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Festive Charity Coffee Morning and Quiz

Posted on 16/11/2009

Leicestershire Councty Council Community Services

13 November 2009

Festive Charity Coffee Morning and Quiz

Syston Library and St Peter & St Paul’s School are getting together to provide seasonal cheer and raise money for charity with carols, coffee, tea and mince pies.

A festive coffee morning is being held at Syston Library on Tuesday 15th December to raise money for the Breast Cancer Campaign and to provide an opportunity for people to meet, catch up on local news, and relax in a festive environment. Children from St Peter & St Paul’s School will be singing carols at around 11am and the library will be offering refreshments between 10am and 1pm. The festive coffee morning will also be an ideal opportunity to test your knowledge in the library’s book quiz. Anyone wishing to join in the festive fun is welcome to go along.

Syston, Thurmaston and East Goscote Libraries are testing people’s knowledge of children’s books with a quiz. There will be three categories for entrants: children, families and adults. People wishing to take part can collect a question sheet from their library on or after Monday 14th December and all entries must be return to the library before Monday 4th January.  

Breast Cancer Campaign’s mission is to beat breast cancer by funding innovative world-class research to understand how breast cancer develops, leading to improved diagnosis, treatment, prevention and cure. It aims to be the leading specialist in breast cancer research across the UK and Ireland, making a significant impact on breast cancer for the benefit of patients.

If you would like more information about this event contact Syston Library on 0116 3053500. To find out about other library events visit www.leics.gov.uk/libraries.

Background notes

Libraries across Leicestershire are seeing an increase in visitors as the UK finds itself in a recession. Traditionally, people turn to public libraries during hard economic times - for cheaper entertainment, to help with employment, for free access to computers and to help them save money and be ‘greener’ by borrowing free books rather than buying.

Leicestershire Libraries have seen vast improvements recently as part of the £8 million transformation programme and staff are inviting the public to step into their local library to discover all the up to date services and facilities available for no or little cost.

Visitors will be supported by libraries over the coming months in their health, wellbeing, career prospects, lifestyle and general enjoyment by:

  • · Stepping up to savings and improving finances – a free internet service where all the consumer price comparison and information websites are available, there are free books to borrow and you can have a cheap night in with a DVD that you can keep for a week
  • · Stepping Up to success and improving job prospects – with free newspapers, free internet facilities and a large choice of titles for all sorts of learning and development
  • · Stepping Out - alone or with friends and family to free events
  • · Stepping Into the library’s welcoming surroundings where you can read all the latest best sellers for free and get up to date DVDs and audiobooks.
  • · Stepping Up to a challenge - train your brain with crosswords, Sudoku and general knowledge quizzes.

Details of library developments can be found on www.leics.gov.uk/libraries

Details of events can be found on www.leics.gov.uk/events

Facts and figures about Leicestershire Libraries for 2008 – 2009

  • · 55 libraries
  • · 92,378 hours open
  • · 3,853,867 visitors
  • · 6 Mobile libraries
  • · 412 PCs
  • · 22,205 DVDs to rent
  • · 728,628 books to borrow