Library remodelling Day 1

Dinas Powys Library and Activity Centre (Diplac) is now closed for its remodelling. The library will be temporarily housed at nearby Bethesda Chapel from Mon 4 March to Sat 13 April. The remodelled library is scheduled to re-open on Monday 29 April 2019. Today, the books were being put into crates for moving across the road to Bethesda Chapel, and the contractors Precision Construction visited the site. In this first photo, from left to right, are Trustee/Treasurer Clare Richardson, Keith Hatton (Trustee and Re-building Project Sponsor/Manager), Calvin McLaggon (Business & Development Manager for Precision Construction, who are doing the work) and Trustee and DiPLAC chairperson Chris Franks.

Here are a few before shots as the library is emptied in preparation for the work. Follow the progess here over the following weeks.

Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre to be refurbished

Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre will close for refurbishments at midday on Saturday 23 Feb 2019. The library will temporarily re-open in nearby Bethesda Chapel on Monday 4 March, until Saturday 13 April. Thursday Coffee Morning (10.30-11.30 am), LEGO club on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, & Tuesdays pre-school Storytime (2.30-3 pm) will continue at the temporary site. The remodelled library is scheduled to re-open on Monday 29 April 2019. This blog will follow the work as the volunteer-run community library in Dinas Powys remodels itself for a sustainable future, including the addition of a function room and a coffee shop, better to fulfill its new long-term role serving the local community.

Dinas Powys Community Library & Activities Centre

As you may be aware, it is proposed that Dinas Powys Library will transfer from being run by Vale of Glamorgan Council to being run by the community of Dinas Powys. In this case, the Community Library will operate as a Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO), overseen by a Steering Group. Our intention is to maintain the library services that are currently provided, to develop new services, and to facilitate a wider range of community activities.

 

Hence we are actively seeking volunteers who can help us with our endeavour.

 

If there is a service or activity you would like to see at the Community Library, which is not already provided for please let us know your ideas.

Suggestions so far have included:
Coffee Shop
Book Clubs
Film Shows
Local Art & Craft Exhibitions and Sales
A Swap Shop
Mindfulness Classes

Carers' Support Groups
Yoga

 

Contact for enquiries about volunteering or ideas for the Community Library:

 

pgauci@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
 

khatton263@btinternet.com

or in envelope for Phil Gauci's attention at the library:

Dinas Powys Library, Fairoaks, The Murch, Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan CF64 4QU