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Sarah is a founding member of Stirchley Art Room and a member of the FOSL committee. Here she explains how she got involved with FOSL, and why she loves the library…

How are you involved with Friends of Stirchley Library?

I have been involved with Friends of Stirchley Library since 2019, when I set up Stirchley Art Room CIC with my colleague Nicki Allen, and we started delivering community art workshops in the library. FOSL was really supportive and instrumental in helping us to establish Stirchley Art Room, which aims to provide art & craft opportunities for our community. FOSL …

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We’re really pleased to announce that FOSL will be providing a reduced library service during Stirchley Art Room Art Club sessions on Wednesdays between 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm. You can pop along during these times to borrow, return and renew library books using the kiosk (please remember your library card and pin!). You can also use the wifi, PCs and the children’s library.

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FOSL committee member Becky explains a little about her involvement with Friends of Stirchley Library and what the library means to her…

How are you involved with Friends of Stirchley Library?

I initially got involved with Friends of Stirchley Library back in 2018/19 when a call went out for volunteers who wanted to support the library. I’ve always been a keen library user and advocate, and having previously worked within a university library I value the work and expertise of librarians. Whilst I wasn’t available to cover the available lunchtime volunteer shifts at the time due to work commitments, I …

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Nicki is co-founder of Stirchley Art Room and has been a FOSL Committee member since 2022. Here she reflects on the role Stirchley Library has played for her over the years…

How are you involved with Friends of Stirchley Library?

I have been on the committee of FoSL since November 2022, and have known about their fantastic work supporting the library since they started. FoSL were, alongside many other local organisations, incredibly supportive to Stirchley Art Room when we were establishing ourselves a few years ago. I want to help celebrate everything that our wonderful local library does!

What does …

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Theresa is co-founder of Friends of Stirchley Library and the Chair of the Committee. Here she explains why the library means so much to her and her family…

How are you involved with Friends of Stirchley Library?

I am the chair of the Friends of Stirchley Library. I have been involved since the original campaign to save the library from closure back in 2016. We were successful in our campaign to keep the library open, although with reduced opening hours. In 2017 we started the Friends group and managed to secure some funding to establish the volunteer support network by …

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