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Library Service at Home

Library Service to Housebound People Serving all of Worcestershire

The Library Service at Home and Housebound Service are free services available to all residents of Worcestershire who:

• are unable to visit a branch or mobile library because of age, a disability or long term illness, which normally confines them to their home.
• have no relatives or friends who can visit a branch or mobile library on their behalf.

When you apply to join the service, you will be visited in your home by a member of the library staff who will ask a few questions about the type of books you like; whether you prefer large print or odinary print, hardback or paperback, etc. You may also choose to receive talking books, music cassettes, videos and compact discs.

The Library Service at Home has a specially designed mobile library which delivers books, videos and audiotapes to people living in the more rural parts of Worcestershire. It carries a large stock of popular authors and we can arrange for any book not on board to be obtained on special request. Visually impared clients have a wide range of large print and audio books to choose from.

The Housebound Service provides a library service to people living in urban areas of the county. This service is provided by most libraries in Worcestershire using staff and volunteers.

These services are also available to people living in nursing and residential homes and sheltered housing schemes.

If you would like to know more about these services then contact:

Sharron Jarvis
Library Service at Home
Pershore Library
Church Street
pershore
WR10 1DT

Telephone: 01386 554559
Email:

sjarvis@worcestershire.gov.uk

Requests can be made by individuals themselves, relatives, friends or carers.