Home Library Service with Slough Libraries
If you, or someone you know, can’t get to the library owing to age, disability or caring responsibilities, it is still possible to enjoy using Slough Libraries.
Friends and Family Library card
With your agreement, a friend, neighbour or relative can get a Friends and Family Library card to allow them to choose and collect items from the library for you.
Home Library Service
If the Friends and Family Library card is not righ for you, you can join our free Home Library Service and enjoy a visit from Home Library volunteers. Call 01753 875533 for more details or ask a friend or relative to contact us for you.
The first step is a visit from a member of library staff, they will call for a chat to make sure you get the sort of books you want to read or help you choose your own books through the online library catalogue for your volunteer to deliver.
Whether you enjoy reading for pleasure, or are studying or pursuing an interest, volunteers act as your link with the library and call on you regularly (usually once a month), and can offer a friendly face and a chat too!
If you are studying or pursuing an interest, there are many online resources on the library website you might find useful.
If you enjoy reading for pleasure, you will get a head start looking for something new in the reading ideas section of the website. You can also contact Slough Libraries with all your questions by phone, email or through the library contact form, so it’s very easy to get hold of the information you need.
Who to contact
- Contact name
- Libraries and Culture, Slough
- Telephone
- 01753 875533 01753 875533
- library@slough.gov.uk
- Website
- Home library service - Slough Libraries
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- Notes
If you want to discuss what the role entails, you may also find it useful to contact our branch libraries, as volunteering is co-ordinated at the nearest library to the person being visited.
Contact numbers:
Langley Library 01753 542153
Cippenham Library 01628 661745
Britwell Library 01753 522869
Where to go
- Name
- Slough Library Services
- Address
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Library @ The Curve
William Street
Slough
Berks - Postcode
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SL1 1XY
Find SL1 1XY on a map - Notes
Home Library volunteering takes place near all 4 of our main libraries - Britwell, Cippenham, Langley and The Curve, and you may end up being based more at one of these rather than just at The Curve as volunteering is co-ordinated at the nearest library to the person being visited.
Time/date details
- When is it on
- Library opening hours are Monday to Saturdays, hours vary each day, typically at least 9am-5pm on week days with some late nights, and 9am-4pm on Saturdays
- Session information
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Visiting times varies with the needs of the person you will be visiting
Costs
- Details
Free
Local Offer
Extended Local Offer Response
- Is your service accessible?
All our libraries have step free access, and there are two lifts available to access other floors at our main library in The Curve.
- What are the eligibility criteria for your service?
Slough Library Service is open to everyone who lives or works in Slough. The Home Library Service is particularly aimed at adults who struggle to leave home and would appreciate regular visits with books.
- How are referrals/applications made to your service?
A visit is made by library staff who will discus the person's needs and interests.
- Funding
- Local Authority
- Charges
- No
Last updated
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Disclaimer
This information has been collected from third party providers. Slough Information and Services Guide and Slough Borough Council cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of this information and recommend that parents, carers, young people, residents and professionals check with providers regarding DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), OFSTED and CQC registrations.