Brutalist Library SE25

28/08/2024

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT to coincide with Open City London Festival 📣

It is our great honor to announce that art historian and author of 'Women's Work' will be joining us on September 14th at South Norwood Library to talk about their work and host the big reveal of the SE25 community quilt.

Ferren Gipson is an art historian and artist specialising in teasing out the cultural, political, and historical stories behind objects, art, and visual media. Her work frequently explores the ways art and design inform popular culture-and vice versa-and intersect with our everyday lives.
She is the author of Women's Work and The Ultimate Art Museum, and has also written for the Financial Times, World of Interiors, and WePresent. She has previously taught for the Courtauld Institute and SOAS, and delivered numerous talks on art, including a TED Talk and guest lectures for institutions like Tate and the Royal Academy of Art. Within her textile practice, Ferren explores themes of spirituality, materiality, and matrilineal ties through quilting and weaving.

Join us for a day of celebration 14th Sept 2024

12-1pm living library to meet the makers
1-2pm talk by special guest Ferren Gipson
2-2.30 free tea and cake
2.30 the final quilt unveiled

We hope to see you all there!

28/08/2024

15/08/2024

Ready Road is a brand new programme from to help your child get ready for school and is especially aimed to support parents and carers with children aged 3 to 5 years old.

Research has shown that children who were born or lived their first five years between 2019 and 2023 were particularly impacted by Covid-19.

Special storytellers will be supporting Ready Road at , and .
⭐️ Thurs 15 Aug 2pm at
⭐️ Fri 16 Aug 2pm
⭐️ Weds 21 Aug 10.30am
⭐️ Thurs 22 Aug 2pm at
⭐️ Fri 23 Aug 10.30am
⭐️ Tues 27 Aug 10.30am
⭐️ Weds 28 Aug 10.30am
⭐️ Thurs 29 Aug 2pm at
⭐️ Fri 30 Aug 2pm

To book a free place please visit https://croydon.events.mylibrary.digital/series?si=&sn=ready+road

Family Hubs Croydon I Love Croydon Museum of Croydon Home-Start Croydon Play Place Addiscombe & Shirley Park Residents' Association Spring Park Residents' Association Brutalist Library SE25

18/04/2024

18/04/2024

Have your say and let’s be bold! The sky is the limit! Let us ask Croydon Libraries for the best Library & Community Hub in the borough! It only takes a short while to make your voice heard, and you can find more information on our website www.brutalistlibraryse25.org

We know, we know, ANOTHER consultation.... and you've already done about 5 on South Norwood Library..... and you thought maybe that would be enough to send a clear message to the council to keep their hands off.... unfortunately though, we need you to tell Croydon Council AGAIN that South Norwood Library is an essential resource to our community LAST DAY TO FILL IN THE CONSULTATION IS TOMORROW!

https://www.getinvolved.croydon.gov.uk/libraries-services-consultation

10/03/2024

Croydon’s Library Service Consultation is live and we need as many people as possible to complete the survey and attend the public meetings and drop in sessions. This is our chance to shape the future of the proposed library and community hub - let’s be bold! Go to www.brutalistlibraryse25.org to find examples and guidance on library community hubs.

You can also get a paper form to fill out at the Brutalist Library SE25.

Good to know - Storyquilts, are working on our South Norwood community quilt every Friday afternoon from 4.30pm - it’s free and everyone is welcome, no experience necessary! And the exhibition “Portrait of a Brutalist Library” by Hoagy Yama with Turf Projects is also free to visit.

South Norwood Library - Croydon Libraries Consultation 2024Completing the Library services review - Croydon Council South Norwood’s Brutalist Library is set to remain open! We are thrilled that Croydon Council have heard local residents saying we need our library service. The most recent proposals...

02/03/2024

Croydon Library Consultation at South Norwood‘s Brutalist Library - please come and have your say about the future of our beloved Brutalist Library SE25

Friday 8th March between 4pm and 7pm at South Norwood’s Brutalist Library - we are only a short stroll away from Norwood Junction

Croydon’s Library Service Consultation is live and we need as many people as possible to complete the survey and attend the public meetings and drop in sessions. This is our chance to shape the future of the proposed library and community hub - let’s be bold! Go to www.brutalistlibraryse25.org to find examples and guidance on library community hubs.

Whilst you there, why not stay for Storyquilts who will be working on our South Norwood community quilt - it’s free and everyone is welcome, no experience necessary!

28/02/2024

Check our website www.brutalistlibraryse25.org for more info about the Croydon Council Libraries Consultation

Have your say on proposed changes to Croydon's library services in our consultation. Find out about the proposals and share your views at one of our events or by completing the survey. Survey closes Friday 19 April. https://ow.ly/9ZaE50QzvlN

26/02/2024

18/02/2024

IMPORTANT UPDATE - CROYDON LIBRARIES CONSULTATION 2024

Croydon’s Library Service Consultation is live and we need as many people as possible to complete the survey. This is our chance to shape the future of the proposed library and community hub - let’s be bold! Go to www.brutalistlibraryse25.org to find examples and guidance on library community hubs.

The Brutalist Library campaign group is a team that volunteers alongside our full-time jobs so we will continue to campaign for a library service that is properly run by professional librarians. We are asking for five or six open days per week, including one weekend day as well as a professionally staffed library accessible to all.

Any questions or suggestions? Get in touch with us, we’re looking forward to hear from you! Your Brutalist Library SE25 team 📚

16/02/2024

The busy on a Friday evening . Check out , a popular free event which has attracted previous non library users to enjoy the space and is helping people to grow new skills and tackle loneliness. The outcome will be the production of a ‘story quilt’ rich in local memories which will be hung inside the library itself.

11/02/2024

Crocus season is here! Our planters are starting to welcome spring! 🌷 we are currently planning a couple of volunteering projects involving the area in front of the !

Talking about plants 🌱 the wonderful team has created South Norwood’s very own Seed Swap at the

Bring along seeds you no longer need and swap them for ones you want. All free and environmentally sustainable. Located on the coffee table near the front desk at South Norwood’s

Please remember that we are all volunteers who are looking after the planters in our spare time with our own resources. We appreciate you taking your litter to the next bin and keeping our planters free from rubbish! Thank you