Volunteering

In normal times, new volunteers are always welcome, to cover many and various duties, ranging from book reception, meet and greet, book sorting and arranging, to behind the scenes work concerned with library running and development.

We are usually also interested in recruiting (in the voluntary sense; you will not get paid!) people with special hobbies and interests, who are willing to start new groups to meet regulary in the library.

Now that we have re-opened post pandemic we hope to eventually return to opening five days per week. We offer the chance to meet an interesting and eclectic mix of local people, working with a common aim to benefit the South Chingford community,

If we have whetted your appetite, then please download a volunteer application form, and after completing, please bring it in to the library.

As we have been closed for so long, and to follow GDPR, we have decided to dispose of all existing volunteer records, and to effectively start again with all volunteers, past and new, completing new forms. Past volunteers will have some steps in the volunteer application process simplified. This will have the added benefit of refreshing our volunteer data.

For volunteers on reception duty, here is a video showing how to use the book management system on the reception PC:

Alternatively, you can view this video on YouTube