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Library Services for Elderly and Disabled People
Reading Library Service has two mobile libraries serving up to
80 care establishments in Reading.
Each year we make more than 8,000 visits to nursing homes,
sheltered housing and people in their own homes.
We could help you, a friend or relative rediscover the
library.
We provide:
- Personal to-your-door service for the housebound
- A choice of over 20,000 books
- For partially sighted people - more than 8,000 large print books and 2,500 spoken word books on cassette
- Access to Reading Libraries request service
- Information via the Internet
- Friendly, helpful and knowledgeable staff
These services are free.
Home Visiting Service
We make more than 8,000 visits to elderly and disabled readers
in Reading every year.
You can apply
- If you live in Reading Borough and you are elderly and/or
disabled.
- If you are housebound, or have a disability that makes it
difficult for you to visit your local library.
The Big Mobile Library
This carries 2,200 books to residents of sheltered housing units, day centres and other similar establishments around Reading.
If you live in a home which we do not visit, let us know!
There is a low step for access and a ramp for wheelchair use. Customers can come to choose their books. We also visit customers' rooms if this is easier for them.
The Mini Mobile Library
This has a stock of just over 1,000 books and serves smaller establishments in the Borough, including sheltered housing units, day centres and other similar places inaccessible to our larger mobile library.
Wheelchair access is via a ramp. Customers can come to choose their books. We also visit customers' rooms if this is easier for them.
To apply for these services
Phone us on (0118) 901 5118 for an application form. To
contact us by email, please fill in the form on the Contact
page.
If you are unsure if you are eligible for the service, phone us and we will be happy to help you. You can apply for yourself or on behalf of someone else.
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