Your library changes lives

Nick Poole, CEO, CILIP07/11/2016

The work you do every single day transforms the lives of the people who use your services...

Your local library

Changing lives...

• Opportunities, enterprise and employment• Public health & wellbeing• Vulnerable groups• Literacy and digital skills

Opportunities, skills and employment...

Your library is ideally placed to support and develop local people, bringing them opportunities to learn, work, create and prosper.

Leeds Central Library developed a targeted service for members of the city’s young BME community, many of whom experienced poor formal education and were long-term unemployed, providing them with training, opportunities and employment in the creative industries.

“Fast forward to now & I’ve released my debut EP, where the lyrics were recorded here. People always think of the library as quiet, but we’re able to operate successfully in here.”

>100

NEW BUSINESSESLAUNCHED

900LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS SUPPORTED

BOAT-BUILDINGCREATIVE INDUSTRIESVETERINARY LAB SERVICES

SPANISH TUTORINGSOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING

10%

OF THE REGION’S STARTUPS SUPPORTED IN THE LIBRARY

NEW JOBS AND APPRENTICESHIPS CREATED FOR THE REGION

http://startupbritain.org/local-support/

560,000

MORE THAN

NEW STARTUP BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN REGISTERED IN 2016

Public health and wellbeing...

Your library helps reduce the burden on the NHS every day, supporting mental health conditions and helping individuals take better control of their diet, health and wellbeing while tackling social isolation & loneliness.

“We want true partnership and real change. How can health be part of the library service, day-to-day?”

“Public health are able to identify the key health challenges in Norfolk, and then through libraries we feel we’re ideal venues to deliver health messages through events, activities and information.”

“One of the key things is that for once the person isn’t treated as a patient, as a client, as someone with an issue. They’re just a person.”

Julie Walken, Bibliotherapy Trainer, Kirklees

St Helens Libraries ‘Cultural Hubs’ combine creative arts & library services to help people who need or are at risk of needing access to social care.

15.4MILLION

IN 2010 THERE WERE AT LEAST

PEOPLE WITH AT LEAST 1 LONG-TERM CONDITION (30% OF THE POPULATON)BY 2025 THIS IS ESTIMATED TO RISE TO18MILLION

1mTHE NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED BY

THE NHS EVERY 36 HOURS

1mTHE NUMBER OF VISITS TO

UK PUBLIC LIBRARIES EVERY 36 HOURS

Vulnerable and disadvantaged groups...

Everyday, your library helps some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people in our society to build better lives.

Surrey Libraries helping to tackle domestic abuse working with local survivors’ groups

“One of our users, a veteran, recorded his memories in the library & sent the recording to his 13 year-old grandson. And to his grandson suddenly he wasn’t this old man in a home anymore, but a vibrant young man serving on the front line in Palestine”

Sefton Libraries ‘Lost Voices’ project

Kirklees Library Service & charity The Mission (Huddersfield) collaborate to provide reader development, creative activities & employment support for people with housing issues, in temporary accommodation or looking for housing.

Literacy and digital skills...

Your library helps people to help themselves – giving people the skills they need to get on in life.

North Ayrshire’s ‘Appiness’ project supports parents and carers to use educational apps which help their children with early years reading. The process involved a 4-week curriculum covering Internet safety, interactive books, literacy, numeracy, music, art, science and technology.

Lambeth Libraries ‘Digital Bazaar’ encourages local people to share their digital skills to help others develop their digital literacy...

These are just the projects you can see. We never know, when someone walks into our libraries, what hopes, ideas, needs or experiences they bring with them.

Every single visit is an opportunity to change someone’s life for the better, forever.

Thank you for inviting me to join you at this year’s Suffolk Libraries event.

Find out more and get involved at http://www.cilip.org.uk/lcla

@NickPoole1@CILIPinfo