Volunteer -Bolling Hall Community Library

A unique and exciting opportunity to help deliver a community library service from Bolling Hall Museum. If you love working with people and have a few hours to spare each week, why not become a volunteer at Bolling Hall Community Library?

Bradford Libraries offer a wide range of services including, books, free use of computers and the internet, information, activities and events for people of all ages. As a volunteer at Bolling Hall you would join a volunteer team working to deliver a library service that compliments and enriches the visitor experience at the museum.

We can offer you the opportunity to:

• Meet new people and have fun
• Learn new skills and to build on experience and skills you already have
• Gain pride in making a valuable contribution to your local community
• Learn about local history
• Help support the library service in your area
• Develop an exciting link between the library and museum service
• Improve your personal wellbeing

Volunteers at Bolling Hall will offer our visitors:

• A warm welcome into the library
• Fun and educational activity packs for all ages that enrich the museum visitor experience
• Assistance in borrowing, returning and reserving books
• Help to get online
• Help to access information using books, IT and council resources
• Storytimes, Rhyme times and children’s events
• A brilliant, well-presented range of books and reading materials
• Local and Family history
• Clubs, activities and events for people of all ages
• Support to improve health and wellbeing
• Promotion of the library service in the local area

This opportunity will suit you if:

• You are friendly, helpful and have great people skills
• You have an enthusiasm for books, learning and local history
• You have basic IT skills and can use the internet
• You can communicate well with others, in person and in writing
• You are open to training and learning new skills
• At this library, fluency in a community language would be an asset.

Volunteers must adhere to this commitment in respect of working with customers and with colleagues and be committed to ensuring everyone in the community is welcome in the library.

Volunteering times can be anytime: half day sessions available.

Wednesday to Friday 10am – 4pm Saturday and Sunday 11am – 4pm.