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Thanks for bearing with us over the past few months. Admin has been a bit hit and miss, as have responding to messages and following up queries. But all of us who run CSL on a voluntary basis needed some time with our own families. I’m just about to start sending out the renewal/return texts…

It’s been a long time coming, but we hope to run at least one session in September. Things will be very different; we’ll need to be appointment based, we can’t serve refreshments, we can’t get our playmats and toys out… But we can start helping you, the parents and carers of Chesterfield, with your carrying…

Sessions: None yet planned; at this stage none of our venues intend to reopen before September Current Limited Service: Consultant Appointments; see here for details Pre-arranged socially distanced pickups (existing members only) from S41 0HE Pre-arranged socially distanced drop-offs to S41 0HE, S41 7JT or S80 3AJ Postal loans/ returns (existing members only) Loans via…

None of our venues are planning to reopen yet, and even when they do, under current guidance we will not be able to run Library sessions as we have done in the past. However, we are now able to offer Consultant Appointments. See here for details, and email kate@waystocarry.co.uk if you are interested.

June 2020:  At present we are still running a very limited service Pre-arranged socially distanced pickups from S41 0HE Pre-arranged socially distanced drop-offs to S41 0HE, S41 7JT or S80 3AJ Postal loans/ returns (existing members only) Loans via our specialist community schemes We ‘normally’ run four or five free-to-attend group sessions a month: On…

Thank you for your support during April. We plan to offer the same renewal options for May (standard fees, half fees or no fees depending on your family’s circumstances) or the option to return to one of our dropoffs or by post; watch out for your renewal text and reply to it. Where people have…

In the light of yesterday’s Government advice that all non-essential travel and contact with others should be avoided, we feel the responsible way forward is to suspend Chesterfield Sling Library drop-in sessions and workshops for the time being, effective immediately, for at least the remainder of March and for April.  We will review this position…

The situation is changing daily, and we will update this statement accordingly. While our venues remain open, if the Session Consultant (AJ/Erika/Kate) is happy to run a session it will go ahead. If a session is cancelled we will notify via our FB page and this website. No other volunteers are expected to attend, it’s…

While I am off my feet the rest of the Library volunteers are working their socks off to make the sessions happen at all. Please bear with them if sessions are short-staffed or have to be cancelled at short notice, or if response to messages is a little slower than usual. Appreciate all the hard…