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Libraries, community and leisure

Includes volunteering, museums, safer communities and community initiatives

Community Funding Sources Somerset Youth Offending Team Somerset Armed Forces Covenant Partnership

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Libraries

Libraries

Volunteering

Volunteering

Heritage

Heritage

Safer communities

Safer communities

Community initiatives

Community initiatives

Libraries

Libraries

Library details including opening times, locations, facilities and contact details

Our libraries

You can find information about your library, including opening times, locations and facilities

Find, reserve, renew or suggest a library item

Search the catalogue for books, audiobooks and DVDs, reserve items, renew items on loan

e-Books, e-Magazines and e-Audiobooks

Borrow e-Books, e-Magazines and e-Audio books for free with a Libraries membership card

How to use your Library

By joining the library you can get access to everything we have to offer.

Events

Discover what’s going on at your local library and libraries around the county.

Library Membership

Library membership entitles you to borrow books, audiobooks, DVDs and more in Somerset and across the LibrariesWest group.

What we offer

Library membership entitles you to borrow library items, such as books and audiobooks.

Fees and charges

Information about library charges and fees, and how to pay them

Printing in the library from your own device

Information about wireless printing from your own devices

Online Reference Tools

Access a range of free online reference sources through our Somerset Libraries subscription.

Mobile library

The mobile library provides a library service to areas in Somerset where there is no static library

Regular Activities and Events Programme

How to book library facilities

You can book meetings rooms, exhibition space and courses held in libraries

Home Library Service

This service is available for people of any age, who may be confined to home

Children and young people

Helping children and young people, their parents and carers make the most of our libraries

Computers and Wi-Fi

Each of our libraries provides public access computers.

Learning online

Free online digital skills courses

Performing Arts Library

At Yeovil Library, offering resources to support music and drama study, recreation and performance

Accessible Services and Health and Wellbeing

Schemes to help people manage their own health and wellbeing through recommended books

Self service

The latest information on library self service

What you can borrow

We provide books and a wide range of other material for children and adults to borrow

‘Learn My Way’ basic computing skills

Free courses accessible to library members using computers in libraries, or at home

Volunteer, donate and support

How to support your local library

Borrow an iPad from the library

In some libraries you can connect to the internet with laptops and other mobile devices

Library information services

You can ask us any question but please remember we can only give information not advice

Wi-Fi in libraries

In some libraries you can connect to the internet with laptops and other mobile devices

Business tools

A great range of resources to support business owners and entrepreneurs

Adult literacy and learning English collections

We can help improve literacy and reading skills, and help people who are not native English speakers

Community facilities

We provide exhibition space, support for reading groups, talks for schools and groups and meeting spaces

OpenPlus at Priorswood

We have introduced a new technology called OpenPlus into the library at Priorswood in Taunton

Audiobooks

Free talking books if you are visually impaired or can't hold printed material

Community Library Partnerships

Community Library Partnerships are run by a community partner in collaboration with us

Library recommended reads

Our libraries provide books and audio-visual material for children and adults to borrow

Information for guests arriving from other countries

Somerset Libraries Welcomes You

Blood Pressure Monitoring Kit – free loans

Blood pressure monitor kits are available for loan from libraries in the county to raise awareness of high blood pressure

Reflections

People in Somerset share their Lockdown reflections

Digital and Health Information Support

We are offering support to access online health information and services

Free data for people in need

We can offer free data vouchers or SIMs to people in need

Death Positive Libraries

Book collections focused on dying, death and grief available to loan from four of our libraries

The Glass Box

Library Choice service

We can choose a selection of books, talking books or DVDs for you which can be picked up from your local library

Libraries West stock policy

Volunteering

Volunteering

Volunteering opportunities available with the Council and how to volunteer

Heritage

Walks and trails in Somerset

Information about many of the walks and trails in Somerset, including links to other websites and maps

The Somerset Wood

A partnership to commemorate the county's fallen in World War One

South West Heritage Trust

The trust provide a resilient future for the heritage services of Somerset and Devon

Archives and records

Archives and records and the Somerset Heritage Centre

Museum of Somerset

Taunton's Museum of Somerset tells the county's story from prehistoric times to now

Brick and Tile Museum

The museum is dedicated to the local industry of brick and tile making

Somerset Rural Life Museum

Discover Somerset’s landscapes, rural crafts, food and farming heritage

Somerset Heritage Centre

The Somerset Heritage Centre is open to everyone with an interest in Somerset's past

Archaeology and Built Heritage

Discover information about the past in your area

Safer communities

Domestic abuse

Domestic abuse is a crime and should be reported - call 999 if you are in immediate danger

Prevent in Somerset

Part of the United Kingdom's counter-terrorism strategy

Somerset Youth Offending Team

Most of our work is with young people aged 10 to 18 who have been arrested by the police

County Lines

Spotting the signs of gangs and organised criminal networks involved in illegal drugs

Somerset and Knife Crime

If you have information about knife crime in your area and you're nervous about going to the police, call Crimestoppers

One Teams Somerset

Teams that bring a multi-agency focus on our areas of highest demand to the public sector

Safer Somerset Partnership

Working to tackle crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour, and to reduce re-offending

Safer Somerset Partnership Violence Reduction Unit

Helping the work of professionals and community groups who have contact with people who may be affected by violence

Emergency contacts

You can find the details of who to contact in an emergency here

Radiation emergencies

Precautions and public health advice on radiation emergencies

Hate crimes and hate incidents

Information about hate crime and how to report it

Safer communities

Works to make sure that Somerset remains a safe place to live, work and visit

Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements

The process that the Police, Probation and Prison Services use to work with other agencies

Place of Safety

A scheme with a number of emergency and evacuation venues across Somerset

Disability Hate Crimes

Crimes against disabled people because they are disabled

Community initiatives

Community Funding Sources

Information about funding sources and grants available to community groups in Somerset

Somerset Armed Forces Covenant Partnership

A partnership between councils, colleges, health services, charities, the military and reservists

Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector in Somerset

Promoting social, economic, environmental or cultural objectives to benefit society as a whole, or particular groups within it

Somerset Young People’s Voice

Check out opportunities for young people to get involved, as well as a range of tools and resources for practitioners

Somerset Fingerpost Restoration Project

Find out how we will work with the community to restore these iconic landmarks

Grants to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations

Details of all grants to voluntary, community and social enterprises

The Somerset Wood

A partnership to commemorate the county's fallen in World War One

Somerset Local Access Forum

The forum aims to improve access to the countryside in Somerset

Regeneration

Regeneration work brings economic and social activity back to communities that have suffered decline

Preparing for emergencies

Information and leaflets with advice on how you can prepare before, during and after emergencies

Local Choices and Community Resources

Opportunities for communities to be empowered through community self-help, volunteering and local solutions

Place of Safety

A scheme with a number of emergency and evacuation venues across Somerset

Community Right to Challenge

The right to express an interest to deliver services on behalf of the Council

Privacy Notice – Economic and community infrastructure

What we do with your personal data
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