Events | Blackfen Community Library

Bonding with your Baby

by Sharon Marriott | 25 August, 2026 | blackfen community announcement, Family | 0 Comments

Come and join Gill, an ex health visitor to gain some expert advice on bonding with your baby! No need to book - just come along. Starting Wednesday 9th Sept 11am-12pm at Blackfen Community Library...

The Shine Course is back

by Sharon Marriott | 24 August, 2026 | blackfen community announcement, Youth | 0 Comments

The SHINE Course is starting again at Blackfen Community Library on Wednesday 30th September 2026. If you have girls aged 11-15 (at secondary school) then sign them up now via Eventbrite! The Shine...

The Strength Course is back

by Sharon Marriott | 24 August, 2026 | blackfen community announcement, Youth | 0 Comments

A fun and interactive 6 week personal development course for boys ages 11-15 (in secondary school) starts Thursday 1st October 2026. Through fun activities, the sessions will help to develop a...

Coffee & Health

by Sharon Marriott | 24 August, 2026 | Event | 0 Comments

Come and join Samten, a professional nurse, for an informal chat about health related topics over a coffee. The first session at the end of August is focussed on Skin Health. Meeting every last...

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Gold Volunteering Award

by Sharon Marriott | Aug 9, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Volunteering

We do value our Volunteers at Blackfen Community Library and wouldn't be able to run the library, Rooted or the activities/events we do without them. We were delighted to receive the Valuing Volunteers GOLD award in recognition of how we look after our volunteers. We...

Author Louise Fitzgerald

by Sharon Marriott | Jul 13, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Books

We would like to say a HUGE thank you to Louise Fitzgerald for giving us some copies of her new book 'The Quickest Bedtime Story Ever' for our Children's Section. Louise is going to be coming to the library in August for a special Interactive Storytelling of her book...

Well Done to our Volunteers!

by Sharon Marriott | Jul 13, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Volunteering

We do value our Volunteers at Blackfen Community Library and wouldn't be able to run the library, Rooted or the activities/events we do without them. We were delighted when they were nominated for all their hard work at the Bexley Volunteer Excellence Awards. A...

Summer Holiday Activities

by Sharon Marriott | Jul 12, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Family

This summer come and join us at Blackfen Community Library for lots of activities to keep your kids amused all summer. Whether it's coming to watch our Science Show with FizzPop Professors, doing craft activities, Archery, meeting authors, playing and building with...

Summer Reading Challenge

by Sharon Marriott | Jul 12, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Books

Get ready for The Summer Reading Challenge, arriving at Blackfen Community Library this summer. Starting on Sat 8th July to 8 Sept. Children are being asked to read 6 books. As they read library books, they will collect stickers for their folders. If they want to read...

Meccano Day

by Sharon Marriott | Jul 4, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Event, Family

See working models using Meccano. Get hands-on by building your own Meccano models in our Make It With Meccano workshop! The workshop is suitable for participants aged 8+ and instructions for some easy-to-build starter models will be provided, or you can do your own...

Kemi – Professional Aunty

by Sharon Marriott | Jul 3, 2023 | blackfen community announcement

Come and join us for our Sparkles Babies group with Kemi, The Professional Aunty (a midwife and health visitor). Ask any questions you might have and get support. Kemi will also bring her weighing scales if you need to get your baby weighed. No need to book - just...

Lark in The Park

by Sharon Marriott | Jun 21, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Event, Rooted

Come and visit us at Lark in The Park 27th July to 31 July. Lots of activities happening for all the family. Check out www.larksidcup.com for all the latest info and this year's programme. We hope to see you there!

Blackfen Summer Fayre

by Sharon Marriott | Jun 19, 2023 | blackfen community announcement, Event

Don't miss out on our Summer Fayre on July 8th 11am-4pm - it's going to be lots of fun with stalls, street food, face painting, prosecco bar, crafts, characters and lots more.... Pre-book tickets on Eventbrite for Teddy Bear's Picnic 11-11.45am and Kids Disco 3-4pm.

Book Reviews

by Sharon Marriott | Jun 15, 2023 | Book Reviews

Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig I read this book a while ago but continue to recommend it to all my friends and to anybody who hasn’t yet read it. It is about a girl, Nora Seed, who gets the chance to see what her life would have been like if she had...