Share Bristol announces new job opportunity

Bedminster opportunities beckon at Share Bristol

It’s been a while since Share Bristol announced they were planning to open a second Library of Things in the Bristol area, but it looks like things are starting to happen.

The volunteer team behind the Library of Things in Kingswood have been busy over the last few months, getting ready to open a Library in Bedminster, and although there isn’t an opening date yet, plans are being firmed up.

Anna Perry, a Director of the organisation, says ‘We’re sorry that it’s taken longer than expected – this has been due to it taking a long time to get a lease on a premises sorted, but we’re hoping to get the keys soon. We’ve made use of the summer though, recruiting more volunteers, collecting and sorting Things for the Bedminster Library, and amending our systems to cope with two sites instead of just one’.

Perhaps one of the clearest signs that the Bedminster Library is just around the corner, is the job advert that’s just appeared on the Share Bristol website with a deadline of 15th November. This gives someone the chance to work part-time managing the new Library of Things.

Share Bristol claims that each Library of Things contributes to the circular economy – encouraging people to donate the things they don’t use, which are repaired and serviced by volunteers, and then borrowed and used over and over again. This is a service that the people of south Bristol have been crying out for, with many locals already making the trip to Kingswood to borrow Things from the Library there.

We will keep you informed!