Events
Alien Attack Week 1 of our Summer Reading Challenge
Date: 24th July 2019
Location: Dinnington Library
Time: 10:30 - 11:30
Cost: £1
Mask Making
Are you and Astronaut or Alien?
You decide when you make your own mask
Suitable for ages 5-11.
Booking essential as places are limited. Call into the library to book your place
Happening today, 19th July 2019
Books and Banter
Date: 20th February 2015 - 31st December 2019
On this day every month
Location: Dinnington Library
Location: Dinnington Library
Cost: Free
A friendly, welcoming group with a shared love of books!
We love books, and we love talking about them! Join us for lively, interesting debate in a friendly and relaxed setting.
We read all sorts of books, and no genre is taboo! Everyone can influence the choice of book and everyone's opinion counts!
We are not a stuffy group, but a warm and welcoming one where the socialising is just as important as the reading.
Some groups have tea/coffee, cake and even wine clubs - contact us for details.
Booking essential – call for availability.
Community litter pick Rawmarsh/parkgate
Date: 19th July 2019
Location: Parkgate
Location: Parkgate
Cost: free
Want to make new friends and make a difference to your environment? Join us at a community litter pick!
Come along and get involved with other members of your community in a litter pick.
All litter picking equipment is provided and all volunteers old and new are welcome to come along. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear.
Even if you can only stop for an hour all are welcome at this friendly community event.
It's a great way to get out and about, meet others and improve our environment.
Meeting by Wilsons carpets
The launch of the Space Chase Summer Reading Challenge
Date: 13th July 2019 - 7th September 2019
Every week
Location: Thorpe Hesley Library
Cost: Free
The Launch of the Space Chase Summer Reading Challenge
Join us at Thorpe Hesley Library and sign up to our Space Chase Summer Reading Challenge. Come along and pick up pick up a free planet word search. Complete it to win a small prize.
Summer Reading Challenge - Galactic Planets Scavenger Hunt
Date: 13th July 2019 - 20th July 2019
Every day
Location: Wath Library
Location: Wath Library
Cost: Free
Hunt down all the planets in the Solar System
Drop in to Wath Library during our launch week for the Summer Reading Challenge and take part in our scavenger hunt to find all the planets hidden around the library.
Teach Yourself IT
Date: 16th September 2017 - 31st December 2019
Every week
Location: Greasbrough Library
Location: Greasbrough Library
Cost: Free
Staff are on hand to help you start your IT learning journey.
We'll help you log into Learny My Way, a website of free online courses for beginners, helping you develop digital skills to make the most of the online world.
Help with everything from getting started; using a keyboard and mouse, to setting up an email account, surfing the internet and much more. In our friendly, informal courses you'll be able to go at your own pace and relax in the knowledge that staff are always on hand to help. We have computers available for you to use for free, and free internet access too!
We can also offer you free online access to many fantastic resources (we subscribe so you don't have to):
• Find My Past
• e-Magazines
• e-Books
• e-AudioBooks
• Ancestry
Swinton Library - Space Chase Launch and exhibition
Date: 8th July 2019 - 30th July 2019
Every day
Location: Swinton Library and Customer Service Centre
Location: Swinton Library and Customer Service Centre
Cost: Free
Space Chase launch with exhibition and activities, working with Swinton Astronomical Society.
Space Chase launch with exhibition and activities, working with Swinton Astronomical Society. Live feed from the Space Station, display of Sopace memorabilia and film footage.
Wonderdome Planetarium at Swinton Library
Date: 20th July 2019
Location: Swinton Library and Customer Service Centre
Location: Swinton Library and Customer Service Centre
Cost: Free
The WonderDome Mobile Planetarium provides mobile space shows to hundreds of schools and many other local organisations across the UK, and it is coming to Swinton Library!.
The WonderDome Mobile Planetarium provides mobile space shows to hundreds of schools and many other local organisations across the UK. The presenters are astronomy specialists and teachers who create and deliver interactive space shows in their inflatable space domes, with a maximum capacity of 20 children per showing. The educational space science sessions meet the National Curriculum requirements for science programmes of study. Ring 01709254615 to book.