A SPRING STORY, SATURDAY 14th APRIL

A Christmas Story, Saturday 17 December.

MORE WORKERS NEEDED!

Sunday 13th November from 12 pm till 3pm (it’s Remembrance Sunday so we are starting a little later).

Sunday December 4th, from 10pm till 3pm.

Despite its leaky roof (we’ve really benefitted from this year’s drought), the library continues to be well used, and to enrol new users.  However, it is still in need of some sorting out.  It has already hosted a conference on urban design, and two planning meetings, and will host the Sydenham Assembly on 29th November.

So we are holding a library work day, on Sunday 13th November, with the aim of re-organising some of the office space, and moving some of the bookshelves back to create a meeting space.

The workday will not start until 12 pm, as this is Remembrance Sunday, and will continue till about 3pm. We aim to hold a further workday on Sunday December 4th,running from 10pm till 3pm.

Please tell your friends, and come along if you can, for all or part of the time.  Wear old clothes and stout shoes, and bring work gloves. Not all the work is strenuous – it could include wiping bookshelves, and moving small trolleys of books.

Sandwiches, coffee and tea will be provided.

The next meeting of the Friends of Sydenham Community  Library is on  Tuesday 6th December, at Sydenham Library, 7.30-9pm.

WORKERS NEEDED!

Sat Oct 29, 10-3ish; 210 Sydenham Road, London SE26

Volunteers are needed to help clear some of the upstairs rooms and the courtyard at the library.

The work will involve sorting and packing up materials and moving them either downstairs at the library, or possibly for recycling.

In the courtyard, shrubs need trimming and dead leaves need clearing. Old clothes, stout shoes, and work gloves recommended.

Sandwich lunch will be provided. Drop in for as long as you like!

Please phone or email Ilse Towler on 020 8778 3743 if you would like lunch or email her at the following address: iandj.towler@btopenworld.com

Many thanks

VOTE to help fund a cafe in Sydenham library

A message from Darren Taylor of Eco Computer Systems:

We would like to install a small cafe in the library, to make it a more relaxing space for people to stay, read and socialise.

Natwest Bank has shortlisted our organisation for their Community Force Award, and we need you to vote for our organisation to win this grant to make a cafe in the library a reality.Please follow this link to vote for us:

http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5148Important – When you vote please follow the following procedures. Many votes have not been added because action 4 has not been done.

1. Go to the link above.
2. Register and then it will send a activation email to your email address
3. Login to your email and click on the link in your email to validate your registration
4. Go into the Link http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/5148 and click on vote

Please vote, make a difference.

FOSCL meeting 27th September

Friends of Sydenham Community Library: meeting 27th September start 7.30 PM (to 9.30PM) at Sydenham Community Library  next to Home Park. 

Sydenham library was under threat of closure and many in the local community campaigned successfully to retain a library service.

The library is now run by Darren Taylor a Social of Eco Computer Systems. Lewisham council state that  the Community Library provision, which is hosted by Eco

Computer Systems in their Sydenham Community Hub, is still the responsibility of the Council.

This is an open meeting to which all that wish to support Sydenham Community Library are warmly invited.

Public Meeting – Wednesday, 29 June at Sydenham Library 7.30pm – 8.30pm

Darren Taylor of Eco-Computer Systems invites all those interested in the future of Sydenham Library to a Public Meeting on Thursday 29 June.  He is happy to share his future plans for the library and answer any questions the local community may have.

A new chapter for your local library service.

A Statement from Darren Taylor, Eco Computer Systems

A new chapter for your local library service.

Lewisham Council is handing over the running of the Sydenham library building to the social enterprise Eco Computer Systems on 28th May 2011. You will continue to be able to use Lewisham library services in the building after 31st May 2011.

What services will be available?

LIBRARY TO CLOSE…or not?

We can’t let this happen, so…

Dear Save Sydenham Library supporters

The Mayor, Sir Steve Bullock, yesterday took the decision to close Sydenham Library on 28 May, along with the other four libraries under threat of closure. He instructed officers between now and the 28 May to seek detailed bids from groups wishing to run the affected libraries and report the outcome in due course to the Mayor and Cabinet.

Sydenham Library Read-in on SCR

Many thanks to Sydenham Community Radio who reported, conducted interviews and supported us at the Read-in at Sydenham Library.

More than 100 people turned out at Saturday 5th February to support an event as part of ‘Save Our Libraries Day’. This event, like many others held around the country, was a chance for those who use and care about our public library to celebrate it and demonstrate the value of arts in the community. It hoped to raise awareness of the effect that budget cuts could have on many library services.