Volunteers deliver library material to people who cannot easily get to a library themselves.
Home library service clients include those who:
- ​have an illness or disability which prevents visiting the library in person
- cannot carry library items home
- live in a
- nursing home
- hospital
- hostel
- supported accommodation house.
- care full-time for someone physically unable to borrow library items
- are children of, or cared by, someone physically unable to borrow library items
Contact your local library to register.
When registering, we collect information that includes:
- formats of library materials preferred. For example,
- books
- audiobooks on CD
- magazines
- CDs
- DVDs
- preferred genres and subjects
- suitable day and times for a home visit
- quantity and frequency of items needed
- relevant medical conditions
- contact person in an emergency
- access information. For example, a person may live in a flat at the rear of a house
Courier Service
We rely on volunteer couriers to support our home library service clients. Our staff match a volunteer courier to the client. Where possible, couriers deliver to clients who live nearby.
See our
volunteers program.