Building transformed!

This photo was taken this morning. As you can see the tired old brickwork has now been rendered, transforming the appearance of the building!

Garforth Arts Festival

Young people ran a stall to promote the new Garforth Library & One Stop Centre at the Garforth Arts Festival on Saturday 11th July:


As well as promoting the new Library & One Stop Centre they passed on their art skills by encouraging other young people to decorate pieces of fabric that were strung up in front of our promotional trailer (no they're not pairs of underpants!).

Hundreds of people visited the stall throughout the afternoon, and more than 40 young people decorated fabric.

Young Artists!

Leeds Library & Information Service and the Youth Service have been working in partnership to provide a series of art sessions for teenagers who previously used Garforth Library and/or wanted to get more involved in this Big Lottery project.

The sessions have been led by the artist Mel St Clair. The young people got to try out various art techniques and each completed an individual canvas that will be displayed in the new library when it reopens, but you can get a sneak preview here!

Thanks to Stephen, Nick, Katie, Jared, Joe, Emma, Matt, Shannon and Lucas for all your hard work, and special thanks to Mel for leading the sessions!

First Steering Group Meeting a Success!

The first Steering Group meeting for this project took place on 7th July. Representatives had been invited from all the focus groups and it was great to see a real cross-section of the community in attendance - of all ages & from all walks of life.

Attendees were updated on the progress of the project and we began to look at how we can make the ideas that have been suggested in focus groups a reality.

The next Steering Group meeting will be taking place in early September.

Photographs along the Lines Way

Thanks to Jacqueline Simpson for sending in these beautiful photographs, taken along the Lines Way - the disused railway line that runs from Allerton Bywater to Garforth. Click on a photo to enlarge it...