Kinver Community Library has held a launch event to mark their appointment by South Staffordshire District Council and Support Staffordshire as a Key Community Group for Locality 5 (Kinver). Operating within the southern part of the area, the library will act as a networking and information hub to provide support to the community across a wide range of topics and services.
The launch brought together representatives from a cross-section of organisations and bodies that play a vital support role in the life of the community, including local councils, advisory and pastoral services, health providers, charities, clubs and associations. The evening proved a great success: the library buzzing with animated conversation and profitable networking, with connections forged amongst stakeholders old and new, over a delicious buffet.
Anne Saxon, Senior Locality Officer for Support Staffordshire, said:” The library seemed an obvious choice as a Key Community Group. They not only have strong links with the community, but they also sit right in the heart of the village. They are ideally placed to develop and actively engage with the community, facilitating and signposting to other organisations, to address the needs of the community and build stronger links within the locality. Since our early conversations last year, Kinver Library have already been instrumental in identifying some of the gaps in support services and have successfully delivered several outreach drop-in sessions with Citizens Advice and more recently have started a weekly Place of Welcome coffee morning to support residents, so well done.”
Library Chair, Katherine Dixson added: “Through becoming a Key Community Group, we are building on being a source of essential local information and are looking forward to working with key stakeholders. Through our mutual efforts we aim to bring nothing but benefit to our wonderful local community.”
Pictured: Anne Saxon of Support Staffordshire (left) and Library Chair Katherine Dixson.
