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The application portal is now open for Round 3 of Incentivising Touring Repayable Grants for Theatre and Dance (ITRG)!
Before you apply, you must book a 10 min conversation with a member of the team. Booking is open until 18 September.
Book your call bit.ly/4f0Spgm
🏆 Nominations are open for the Community Libraries Network Awards 2026!
Help us celebrate outstanding community libraries, volunteers, teams & organisations across six categories.
📅 Closes 18 Sept 2026
NOMINATE NOW! bit.ly/4g49SpN
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Today marks ten years since Jo was killed.
We remember Jo as a mother, sister, daughter, wife, friend, campaigner and public servant. We remember her courage, her compassion, and her belief that we have more in common than that which divides us.
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It's Volunteers Week! 🙌
Read our recent blog and help us celebrate the incredible volunteers in the National Digital Inclusion Network: network.goodthingsfoundation… 🌟
Today is #DiscoverYourLibrary Day
Community Managed Libraries show how locally led models can extend reach and relevance, build partnerships & deliver high impact through volunteers
Share your work and be part of the story. #LibrariesChangeLives #GoAllIn2026
Community Libraries Network retweeted
Ever thought about being a charity trustee?
Trusteeship can be a rewarding way to volunteer your time – helping charities make good decisions and create lasting impact.
Find out more: charitycommission.blog.gov.u…
#VolunteersWeek #TheBigHelpOut
Behind every community library is a team of dedicated volunteers making it happen.
Your time builds stronger, more connected communities.
Thank you.
#VolunteersWeek #Libraries
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It’s #VolunteersWeek thank you to all our amazing volunteers!Without you Groby wouldn’t have a thriving community library and café. 👏👏 😀 📚☕️🍰
@communitylibs @leicslibraries
#Groby #volunteers
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Such a lovely day yesterday at the Groby Community Library tenth anniversary celebration. We were lucky enough to have the village support us and the sun was shining too ☀️ A massive thank you to our wonderful volunteers, Trustees, Bradgate Rotary and Groby Village Hall 😀#groby
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Today we’ve published our Response to the Independent Review of Arts Council England.
It sets out the actions we’ll take to address your feedback and the recommendations outlined in the Review.
Read our full Response 👇
bit.ly/4rZ6Zt0
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Happy #WorldBookDay!
📚 Community‑run libraries across England & Wales help everyone discover the joy of reading. Celebrate with us and support your local volunteer‑led library today! #WorldBookDay2026 @WorldBookDayUK
🏆 The winners of the Community Libraries Network Awards 2025 are here!
Celebrate with us at the online event on 9 Dec 🎥
🎟 Book now: bit.ly/4ie4D6n
Meet the winners 👉 bit.ly/3Ke2omS
#LibrariesChangeLives #CommunityLibraries
📚Wonderful to see @JanetDabyMP visit Corbett Community Library, celebrating its role as a thriving hub for literacy, digital inclusion & community life. A brilliant example of people-powered libraries making a real difference!
🔗Read More bit.ly/4hFXQCc
Stephen Kinnock MP recently visited Taibach Community Library to celebrate its role in the community, meet volunteers, and discuss the importance of supporting grassroots library initiatives. You can read more here: bit.ly/43HTOTS #CommunityLibraries @TaibachLib
Community Libraries Network retweeted
Our founder and CEO, Helen Milner OBE, has announced her retirement in Spring 2026.
She says: “Good Things is a wonderful organisation with a clear mission and strategy, full of dedicated people. 2026 is a good time to pass the leadership into new hands”
goodthingsfoundation.org/dis…
Community Libraries Network Welcomes New Trustees to Champion a Bold, People-Powered Movement: We are delighted to announce the appointment of two new trustees to its Board, Sue Kerr as Chair of Trustees and Ben Gould as Secretary... bit.ly/4lrH7Ty
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Calling all #MPs and #Councillors - it's #LibrariesChangeLives Week when we celebrate the impact of libraries. This year’s theme: sustaining economic growth - from job support to business advice, education & health. Visit your local and show your support: cilip.org.uk/page/libraries-…
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Today is #SocialPrescribingDay! Reading can be a powerful tool for health & wellbeing. Our Reading Well programme is now being piloted in GP surgeries, providing recommended books through social prescribing.
Learn more: readingagency.org.uk/how-rea…
ALT Photo of a teenage girl sat at a table reading a book called 'Anxiety is really strange'.