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Craft and Chat sessions bring community together at Jesmond Library

Manon Sanchez went behind the scenes of a recent Craft and Chat session at Jesmond Library to learn about what it adds to the community

Over 100 copies of Jesmond calendar sold in first month

The Jesmond Calendar, produced by Jesmond Community Forum, is selling out fast, Roseanna Leconte reports

Jesmond Library hosts cybersecurity event as cybercrime is the largest crime threat for the UK in 2023

Jesmond Library held a cybersecurity event on November 1st as “cybercrime is the largest area of crime in the UK currently,” Lauren Clarke reports

Jesmond Library has another successful year as profits top £10,000

Jesmond Library is in rude financial health, according to data reported by Rhys James

Community Festival to kick off on Coronation Day

Organisers say they are expecting more than 10,000 people to enjoy the 18th annual Jesmond Community Festival which starts this year on Coronation Day (May 6th) and will involve 80 events being staged until early June. The festival events are open to all and many

Safe and not-so-scary Halloween fun for kids at Jesmond Library

Pumpkins, witches and black cats – children have a chance to kick-off Halloween 2022 today (Tuesday 25 October) with a Halloween Craft event at Jesmond Library. The 90-minute session begins at 2pm and provides safe and fun activities for children aged 3-8 years, accompanied by

Prizes for plastic-free campaigners

Litter picking, shopping second-hand and offering “carbon literacy” training were just some of the ideas and practices that won prizes at this years’s Plastic Free Jesmond and Sandyford awards. The top award was scooped by Sarah Lewis and Michael Holland who, since moving to Jesmond

Local poet helping Jesmond fall in love with verse again

More than 150 years after Newcastle poet and songwriter James Horsley published his famous Lays of Jesmond collection, another local poet aims to revive interest in Jesmond verse at a monthly meet-up that begins next month. Steven Morris will launch his poetry-sharing group on March

Jesmond Library gets a ‘smart’ heating update

A smart heating device called Thermionix is to be be installed in Jesmond Library as part of a government-funded test project. Designed and developed by Sunderland based company BMSHome Limited, the “internet of things” (IOT) technology will automatically control the library’s heating system, eliminating the