Handsworth Library
- Address
-
Soho Rd,
Handsworth,
Birmingham,
B21 9DP - Opening hours
-
Tuesday: 9:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Thursday: 10:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 6:00pm
Friday: 9:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am to 1:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm - Contact
-
Phone: 0121 464 1185
- Services
-
- Accessible entrance
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free use of computers and other devices
- Charging facilities for phones and other devices
- Work stations
- Library facilities
- Book borrowing and swapping
- Toilets, including accessible toilets
Regular Group Activities
Tuesdays, 10.30-12.30 Change Grow Live – help and advice with substance misuse.
Tuesdays, 11.00-12.30 Keep Fit for over 50s with ‘Mr Handsworth’.
Thursdays, 11.15-12.30 Make & Take craft session for adults with Monica Pierre - £2.00 Per Session.
Fridays, 11.00-12.00 Under 5s Storytime.
Fridays, 10.30-12.00 (last Friday of the month) Coffee Morning.
Fridays, 10.30-12.00 (second Friday of the month; starting on 11th August) Alzheimer’s Society ‘Singing for the Brain’ and Dementia Adviser support and advice.
Fridays, 14.00-15.30 BIPC – one to one business and intellectual property advice sessions.
Saturdays, 14.30-16.30 Instilling Brilliance – anger management sessions for 14–16-year-olds.
One-Off/Special Events:
Saturday 24th June, 11.00-13.00 Windrush 75 Celebration.
Saturday 8th July, annual Summer Reading Challenge for children begins.
Saturday 12th August, 11.00-12.30 BCAT (Birmingham Centre for Art Therapies) Summer Reading Challenge (SRC) workshop.
Saturday 26th August, 11.00-12.30 BCAT SRC workshop.
Friday 1st September – Thursday 30th November, ‘Life of a People’ photographic exhibition.
Saturday 23rd September, 14.30-15.45 SRC awards ceremony and ‘Juggling Jim Circus Show’.
October, Black History Month food-tasting event (date/time TBC).
Thursday 5th October, National Poetry Day poetry performance (date/time TBC).
October-December, Ikon Gallery photographic exhibition.
- Map
