A second ‘Little Free Library’ has been built by local young people and installed in Quarrendon by St Peters Church. The ‘Little Free Libraries’ project is an internationally known campaign that encourages book exchanging in communities.
The library was built by autistic young people that are supported by the autism and learning disability support charity – Talkback UK. The charity runs a social enterprise initiative called The Accessible Workshop where the cabinets were made from recycled materials such as reused pallets and railway sleepers.
The new Little Library was officially ‘opened’ on Thursday 26 October by the Mayor of Aylesbury, Cllr Steven Lambert. Rev Vicky Burton, Rev Pete Wheeler, St Peter’s Church Community Garden Facilitator Dave Furze, Talkback Chief Executive Jeremy Hay and members of the community were also in attendance. This is the second little library that the Town Council has funded. Another library was unveiled during the summer at Walton Court and since then residents have been making use of the book swapping cabinet and refilling it with all genres of books.
The Mayor of Aylesbury said: “Aylesbury Town Council is proud to fund this fantastic community project. On behalf of the Town Council I would like to thank all the young people involved with the project at Talkback UK for their commitment to this project. I hope residents enjoy using the second free Little Library in our town.”
Jeremy Hay, Chief Executive at Talkback, said: “It was wonderful to see the little library, made by members of The Accessible Workshop, being handed over to the local community. At Talkback, our aim is to help our members make a positive contribution to the community they live in. For them to be able to make this library, which encourages people to recycle the books they love so that others can enjoy them, is just wonderful. They have loved every minute of this very important build. I’d like to thank the Mayor, Cllr Steven Lambert, for giving our members this opportunity and St Peter’s Church for providing such a good home for this library. We very much hope we can provide our support for other projects in the future.”
