Volunteering in libraries
Help out at your library
There are many ways you can join in and help at your local library, such as:
- delivering our home library service
- assistance with book sales
- organising local history material
- helping with the summer reading game for young people
- becoming a computer buddy.
If you are interested, find out more through our leaflet:
We will ask you to supply a reference, and any work with children or vulnerable adults will require an enhanced CRB check.
Appropriate training will be provided and we will meet with you regularly to ensure all is going smoothly.
We pay agreed out-of-pocket expenses such as mileage costs if you use your own car for our home library service. We will need written confirmation from your insurance company that your car is insured for voluntary work.
Home library service
You can help with choosing, packing and delivering books to people who have difficulty reaching their nearest library.
Library staff will match you to a reader and help you to choose appropriate items for them, including books, talking books, DVDs and CDs. You will be carrying a number of books, which can get quite heavy.
Read more about our services for people with disabilities.
Local studies volunteers
Joan and Ann – members of Bexhill Library Friends Group – tell how they have helped make the library’s local history collection easier to use. Read Joan and Ann's story.
Computer buddies
Sometimes people have difficulty using computers. They may know the basics but can get stumped by quite simple problems like the menu bar disappearing or filling in an on-line form.
If you are good with computers, understand MS Office and know how to use the Internet, perhaps you could help.
Computer buddies spend time in libraries helping out when clients get stuck with IT.
