Ecclesfield Library

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Library Opening Times are ...

Monday 1 pm - 6 pm

Tuesday closed

Wednesday 10 am - 5:30 pm

Thursday closed

Friday 10 am - 5:30 pm

Saturday 9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Sunday closed

What is going on in Feb-March?

Feb 20th (1:30-3:00pm): Zog Readathon.
Feb 23rd (10:30 am): Fun Science.
Mar 2 nd (10am): Imagination Gaming.
Mar 13th (10am): Calling all pre-schoolers! Join us for some learning fun with Phonics Bear and Bettina Bear. Show off your groovy moves in our dough disco, learn all about letters, join us in lots of making, team games and messy mark making! Book your place today! £3.50 per child.
First Wednesday of the month (6-8pm): Creative Writing Group.
Second Monday of the month (at 5pm): Book Reading Group.
Last Wednesday of the month (at 3-5pm): Ecclesfield Village History Group .
Monday and Wednesday (from 1pm): Knit and Knatter Group.
Monday evenings. 4 sessions from 4th March: A new watercolour course
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings: Tai Chi sessions.
Wednesday Mornings (at 10:00am): Coffee Club!! (with concessionary drink and book prices).
Friday mornings: As always we have our baby and toddler group, Little Bears Club.

Many of these events are free or at a nominal £1 per head contribution to library costs. To see more information click the links above or comment on our Facebook events page or Twitter!, or use our contact details at the bottom of this page.

Library Facilities

Small car park, joined to the library by an easy-access ramp.
Books with a (big circular) "Yellow Sticker", which can be borrowed by taking them to the library desk.
Coffee and other refreshments.
Colour/Monochrome photocopier and MFD, with larger (A3) paper if needed, and set up to print photographs etc. from an email from your smartphone, tablet, laptop, or usb-stick.
Windows 10 desktop (white), with Internet, Office-365 and colour printing; and bookable by the hour or half hour.
Fast, free, unlimited WiFi Internet access for your tablet, laptop, or smartphone (See our Free WiFi Terms and Conditions).

Sheffield City Council Library Facilities

Ecclesfield Library continues to offer the library service which you are used to, including the new "green dot" Library books. Hence...

Books and DVDs can be browsed, or seen online by Clicking here. Just enter a "Word or phrase", set "library:" to "Ecclesfield Library", and click the blue [Search] button. Library members can borrow items, under SCC's normal terms, for instance using the kiosk in the library.
One People's Network desktop, bookable by the hour or half hour, and connected to the Internet, a monochrome/B&W printer, a colour printer, and a scanner.

Regular Sessions

Reading Group.
Knit and Natter Group meets most Monday and Wednesday afternoons.
"Ecclesfield Village History Group" meets on the last Wednesday of the month, except December and August.
Toys, Books, Music, Chat and Play: from 10 a.m. each Friday.
City Councillor for East Ecclesfield, Andy Bainbridge's surgeries at 11 a.m. on the first Saturday of each month.
City Councillor for East Ecclesfield, Steve Wilson's surgeries at 10:00 - 10:30 a.m. on the second Saturday of each month.
City Councillor for East Ecclesfield, Moya O'Rourke's surgeries at 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. on the third Saturday of each month.

Intermittent Sessions

It is worth enquiring about the following which run from time to time...

Watercolour painting classes. Phone for details.
Reading Challenge.
School and other visits by arrangement.
Code club.

Helping the Library

Amazon will give us 0.5% of the net purchase price of purchases marked [Elligible for ] without cost to you. Just go to https://smile.amazon.co.uk, sign in to your account as usual (entering a code from your phone if requested), and search for and select "Friends of Ecclesfield Library". Then bookmark the link above and use it whenever you shop at Amazon.
For safer online transactions, use an up to date browser, and check that both the "https" and the following url are correct before entering any passwords etc.
Enquire at the desk for our 50/50 lottery tickets.
We can raise £1 for most used printer-manufacturer-branded inkjet cartridges donated. Just pop them into the box to the left of the self service kiosk.
If anybody wants to help the library, then they can see some of the rolls we have available by clicking on this list or this table, or enquire about being a library trustee.

Our Details

The Friends of Ecclesfield Library CIO (FoEL) is a non-profit voluntary organisation registered in England and Wales by the Charities Commission under registration number 1158802.
FoEL serves the public in the district of Ecclesfield, the City of Sheffield, and its surrounding area, by providing a community lending library, and associated services. We are doing this by enlisting the help of residents, local authorities, voluntary, and other organisations; in a common effort to provide faculties to improve social welfare and for recreation and leisure time occupations with the object of improving the conditions of life for the residents.

For more information just drop in at 113 High Street, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S35 9UA or ring 0114 246 3615 during opening hours; or email us on info enable pictures to see contact details ecclesfield libraryco uk.