Council seeks volunteers for ‘Home Borrower Service’
Published 17 June 2011
The Vale council is looking for volunteers in the Cowbridge
area to help with its new ‘Home Borrower Service’, which aims to
ensure that people who find it difficult to get to a council
library still have access to all the books they want.
Community Outreach Officer for the Vale of Glamorgan Council
libraries, Andrea Griffiths, will be at Cowbridge Library on
Tuesday 28 June between 9.30am and 5.00pm, to answer questions from
anyone interested in volunteering for the Home Borrower
Service.
Andrea said: "This is a new service being rolled out throughout
the Vale of Glamorgan after being successfully piloted in the
Llantwit Major area and there are already many keen readers in the
Cowbridge area waiting to be paired with suitable volunteers.
"We need friendly and reliable people to help deliver books to
people who have difficulty getting out and about. Volunteers would
only be committing to a couple of hours a month. Training will be
given and mileage paid. This is an ideal volunteering opportunity
for anyone who likes reading and chatting about books."