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✨ Haydock Library is back — and more inclusive than ever! ✨

Take a walkthrough of our newly refurbished SEND‑inclusive community space, created through true co‑production with children and young people with SEND, library staff, and partners including Listen 4 Change and BuzzHub.

Thanks to Arts Council England and the Libraries Improvement Fund, we’ve transformed the library into a sensory‑friendly space for everyone.

Huge thanks to Dr Emily Peasgood Studios Ltd, architect Ben Allen, and their brilliant creative team for leading this inspiring design journey.

Also - a big thanks to Designed Bespoke Joinery and Parklands for their work on the construction and decorating of the space.

🎥 Take a walkthrough with us and discover the new Haydock Library—a welcoming space where everyone can feel comfortable, supported, and inspired.

#SensoryFriendly #InclusiveDesign #CommunitySpace

📢 IMPORTANT 📢

To all our followers, please remember... we reserve the right to remove comments that contain insults, threats, derogatory language, and harassing behaviour from our pages. If certain profiles continue to act in this way, they will be blocked from our platforms.

We, St Helens Council's Library Service, have a commitment to our users to provide inclusive, safe, and welcoming spaces, whether that be physical or virtual.Whilst respecting the right to people’s opinions, we will not provide a platform for hate, insults, profanity, or harassment.

#NoPlaceForHate

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St Helens Heritage Festival 2026is back on Saturday 30 May at St Helens Town Hall! 🎉

We're counting down the days by sharing some of the wonderful feedback we received from attendees of last year's event.

Join us for a free, family-friendly celebration of our borough’s rich history, featuring:

📜 Local heritage groups and organisations
🚗 Classic cars
🚌 Vintage bus
💃 Morris dancers
☕ Refreshments
🔍Mobile museum
🏛️ Free local history talks
🖌️ The Art Club of St Helens
and more…

🔗 Find out more via the Heritage Festival link in our bio!

#StHelensHeritageFestival #StHelensArchiveService #SaveTheDate #FamilyFun #Heritage #FreeEvent #localhistory

Organised by St Helens Archive Service, this event is free entry, open to all, and no booking is required.

@sthelenscouncil National Smile Month – led by the @oralhealthfoundation – is celebrating its 50th year 🎉

Running from 11 May to 11 June, the campaign is all about raising awareness of good oral health and helping people build simple daily habits like brushing twice a day, cutting down on sugar, and visiting the dentist regularly.

Over the next few weeks, St Helens Wellbeing Service, commissioned by our Public Health team, is out in the community supporting families through the All Together Smiling supervised toothbrushing programme.

🪥 The programme is a three-year, evidence-based initiative funded by @nhscandm, supporting children aged 2 to 7 years to develop healthy brushing habits from an early age.

👏 The impact locally has been fantastic:

• 94% of settings are trained and delivering supervised toothbrushing sessions

• 2,904 children across St Helens are taking part

Even better, St Helens Borough has the highest percentage of settings and children engaged in the programme – a brilliant achievement!

By working together, we’re helping children get the best possible start with their oral health and building habits that last a lifetime.

Haydock Library had the pleasure of welcoming Ms Bedgood and her wonderfully creative and inspiring SEND students from @rainford_high yesterday!

Together, they created beautiful collage pieces that will form part of the Giant Miners’ Banner we’ll be bringing to life next week.

As Local and Community History Month comes to a close, Haydock Library is inviting the community to help create our very own Giant Miner’s Banner, inspired by the Northwest Miners Heritage Association .

It’s a fantastic opportunity for everyone to celebrate our shared heritage — so be sure to pop in next week and add your contribution!

@whatsonsthelens @sthelenscouncil

🔔 #SchoolsOut! 🔔

Don't miss out on all the great events and activities happening in our libraries during the school holidays! Check the What's On calendar or search our website for events and come along and get involved.

👆 Click the What's On link in our bio.

#Libraries #LoveLibraries #LibraryEvents #ChildrensEvents #HalfTerm #FamilyFriendly #StHelens

@sthelenscouncil @sth_familyhubs

What are the Community Hubs? 🤔

You might have noticed that two of our libraries are now part of Community Hubs across the borough, but do you know what the hubs offer? Let us clear things up by answering a few FAQs. 💬

📌 Community Hub South, Chester Lane Library, Four Acre Lane, WA9 4DE
📌 Community Hub North, Moss Bank Library, Kentmere Avenue, WA11 7PQ

Click the link in our bio for more info. 👉

#Libraries #CommunityHubs #StHelens

@sthelenscouncil

What are the Community Hubs? 🤔

You might have noticed that two of our libraries are now part of Community Hubs across the borough, but do you know what the hubs offer? Let us clear things up by answering a few FAQs. 💬

📌 Community Hub South, Chester Lane Library, Four Acre Lane, WA9 4DE
📌 Community Hub North, Moss Bank Library, Kentmere Avenue, WA11 7PQ

Click the link in our bio for more info. 👉

#Libraries #CommunityHubs #StHelens

@sthelenscouncil

What are the Community Hubs? 🤔

You might have noticed that two of our libraries are now part of Community Hubs across the borough, but do you know what the hubs offer? Let us clear things up by answering a few FAQs. 💬

📌 Community Hub South, Chester Lane Library, Four Acre Lane, WA9 4DE
📌 Community Hub North, Moss Bank Library, Kentmere Avenue, WA11 7PQ

Click the link in our bio for more info. 👉

#Libraries #CommunityHubs #StHelens

@sthelenscouncil

What are the Community Hubs? 🤔

You might have noticed that two of our libraries are now part of Community Hubs across the borough, but do you know what the hubs offer? Let us clear things up by answering a few FAQs. 💬

📌 Community Hub South, Chester Lane Library, Four Acre Lane, WA9 4DE
📌 Community Hub North, Moss Bank Library, Kentmere Avenue, WA11 7PQ

Click the link in our bio for more info. 👉

#Libraries #CommunityHubs #StHelens

@sthelenscouncil

What are the Community Hubs? 🤔

You might have noticed that two of our libraries are now part of Community Hubs across the borough, but do you know what the hubs offer? Let us clear things up by answering a few FAQs. 💬

📌 Community Hub South, Chester Lane Library, Four Acre Lane, WA9 4DE
📌 Community Hub North, Moss Bank Library, Kentmere Avenue, WA11 7PQ

Click the link in our bio for more info. 👉

#Libraries #CommunityHubs #StHelens

@sthelenscouncil

📢 Join Borrowbox for an exclusive online event with Colm Tóibín on Wednesday 3 June at 10am! 📢

Don’t miss the award-winning author of Brooklyn and Long Island, as he discusses his latest release, The News from Dublin, followed by a live audience Q&A.

Sign up to the FREE event at the link in@borrowbox's bio!

"One of the best things I've read on the psychological horrors of private renting, and what damp, overpriced flats can do to our emotional lives. Hilarious, horrifying, truly original. I loved it." - Oisín McKenna

Áine should be feeling happy with her life. She’s just moved in with Elliot. Their new flat is in an affluent neighbourhood, surrounded by bakeries, yoga studios and organic vegetable shops. They even have a garden. And yet, from the moment they move in, Áine can't shake the sense that there's something not quite right about the place...

The longer Áine spends inside the flat - pretending to work from home; dissecting messages from the friends whose lives seem to have moved on without her - the less it feels like home. And as Áine fixates on the cracks in the ceiling, it becomes harder to ignore the cracks in her relationship with Elliott...

Have you read I Want To Go Home But I'm Already There by Róisín Lanigan yet? 🏠

#Libraries #LoveLibraries #Books #NewBooks #Fiction

@rosielanners

📣 Don't forget - coming up tomorrow at Moss Bank Library, Community Hub North!

Join St Helens Wellbeing, in partnership with the Oral Health Team and Croc-o-Smile, to celebrate National Smile Month. 😁

Learn all about top tips for toothbrushing and create your very own smile monster! 🐊

📅 Thursday 21st May
⏰ 3:30pm - 4:30pm
📌 Community Hub North, Kentmere Avenue, WA11 7PQ

Did you know we have a weekly sexual health drop-in for young people at Community Hub South, Chester Lane Library?

If you are aged 13-19 and need advice, access to STI/pregnancy testing or contraception, you can drop in and speak to a representative from TAZ Outreach on Thursdays between 2:30pm - 4:15pm with no appointment needed. The service is FREE and confidential.

You can get more information from @sthelenssexualhealth. 👉

May Spotlight Title: The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth

What if love stayed, even when memories don’t? The Things We Keep follows Anna as Alzheimer’s rewrites her days, while her feelings for Luke refuse to fade. Sally Hepworth makes it tender, devastating, and quietly uplifting. Let it break your heart... Now on @BorrowBox.

Available in #eBook format - #NoWaiting!
👉 Click the link in our bio.

#DementiaActionWeek

@borrowbox