OLYMPIC TORCH & THE JUBILEE

We are planning an event at the library to coincide with the passage of the Olympic Torch through Ainsdale on Friday 1st June at 1100 to celebrate the olympics and the Queen's Jubille. Drinks and cakes will be available from 1030 (hopefully in the garden, weather permitting) so do come along, show your support for the torch bearer then pop into the library for refreshments.

RHYMTIME

This group for pre-school children and their parents/carers meets every Friday 1015 for a fun time singing together, listening to a story and colouring with crayons. Its also a chance for the adults to have a chat and the kids to socialise with each other. There is plenty of room for new members - its free and there's no need to book - just come along and enjoy !

WE ARE BACK !

Our blog has been 'down' for some time but we are now gearing up to relaunch in the very near future. In the meantime we can reveal that we now have 553 members - a great achievement but we hope to attract even more people to join us this year !

We are pleased to report that the Young Foal Group has started to re-form - if you are at school and interested in getting involved please send us an email.

We will be at the Ainsdale Horticultural Show again this year, on 7th July. Please come along and show your support for FOAL and your local library.

We will be playing a very active part in Sefton Council's review of library services. Look out for details of how you can make your views known. We expect that individual members of the public will be able to send in comments and there will be the chance to discuss the issues at public meetings.

Make a note of our email and drop us a line : foalsec@btopenworld.com

Love Our Library Day

Saturday the 17th of September is Ainsdale's Love Our Library Day!

On offer will be a children's quiz, games, a cake stall, chess, puzzles plus a display illustrating the services on offer including dvd availability, reading groups, free internet access, games nights and computer courses.  

Please come and support us for a half-hour in the morning and bring family and friends! We need as many people to visit the Library as possible on that morning.

If you can help on the day with the children’s quiz, making refreshments or selling cakes, etc please contact pollycollier@fsmail.net

See you there!

e-Petition in support of libraries

The government's e-petitions website has a petition asking for the continuation of support for local libraries from Whitehall. The wording is as follows:

I, the undersigned, believe that libraries are an essential local educational and information resource yet with many libraries under threat, the future of the library service is at risk. I want to see the value of libraries recognised at both local and national levels and I am calling on the Government to honour both its commitment to act as a champion of the library service, and its duty of oversight to ensure that a comprehensive and efficient library service is provided.

It's got 1,456 signatures at time of writing - let's help get it higher.

Games nights are back!

Ainsdale Library will be hosting games nights again, every Tuesday from 5-7pm. Children of all ages are welcome to come along to learn or improve on their skills in chess, backgammon and a host of other games and puzzles.

Drop by, and brush up on your dad-beating strategies!

FOAL Summer newsletter

You can find the summer newsletter with information about the group and the library here and in an easy-to-print PDF format here.

If you work in Sefton, you might like to print a few copies to put on noticeboards - Ainsdale Library is going to need all the help it can get in the coming year.