Events

Do you enjoy football and want a chance to borrow a good quality football? Lambeth Libraries are excited to have teamed up with the Alive and Kicking Organisation and become an official @weareakuk Football Library!

A sociable adult knitting and crochet group. Bring your own knitting/crocheting or use needles, hooks, wool and knitting patterns provided by the group. Help is on hand for any knitting/crocheting queries.

Exhibition available during Library opening hours

Book a 15-minute online session to talk with an SEN Officer about your child’s Special Educational Needs or their Education and Health Care Plan. The sessions must be booked in advance. Sessions are available via Microsoft Teams.

Every Wednesday a cost-of-living link worker will be onsite, providing support to residents experiencing financial hardship or having issues related to their living costs.

12-week learning to code Programme for Ages 7-12.

Free from MIllennium Community Services

Wednesdays 4pm – 6pm from Wednesday 18th September

Fenwick Hall

128 Willington Road

SW9 9ND

Catch up on all your learning with qualified trainer at the library. All welcome.

16yrs plus!

Calling all gamers! Dive into the exciting world of esports at our Esport Youth Club.  Enjoy thrilling gaming sessions, meet fellow enthusiasts, and challenge your friends in a friendly, competitive environment.

The debt advice kiosk offers free expert advice via video for individuals with financial difficulties or money worries.

Each kiosk is designed as a soundproof booth, ensuring conversations remain private and confidential.

Join our librarians in the children’s library for our interactive wriggle and rhyme each Tuesday and Thursday morning.

Shared Reading groups bring people together through great literature to talk, laugh and share. Just drop in, grab a cuppa and enjoy listening to a story or poem – no pressure to talk or read.

For parents/carers and their children aged 5 to 11 years. Come and use library books and other resources for help with school homework.

Free coding club for ages 7-12 from Millennium Community services

Every Thursday for 12 weeks starting Thursday 19th September

4pm – 6pm Wheatsheaf Hall

Wheatsheaf Hall, Wheatsheaf Lane, London SW8 2UP

For parents/carers and their children aged 5 to 11 years. Come and use library books and other resources for help with school homework.

Help with homework for children. Come along to the library from 4pm where our homework helpers can assist. KS 1 and KS2. Term time only

Benjamin Zephaniah started writing poetry at a young age, adding many more skills to his sharp wit and love of words until we lost him to a brain tumour in December 2023.

This session inspires people to read more and encourages them to share their enjoyment of reading and celebrate the benefits of reading.

Celebrate 30 years of National Poetry Day at Upper Norwood Library this Black History Month with the theme of ‘Counting’.