On 29 September 2024 we achieved 10 years of STAND (Stannington and District Library Group) taking responsibility for managing Stannington Library. Monday 29 September 2014 was the date on which our team of volunteers began delivering the service, which has continued ever since.
In 2013, 16 libraries across Sheffield, including Stannington, were chosen to be closed by Sheffield City Council unless communities agreed to take them on. Despite much campaigning the libraries were only able to stay open because teams of volunteers stepped forward to take on the multiple tasks needed to keep the doors open.
Stannington Library joined in celebrating this success at a gathering at Park Library on 26 September which was attended by the Lord Deputy Mayor, Safiya Saeed, the Head of Libraries, Hilary Coulson, and many other library volunteers from all across Sheffield. At the event a video was showcased which explains the history of Sheffield's volunteer libraries and gives snippets of how they have developed and blossomed. You can view the video here: VLiS 10th Anniversary Video
or you can view it on YouTube by clicking this link: https://youtu.be/qw_U7pR1018
Volunteers from Stannington Library also celebrated at an event held at the Peacock. We are very proud of our success and we would like to thank all our patrons for continuing to use the library and keeping it at the centre of our community.