Summer Reading Challenge activities at Halton Libraries

Get Set, Go!  Olympic crafts, quizzes and activities

Tuesday 31 July: 10.30am to 11.30am at Widnes library

Tuesday 31 July: 2pm to 3pm at Halton Lea library

Thursday 2 August: 11am to 12 noon at Runcorn library

Friday 3 August: 2pm to 3pm at Ditton library           

Words, Words, Words – fun and frivolity with Word Wizard Andrew Newbound              

Tuesday 7 August: 10.30am to 11.30am at Widnes library

Tuesday 7 August: 2pm to 3pm at Halton Lea library

Stories and crafts from around the world

Thursday 9 August: 11am to 12 noon at Runcorn library

Friday 10 August: 2pm to 3pm at Ditton Library

Tuesday 14 August: 10.30am to 11.30am at Widnes library

Author Q&A session and penalty shoot-out with Tom Palmer
Tuesday 21 August 11am to 12 noon at c-RMZ youth club, Widnes
Tuesday 21 August 2pm to 3pm at Grangeway youth hub, Runcorn


Hogwarts Hysteria - come dressed up as your favourite character

Thursday 23 August: 10.30am to 11.30am at Widnes library
Thursday 23 August: 2pm to 3pm at Halton Lea library

Hunger games makeover and scavenger hunt
Friday 24 August 2pm to 4pm at Widnes library

Join the STORY LAB at your local library

For the reading challenge this summer, children across Halton are invited to join Story Lab - a celebration of stories, fun and imagination.

StoryLab is the 14th Summer Reading Challenge and libraries across Halton are getting ready for a summertime spectacle.  And it’s all free fun, which is out-of-this-world news for parents!   The Summer Reading Challenge is just one of many exciting schemes public libraries are developing to help children love reading. So mums, dads and carers, pop down to your local library and find out more!  Each year the Summer Reading Challenge to children is simple. They’re encouraged to read six or more books of their choice during the holidays with collectable incentives and rewards, plus a certificate or medal for every child who completes the Challenge.

Children can sign up at their local library from 2nd July and activities linked to the theme will take place in libraries throughout the summer so why not join us for some spectacular, sensational fun.

Dementia Club at Halton Lea library

The Dementia Club is a regular social get together for carers and individuals with dementia to enjoy peer support in a ‘normal’ social setting where they feel safe and part of society.

The Club meetings are held on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month between 12.30pm and 2.30pm in the coffee bar at Halton Lea library and the first one will be on 18 July.

The Club is hosted by the Dementia Care Advisory Service, a partnership between Age UK Mid Mersey and the Alzheimer’s Society.

For more information, contact Eula Hersey from Age UK (Halton) on 01928 575 400 or email eulahersey@aukmm.org.uk

iTea and biscuits - Over 50s computer club

Do you want to send emails, find health information online, research your family history or just surf the net?  Then come along to our informal drop-in sessions and use a computer in a supportive and friendly environment.

The sessions are every Tuesday between 10am and 12 noon in meeting room 5 at Halton Lea library.  They’re free to attend and we provide tea and biscuits.

For more information contact Sally Shaw on 01928 704455 or email sally.shaw@halton.gov.uk

Halton libraries also offer free one-on-one IT tuition for complete beginners. To book a session please contact Joanne Harrison on 01928 704455 or email joanne.harrison@halton.gov.uk

Saturday and online reading groups

Do you love reading? Then why not join a reading group at your local library?  We have space for new members in two of our groups.

Halton Lea Library Saturday Group meets on the last Saturday of each month 10.30-11.30am.  Widnes Library Saturday Group meets one Saturday each month 10.30-11.30am (the next meeting is 30 June).

Or, if you love reading but can't get to the library then you can join our new virtual reading group.  We have set up an online reading group to give readers the chance to read and discuss books with other book lovers.  Just click here to get started.  For more information, call Sally on 0151 907 8383 or email sally.shaw@halton.gov.uk.

Reading rewards - up to £50

Would you like a reason to read more or to choose something you haven't tried before?  Then take part in the Reading Rewards challenge which runs from 2 July to 31 October.  The idea is that you read up to ten titles from at least six different sorts of book.  Pick up a leaflet from one of our libraries, fill it in and tell us how many books you read and what you thought of them.

Three books could win you a £15 shopping voucher, six books could win you a £25 shopping voucher and if you record ten books on your leaflet, you're in the running for a £50 shopping voucher.  The leaflets are available from any of our libraries from Monday 2 July.  This promotion is brought to you in partnership with Time to Read.

Tea dance a huge success at Halton Lea library

The 1950s event at Halton Lea library was a roaring success.  There was an afternoon of dance and drama provided by local group Centre8.  More than eighty people who came enjoyed home-made cake and an old-style buffet.  They also enjoyed reminiscing with old newspapers, photographs and stories.

Sally Shaw, the librarian appointed to promote Halton's library services to older people, said: 'The event was just the first of many which will be made possible with support from the Big Lottery Fund.'

Free gig for young people

Halton libraries young people's group presents local hit band LIMITED EDITION  in a one-off gig at Halton Lea library on Friday 29 June from 7pm to 8.45pm.

The event is free and there will be also be a quiz and refreshments.

We expect the event to be popular, and there is a limit, so why not ensure you get in by calling us on
01928 704455.