day;
  • 24 October - Hallowe’en masks;
  • 31 October – Magical lanterns.

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All part of the Suffolk Children's University.



 

Registrar of Births & Deaths, Tuesdays 10.00am - 3.00pm

The Registrars of Births and Deaths have moved back to Halesworth Library. The service operates on Tuesdays from 10.00am to 3.00pm. Appointments can be made by contacting the Lowestoft Register Office on 01502 405096. The move has helped to offer residents an enhanced service including registering births and deaths on line as well as taking Notices of Marriage and Civil Partnerships.

County Councillor Surgery

On the second Saturday of the month your local councillor continues to hold a surgery on the gallery here in the library between 10.00am - 11.00am He will be joined by representatives from the Police and Waveney District Council. This is an opportunity for you to speak informally and raise any issues you may have.

LEAP (Learning and Enterprise Access Point)

We are an access point for LEAP (Learning and Enterprise Access Point) this service provides free advice for anyone looking for help with their learning and work decisions i.e. creating and improving your CV, finding courses and classes, advice on interview techniques or talking through your future plans. Appointments can be booked with an adviser, who will meet you at the library or discuss your requirements over the phone.

For further details of any of the activities please contact  Halesworth Library  

Past events

Summer Fete

Summer fete

Halesworth Lions Carnival and Fete including the famous duck race took place in July.  Halesworth library was there with a stall promoting Suffolk libraries especially the Big Quick Read and the Space Hop.

 



National Bookstart Day 2010


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National Bookstart Day events took place throughout June and this year's theme was the seaside.  Sarah dressed as a mermaid and entertained the children for this event.

 

The World Land Trust
World Land Trust Display On April 16th we welcomed International charity The World Land Trust, (which is based opposite Halesworth Library) to do a children's craft session. We were shown lots of pictures of the fascinating creatures and plants of the rainforest in Paraguay, and then the children made a display of butterflies, snakes, birds, trees etc, which has been in the window at the WLT. A great way to forge the links between the library and the charity!
Banish those carbon footprint blues

On Sunday 21 March, 30 people of all ages including five children enjoyed the first library performance of Turning the Tide, a play designed to get people talking about how we can all reduce our carbon footprint: there was music, song and laughter with plenty of discussion afterwards, along with home made refreshments provided by Halesworth Transition Group.

Open Space Theatre Company created the play, a carbon fantasy in one act by Peppy Barlow, with sponsorship from the East of England Development Agency. They received funding for 10 performances with Suffolk libraries hosting three of these. The Halesworth Library performance was organised with Halesworth Transition.

Cast of play

Photo features the four cast members, Yves Green from Open Space Theatre co (standing, black top), Linda Owen from Halesworth Transition (standing right) and Meraylah from the library (purple top).

Activities and events across Suffolk
Contact details and opening times for Halesworth library