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BBC News
26-05-2025
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Guildford Library receives National Lottery funding for green hub
A Surrey library will receiver a share of over £1m in National Lottery funding to help create environmentally friendly Library will receive £30,000 a year until 2028 to create a "green library hub" designed to help raise awareness of environmental issues and help people change their habits, Surrey County Council initiative is part of a scheme providing £1.2m in grants to ten libraries across the UK to help them promote awareness of climate change and other Turner-Stewart, Surrey County Council deputy leader, said: "We're incredibly excited to see the positive impact this project will have across Surrey." She added: "This funding will not only allow us to expand our green activities and reach more residents, particularly those in disadvantaged communities, but also strengthen vital partnerships with external groups like Zero Carbon Guildford."A council spokesperson said the green library hub would be used as a community space for people to learn about the environment, focusing on how it affects the local library will also partner with schools and environmental organisations to spread messages to the the library already operates a "library of things", where people can rent household items to use, a seed bank where people can swap pollinated seeds, and runs tree giveaways.
BBC News
24-05-2025
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Weybridge Library to open new community hub in August
A new library and community space will open in Surrey this summer, the county council Library Hub in Church Street will replace the current library and will include new facilities as well as spaces for youth support services and community groups.A Surrey County Council (SCC) spokesperson said the new hub will open in August council will also hold a drop in event to share plans with residents from 14:00 BST on 6 June at St James's Church Hall. Elmbridge Borough Council said the hub would house community services in Weybridge when it Turner-Stewart SCC deputy leader said the council is investing in places that "bring our services, support and social events and activities all under one roof for our residents to access and enjoy".She said she was "proud" of delivering "another" library hub, which is "modern, sustainable, accessible and multi-purpose".
