Trustees and members of Jesmond Library gathered to hear the newly appointed chairman Peter Breakey’s thoughts on the library’s future and ideas to help bring new life into the building last month. Focusing on a connection between Newcastle’s universities and the library itself, Breakey outlined
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
The Jesmond Calendar, produced by Jesmond Community Forum, is selling out fast, Roseanna Leconte reports
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 is in rude financial health, according to data reported by Rhys James
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
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
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
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
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