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Slippers, Teddies and Death Cafés – libraries and public engagement

Posted by: Rachel Heydecker, Posted on: 10 September 2018 - Categories: Outcome: wellbeing
A pile of teddy bears

The Carnegie Trust’s Rachel Heydecker reports on 4 more of the projects running as part of the Engaging Libraries programme

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Partnerships, public engagement and pushing the boundaries

Posted by: Rachel Heydecker, Posted on: 30 July 2018 - Categories: Outcome: wellbeing
Comic preparation underway. Photo credit: Oldham libraries

The Carnegie Trust’s Rachel Heydecker reports on 3 of the projects running as part of the Engaging Libraries programme

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Engaging Libraries and Empathy Day 12 June 2018

Posted by: Sarah Mears, Programme Manager, Libraries Connected and Miranda McKearney, Posted on: 7 June 2018 - Categories: Events, Outcome: communities
Hands of friendship project in Sheffield. Photo credit: Sheffield libraries

Sarah Mears and Miranda McKearney write about their Engaging Libraries project, and share projects running in libraries to mark Empathy Day

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Engaging Libraries projects underway

Posted by: Rachel Heydecker and Andy Wright, Posted on: 31 January 2018 - Categories: Outcome: wellbeing
Engaging Libraries project logo

Rachel and Andy introduce the programme, share news of a couple of projects and write about the support network

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