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Visit the library in your own home

Somerset Council are reminding residents of the benefits of their Home Library Service.

Winter can be a lonely time for people who find themselves housebound. But they can venture into a whole new world of reading thanks to the Home Library Service (HLS).

The free service is run by the Council with the support of a team of willing volunteers. It delivers books to people who are unable to get to their local library, such as those who are housebound, living in long term care, carers, or people who are vulnerable due to long term conditions or disabilities. The service is open to people of all ages.

Somerset’ Home Library Service offers a wide range of services alongside its extensive collection fiction and non-fiction books in different formats including: regular print, large print and audio books.

It also has an extensive collection of digital resources available to borrow including: e-books , e audio, e-magazine and e-newspapers. There’s a loan offer for iPads to support residents in accessing online resources including the library app Borrowbox.

Customers are matched up with a volunteer – fully trained and DBS checked – who will visit regularly at a suitable time. The volunteer will spend time understanding the customer’s reading preferences so that they can select the right books. They choose and order these books and deliver them at a convenient time.

To find out more about this service or volunteering opportunities  please contact Home Library Service manager Lauren Davis –email lauren.davis@somerset.gov.uk or phone 07814079831.

For more information, visit: Home Library Service (somerset.gov.uk).