Join us for an extra special, interactive story time and craft hour with children's author Elaine Macdonald who will be reading her story, Elvie the Eel.

Copies of the book will also be available to buy and have signed.

Free to attend - just drop in on the day. All children to be accompanied by an adult.

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The SUN Network are an organisation that listen to your experiences of accessing, or trying to access, support for your wellbeing and mental health. Whether you have experienced mental health challenges, challenges around drugs and/or alcohol, getting help for dementia or memory loss, or have cared for someone – we are here to listen and help to make positive changes. Come along to understand more about how you can make a difference to local mental health services in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. 

Stay for refreshments and a chat with other local residents afterwards.

Donations welcome.

P3 Older People's Visiting Support Service Information and Advice Drop in session at St Neots Library.

This is a free service to help anyone over the age of 65 to remain living independently in their home. Covering East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and Fenland, P3 work with you to access information, services and support networks.

Some of the things they can support you with include: benefits, safety in your home, care packages, blue badges, social inclusion, carers, housing options and assisted technology.
Free phone: 0800 048 8192
Email: olderpeopleVSS@p3charity.org.uk

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Accessibility information: St Neots Library is wheelchair accessible. There is an accessible toilet and private baby-changing facilities on site. Blue badge holder parking spaces are available at the car park next to the library. For full details of St Neots Library’s facilities, visit:
https://info.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/.../service.page...

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Find out about :

· The Reading Well for Dementia book collection

· Information and support for people living with dementia and their carers

· Dementia-friendly resources available from Cambridgeshire libraries

For more information ask at the library, call 0345 045 5225 or email Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join the Alzheimer’s Society session to enhance your awareness of dementia and learn how you can help people living with this condition

Sessions at 10-11am and 12-1pm

To book please visit this link for the 10-11am session:

Dementia Friends Awareness Session Tickets, Fri, May 17, 2024 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

To book please visit this link for the 12-1pm session:

Dementia Friends Awareness Session Tickets, Fri 17 May 2024 at 12:00 | Eventbrite

Or ask at the library, call 0345 045 5225 or email Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

 Join us to learn about dementia from Alison Skea, Dementia Lead Nurse Consultant, and the new Reading Well for Dementia book collection

Please book using the link below:

Talk: Turning Pages, Changing Lives Tickets, Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite

Or ask at the library, call 0345 045 5225 or email Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join us as we celebrate Local and Community History Month. Meet with members of Sawtry History Society and view documents from their archive.

The societies’ archives are available to view at Sawtry Library on the 3rd Saturday of every month between 10am and 12pm

 FREE drop-in event. No need to book.

For information ask staff at Sawtry Library,

or call 0345 045 5225 / email Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join us for a special storytime with local author, Phil Boyd.  Phil will be sharing his books,  Little Girl, Big Challenge and Flamingoboy. 

 Free event, no booking required.

Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Join us at Wisbech Library for a fun filled creative craft session!

This event is 50p per child.

Recommended for 3+ years

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

• Tagged: crafts, craft, Library Events

Hear about the fascinating history of RAF Wyton Station with Jim Blackwood. Primarily used as a bomber base in the Second World Way, it also became home to the Pathfinders and now is the UK Strategic Command Station.

Free event (donations welcome). No booking needed. Refreshments available.

Image shows an old military aeroplane at the entrance to RAF Wyton.

To celebrate Local Community History Month, Huntingdonshire Archives will be holding drop-in sessions at the library to answer any queries and questions , and there will be a few local artefacts on display.

There will be two sessions:

10.00am-12.00pm &

2.00-4.00pm

For more information please ask library staff or call 0345 045 5225

FREE 6 weekly sessions beginning: Thursday 23 March

Gentle exercise classes to get you feeling more vitalised without the stressful workouts!

Tai Chi and Qigong are ancient Chinese holistic practices of slow, low impact movements that incorporate posture, breathing and focus. It calms the mind, improves wellbeing and fitness. As it is low impact it is suitable for all ages and abilities.

Adults only. Booking required. Ask at Huntingdon Library

or call 0345 045 5225, or email:Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join us at Wisbech Library and get creative with our large collection of Lego!

This event is 50p per child

Recommended for age 3+ years

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

• Tagged: Lego, childrens events, library children's events

If you are looking to start tracing your family history and don’t know where to begin, or need some help with an elusive ancestor - do come and see our friendly volunteers from the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Family History Society.

You never know what you might discover…

FREE drop-in event. No need to book.

For further information email hunts.archives@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

 Image:  Percy John Slater and Family, Sawtry. Courtesy of Huntingdonshire Archives

Join the Cromwell Museum at Huntingdon Library during May half term and make a 17th century craft to take home!

For ages 6+. FREE  - drop in activity, no booking required.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

A talk on astronomy by Roger Allpress

Learn about the night sky and what it takes to photograph the stars , with Roger’s stunning images of stars and planets.

Free tea and coffee but donations welcome.

Come along for a fun morning of space-themed crafting, a chance to make your own rocket, planet, stars and more….

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

£1.50 per child, suitable for ages 4-11 years

For more information please ask library staff, call 0345 045 5225 or email huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join Amalia from 'Fossil Journeys' for a fossil packed session of prehistoric fun!

Enjoy handling fossils from both local and international areas, learn how to find your own fossils and make your own plesiosaur! We also have Lego dinosaurs, colouring and more!

This event is free and there’s no need to book!

Refreshments and toilets provided.

Animal history researcher and library assistant Eric Halinski will be giving a talk about the evolution and history of bats. Learn what they eat, how they live, and how they went from flying mice to Halloween icons, as well as which bats we can see at night here in Cambridgeshire.  

Stay afterwards for a chat over a cuppa with other local residents.

Donations welcome.

Mary Burgess, Local Studies Librarian will cover a wide range of inventions from our very own county, from computers to agriculture and beyond.

Free event, donations welcome.

Booking is essential as places are limited.

To book your place, call in to Buckden Library, email stneots.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or call 0345 045 5225.

Woodgreen rehome thousands of pets every year, each one of them with their own unique story. Come and find out more about the valuable work that takes place at Woodgreen Animal Shelter to reach a happy outcome.

Tea and coffee available following the talk.

Tickets are free. Suggested donation £2.00. To book your place , visit St Ives Library or email stives.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or telephone 0345 045 5225.

“Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside!”

Join popular speaker Alan Butler for a light-hearted look at some favourite seaside traditions.

FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only.

Booking required. Collect a ticket from Huntingdon Library, or call 0345 045 5225 / email Huntingdon.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Popular crime writer Nicola Upson on her writing inspiration and on curating Cambridge University Library’s exhibition Murder by the Book. In conversation with Christopher Burgess, Head of Exhibitions and Public Programmes at CUL.

FREE - donations welcomed. Booking required at the library or via Eventbrite: Cambridgeshire Libraries Events - 40 Upcoming Activities and Tickets | Eventbrite

Rebecca Chambers, owner of The Shopkeeper’s Daughter, will be talking about her life in plants, including the background to her shop in St Neots. Rebecca will also be sharing hints and tips on caring for house plants.

Free event, donations welcome.

Book your place in the library or email: stneots.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

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Image description: various house plants and fruits grouped together next to a window inside a house. Credit: "Houseplants" by F. D. Richards is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

Meet Leigh Russell, popular author of 30 novels including the bestselling Geraldine Steel series. In addition to her gripping crime thrillers, Leigh writes the Poppy Mystery Tales featuring an adorable rescue puppy.  

Tickets £5 from St Neots Library, or contact 0345 045 5225 or stneots.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Are you struggling with small print?

Do you love reading?

Discover the help and support available for vision impaired people. Get free advice from:

Huntingdonshire Society for the Blind

Cambridgeshire Libraries

National Databank

Peeky Blinders Reading Group

RNIB

Healthwatch

CCC Sensory Services

Optelec

Humanware

Cobolt

Hinchingbrooke ECLO

DeafBlind UK

British Wireless for the Blind

The Macular Society

Cambridgeshire Skills

As part of the Great Big Green Week we’ll be holding a toy swap, storytime and craft.

How does it work?

Bring one toy that you no longer love but is still in good, clean condition. We will give you a ticket which can be swapped for one toy that was pre-loved by someone else!

Then stay to listen to an eco story and take part in a craft activity.

We regret that the following items can not be accepted in the swap:

Electrical items
Toys with cords over 30cm
Toys larger than 40cm
Car seats, baby slings or other equipment
Food items such as baby milk formula

Left over toys will be donated to charity.

Join us for a chance to make a creative, hand-made Father’s Day card and gift.

£2 per child, suitable for ages 4-11 years

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

For more information please ask library staff, call 0345 045 5225 or email huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join us at Huntingdon Library for a special storytime to celebrate The Great Big Green Week - the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. 

We will be reading the beautifully illustrated story ‘The Tiny Seed’ by Eric Carle and thinking about how planting the smallest seed can help protect our planet.  All children will then receive a bean to take away and plant at home. 

This storytime is a free, drop-in session and is suitable for children of all ages. All children must be accompanied by an adult.  Donations welcome.

For more information please ask a member of staff,  call 0345 045 5225 or                  email:  Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Get creative decorating your own canvas tote bag which you can then use to put your library books in!  We will be using canvas pens to draw your own designs onto bags.  All resources provided.  Just bring yourself!

This craft event is suitable for 16+ years.

£3 per adult.  Booking required as places are limited.

For more information, please ask at the library or call 0345 045 525 or email:Huntingdon.referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Join our Local Studies Librarian to hear about the history of cycling in Cambridgeshire.

From cycling as a sport, to working for a living to being simply for leisure, cycling has a long history in the county. Using photographs and resources from the Cambridgeshire Collection, you can hear more about cycling through time.

FREE talk (donations welcome). Adults only.

Booking required. Collect a ticket from Huntingdon Library,

Or call 0345 045 5225 / email Huntingdon.Referral@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Animal history researcher and library assistant Eric Halinski will be giving a talk about the evolution and history of bats. Learn what they eat, how they live, and how they went from flying mice to Halloween icons, as well as which bats we can see at night here in Cambridgeshire.  

Stay afterwards for a chat over a cuppa with other local residents.

Donations welcome.