The adventure starts here
Kick start your New Year Resolutions with us!
Learn a new skill or hobby
Explore your creative self
Read more
Spend time on your personal wellbeing
Make new friends
Volunteer and support your community library
We offer many activites for children, families, and adults. Please check our What's On page for more information.
Activities to kick start 2025
Join us for a Broomhill Community Litter Pick with St. Mark's Environment Group.
Saturday, 18th January 10:30 - 12:30
Meet at the rear of Broomhill Community Library. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes, and bring gloves if you have them. Equipment provided. Bring family and friends! Refreshments after the litter pick.
Next dates for Broomhill Community Litterpick:
Saturday, 15th February then every 3rd Saturday in the month
Wellness at Broomhill Community Library
NEW in January - Social Gardening Club
Four-week block session dates:
Wednesdays on January 15, 22, 29, and February 5
10:30-12:00
Space is limited and booking is essential to reserve your place. Click here: Social Gardening Club Signup Form
Suggested donation £3 per session
As part of its Wellness program, Broomhill Community Library is excited to announce the Social Gardening Club which encourages socialisation and learning through nature.
Social gardening can help members of our community who may be experiencing isolation, loneliness, or have low-level anxiety and need confidence boosting to help them mix again in the community.
Our facilitator is a trained social horticultural therapist and an RHS level 2 horticulturist. She will be teaching skills to do with nature, floristry, and gardening whilst helping people to socialise.
We encourage interested members to sign up for all 4 sessions so that we can build a small, familiar community for participants. But we understand that not everyone can book for 4 weeks, and there is the option to book fewer sessions.
We suggest that participants are mobile. There will be times when sessions are held in our library basement and then outside during warmer weather.
Crafternoons - Sewing
Texture with easy stitches and wacky threads.
Monday, 13th January
14:00 - 15:30. Please reserve your spot:
Crafternoons - Sewing
Crazy patchwork heart lavender bags
Monday, 10th February
14:00 - 15:30. Please reserve your spot:
Crafternoons Arts and Crafts- Watercolours
led by Katya Robin
Experiment or practise watercolour skills. Monday 27th January 14:00 - 15:30. Please reserve your spot: Arts and Crafts signup
Crafternoons Arts and Crafts- Spoon Painting
led by Katya Robin
Enjoy this contemporary approach to the art of ornamental folkart painted spoons. In addition to painting your own spoon, you'll find out about:
The history of spoons and special spoons
Spoon Theory as a metaphor for pacing yourself if you have limited energy. Learn more about Spoon theory from Hexham poet-in-residence Rowan McCabe: Spoons- A Poem About Spoon Theory by Rowan McCabe
This session will coincide with Katya's exhibition "Cupboard Love" at Bloc Studios, Sheffield opening on 14th February.
Monday 24th February 14:00 - 15:30. Please reserve your spot: Arts and Crafts signup
Crafternoons Arts and Crafts- Jumping Jack and Jills
led by Katya Robin
Join us for a fun afternoon making articulated paper puppets. Pull the string to make them jump! Make the classic acrobat or invent some new variations.
Monday 24th March 14:00 - 15:30. Please reserve your spot: Arts and Crafts signup
Give the gift of your time and talent as a volunteer.
Do you have a few hours a week to help support Broomhill Community Library? There are so many ways to contribute as a volunteer, both at the library and from home. We'll work with you to find the best fit for your interests and availability. Some of our volunteer opportunities are listed here.
Help boost our Co-op award
Broomhill Community Trust has received an award from the Co-op Local Community Fund project to support our Heritage Garden You can help us boost our award.
Opening hours
Mon 10:00 - 17:30
Tues 10:00 - 17:30
Weds 10:00 - 17:30
Thurs Closed
Fri 10:00 - 17:30
Sat 10:00 - 13:00
NEWS
Book Group News
We currently have five book groups which meet in the library monthly at 19:30 on the 1st and last Mondays; 2nd and 3rd Tuesdays; and 2nd Wednesday of the month.
If you are interested in joining a book group or perhaps in starting a new one here, please email us at
bookgroups@broomhill-library.org.uk
CPRE special book donation
Broomhill Community Library is pleased to be an approved learning destination and participant in Sheffield Children's University (CU). This program encourages children and young people to develop essential life skills by taking part in learning activities in their own time. Click here to read more about the program.
In order to participate and earn CU credits, you'll need to buy a Passport to Learning. You can purchase a passport from the library's reception desk for £3.50.
Papers & a Cuppa
We are a welcoming place, so pop in for a cup of tea or coffee or to use the computer. Relax and read the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph or i newspaper daily, or a book....
Sheffield Children's University
Broomhill Community Library is pleased to be an approved learning destination and participant in Sheffield Children's University (CU).
This program encourages children and young people to develop essential life skills by taking part in learning activities in their own time. Click here to read more about the program.
In order to participate and earn CU credits, you'll need to buy a Passport to Learning. You can purchase a passport from the library's reception desk for £3.50.
Papers & a Cuppa everyday!
We are a welcoming place, so pop in for a cup of tea or coffee or to use the computer. Relax and read the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph or i newspaper daily, or a book....
We're Celebrating 10-years of Volunteer-Run Libraries in Sheffield
On Thursday, 26th September, a group of volunteers from Broomhill Community Library attended the 10th anniversary celebration event of Volunteer Libraries in Sheffield. Representatives from each of the 16 volunteer libraries across the city were thanked for their success and for the many contributions to their communities over the last decade.
During the event, Judith Pitchforth, Chair of Broomhill Community Trust which oversees the running of the library, was asked to share her thoughts about being a library volunteer. You can read Judith's remarks here.
Enjoy this video celebrating the ten-year anniversary of volunteer-run libraries in Sheffield.
This BBC article from September 4th, discusses how volunteer libraries have evolved into community hubs, with a focus on Sheffield libraries and an interview with Judith Pitchforth.
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