Westbourne 10.30am – 12 noon 12 – 10.30am Westbourne
Tue 17 Tue 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Rossmore
New Year crowns and wishes and crowns Year New 2020 Jan 3 Fri Fri
Rossmore 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am Rossmore Thu 19 Thu 11 – 11.30am – 11 &
Tue 17 Tue 11am – 10.30 Poole
Decorate a gingerbread man gingerbread a Decorate
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Ensbury Park 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Park Ensbury
Mon 23 Mon
11 – 11.30am – 11 Parkstone 20 Broadstone 3.30 – 4.15pm – 3.30 Broadstone
Holiday crafts Holiday Tue
Wed 18 Wed 1 0.15 – 10.45am – 0.15 1 Oakdale Christmas biscuit decorating biscuit Christmas Fri
Canford Cliffs 2 – 3pm – 2 Cliffs Canford Thu 19 Thu 1 0.30 – 11am – 0.30 1 Hamworthy
19 Hamworthy 3.15 – 4.15pm – 3.15 Hamworthy
‘A Little Bit of Winter’ storytime Winter’ of Bit Little ‘A Tue 17 17 Tue 16 Mon 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 & Creekmoor
Salt dough decorating decorating dough Salt Thu
West Howe 2.30 – 3.30pm – 2.30 Howe West Mon 23 Mon 20 Fri 10.30 – 11am 11am – 10.30 & Heath Canford
Children’s fun quiz fun Children’s 18 Tue 17 Tue 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 Cliffs Canford Castlepoint 4 – 5pm – 4 Castlepoint
Boscombe 2 – 3pm – 2 Boscombe Fri 20 Fri 17 Tue 10.45 – 11.15am – 10.45 & Broadstone Festive learning learning Festive with Explore Learning Explore with Wed
End of year party with parlour games parlour with party year of End Wed 18 18 Wed 11 – 11.30am – 11 &
17
Creekmoor 11am – 4pm (and each Tue) each (and 4pm – 11am Creekmoor
Mon 16 Mon 2.45pm – 2.15 Branksome 30 Oakdale 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Oakdale
Make a Christmas cracker Christmas a Make Tue
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Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm – 10.30am Heath Canford
24 Fri 20 Fri 11 – 11.30am – 11 Highcliffe
Parkstone 11 – 11.30am – 11 Parkstone
Make a Christmas card Christmas a Make
24 24 17 Tue 10.45 – 11.15am – 10.45 & Christchurch
The Night before Christmas storytime Christmas before Night The Tue
Snowman skittles & Frozen statues statues Frozen & skittles Snowman
Libraries in Christchurch in Libraries
Canford Heath 2 – 4pm – 2 Heath Canford
14 Southbourne 10 – 11am – 10 Southbourne
Christmas decorations Christmas
Fri 20 Fri 10 – 10.30am & 11 – 11.30am – 11 & 10.30am – 10 Winton Party time! Party Sat Sat
Tue 17 Tue 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 &
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Branksome opening hours until Mon 23 Mon until hours opening Branksome
Mon 16 Mon 3pm – 2.30 Westbourne 23 Poole 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am Poole
Treasure hunt Treasure
Fri
Mon 16 Mon 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Howe West Giant sprout shoot sprout Giant Mon
Mon 30 Mon 23 Mon 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 & Tuckton
10 Poole 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Poole
3pm – 10am Christchurch
Thu 19 Thu 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Springbourne Festive rockin’ rhymetime rockin’ Festive Tue
noon 12 – 10am Poole
Tue 17 Tue 16 Mon 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 & Southbourne
Creation station: Christmas station: Creation
Parkstone 10.30am – 12 noon 12 – 10.30am Parkstone
& 11.15 – 11.45am – 11.15 &
Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm – 10.30am Heath Canford
CD decorations CD 23 16 Mon 10.45am – 10.15 & Hub Kinson
Make a Christmas bauble Christmas a Make
Canford Heath 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Heath Canford Thu 19 Thu 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Park Ensbury
21 Bournemouth 2.15 – 3.15pm – 2.15 Bournemouth
Plant a bulb with Carl with bulb a Plant Thu 19 Thu 9.45 – 10.15am – 9.45 Charminster
Sven’s reindeer games reindeer Sven’s Sat ‘Let it go’ singalong at 10.15am at singalong go’ it ‘Let & Tue 17 10 – 10.30am – 10 17 Tue &
7 Mon 16 Mon 2.45pm – 2.15 Castlepoint Charminster 10am – 12 noon 12 – 10am Charminster
Winton Twelve Days of Christmas treasure hunt treasure Christmas of Days Twelve
& 11.15 – 11.45am – 11.15 & Frozen-themed crafts and games and crafts Frozen-themed Sat Sat
Springbourne Make a 2020 calendar 2020 a Make
Mon 23 Mon 10.45am – 10.15 Bournemouth
Play a banana with our fruit keyboard fruit our with banana a Play
Southbourne Drop-in for Christmas crafts Christmas for Drop-in
Tue 24 Tue 10 – 1.30am – 10 Boscombe
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Winton 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 Winton
Poole Poole
Post your best joke in our giant cracker cracker giant our in joke best your Post
Libraries in Bournemouth in Libraries
Makey-Makey toddler time toddler Makey-Makey Thu
Kinson Christmas or winter poem competition poem winter or Christmas
Best Christmas outfits welcome! welcome! outfits Christmas Best
Charminster Charminster North Pole creature crafts creature Pole North
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and toddler times toddler and Please book Please December Boscombe Design your own book cover book own your Design
Rhyme & Wriggle Christmas
Christmas holidays Christmas
21 Dec – 4 Jan 4 – Dec 21
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For children and families... November What’s On Fri Firework fun with Dorset Fire & Rescue 1 Boscombe 11am – 12 noon in Libraries Stories, firework safety and dressing up! Sat Book Club for Super Spies Nov/Dec 2019 2 Poole 2.30 – 3.15pm Ages 5-8 Become a super spy and help Angel Exit Theatre Company solve their tricky case Most of our events are free Creation station – witches and ghosts but please book in advance Christchurch 10am – 3pm Children under 8 must be Tue Mindfulness toddler time accompanied by an adult 5 Southbourne 2.15 – 2.45pm Firework rocket crafts Booking for Poole libraries, Castlepoint opening hours phone 01202 262449 Thu Spooky readings or call in to your local library. 7 Christchurch 6 – 7pm Ages 4-8 Booking for Bournemouth and Sat Fizzle and fun – fireworks crafts Christchurch libraries, please contact 9 Oakdale 10.30 – 11.30am Ages 4-11 your local library. Creation station – poppies Christchurch 10am – 3pm Tue Disco rhymetime 12 Poole 10.30 – 11am Ages 0-4 bcpcouncil.gov.uk ‘That’s not my…’ birthday celebration Features Creekmoor 11am – 4pm Book Club for Super Spies Thu Change starts with us toddlertime 14 Winton 2.15 – 2.45pm International Games Week Sat Tissue collage Author events 23 Winton 10am – 12.30pm All ages BBC Novels that changed the world Christmas lights festival crafts Christchurch 10am – 3pm Tue Make an advent calendar 26 Charminster 2 – 3pm Sat Creation Station – Climate Change 30 Poole 10am – 12 noon Credit: Cover image Bridie Cheeseman for Angel Exit Theatre bcpcouncil.gov.uk
Westbourne 10.30am – 12 noon 12 – 10.30am Westbourne
Tue 17 Tue 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Rossmore
New Year crowns and wishes and crowns Year New 2020 Jan 3 Fri Fri
Rossmore 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am Rossmore Thu 19 Thu 11 – 11.30am – 11 &
Tue 17 Tue 11am – 10.30 Poole
Decorate a gingerbread man gingerbread a Decorate
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Ensbury Park 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Park Ensbury
Mon 23 Mon
11 – 11.30am – 11 Parkstone 20 Broadstone 3.30 – 4.15pm – 3.30 Broadstone
Holiday crafts Holiday Tue
Wed 18 Wed 1 0.15 – 10.45am – 0.15 1 Oakdale Christmas biscuit decorating biscuit Christmas Fri
Canford Cliffs 2 – 3pm – 2 Cliffs Canford Thu 19 Thu 1 0.30 – 11am – 0.30 1 Hamworthy
19 Hamworthy 3.15 – 4.15pm – 3.15 Hamworthy
‘A Little Bit of Winter’ storytime Winter’ of Bit Little ‘A Tue 17 17 Tue 16 Mon 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 & Creekmoor
Salt dough decorating decorating dough Salt Thu
West Howe 2.30 – 3.30pm – 2.30 Howe West Mon 23 Mon 20 Fri 10.30 – 11am 11am – 10.30 & Heath Canford
Children’s fun quiz fun Children’s 18 Tue 17 Tue 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 Cliffs Canford Castlepoint 4 – 5pm – 4 Castlepoint
Boscombe 2 – 3pm – 2 Boscombe Fri 20 Fri 17 Tue 10.45 – 11.15am – 10.45 & Broadstone Festive learning learning Festive with Explore Learning Explore with Wed
End of year party with parlour games parlour with party year of End Wed 18 18 Wed 11 – 11.30am – 11 &
17
Creekmoor 11am – 4pm (and each Tue) each (and 4pm – 11am Creekmoor
Mon 16 Mon 2.45pm – 2.15 Branksome 30 Oakdale 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Oakdale
Make a Christmas cracker Christmas a Make Tue
Libraries in Poole in Libraries Make a 2020 calendar collage calendar 2020 a Make Mon
Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm – 10.30am Heath Canford
24 Fri 20 Fri 11 – 11.30am – 11 Highcliffe
Parkstone 11 – 11.30am – 11 Parkstone
Make a Christmas card Christmas a Make
24 24 17 Tue 10.45 – 11.15am – 10.45 & Christchurch
The Night before Christmas storytime Christmas before Night The Tue
Snowman skittles & Frozen statues statues Frozen & skittles Snowman
Libraries in Christchurch in Libraries
Canford Heath 2 – 4pm – 2 Heath Canford
14 Southbourne 10 – 11am – 10 Southbourne
Christmas decorations Christmas
Fri 20 Fri 10 – 10.30am & 11 – 11.30am – 11 & 10.30am – 10 Winton Party time! Party Sat Sat
Tue 17 Tue 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 &
Junk-model a giant sprout to hit the target the hit to sprout giant a Junk-model
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Branksome opening hours until Mon 23 Mon until hours opening Branksome
Mon 16 Mon 3pm – 2.30 Westbourne 23 Poole 11am – 12 noon 12 – 11am Poole
Treasure hunt Treasure
Fri
Mon 16 Mon 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Howe West Giant sprout shoot sprout Giant Mon
Mon 30 Mon 23 Mon 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 & Tuckton
10 Poole 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Poole
3pm – 10am Christchurch
Thu 19 Thu 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Springbourne Festive rockin’ rhymetime rockin’ Festive Tue
noon 12 – 10am Poole
Tue 17 Tue 16 Mon 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 & Southbourne
Creation station: Christmas station: Creation
Parkstone 10.30am – 12 noon 12 – 10.30am Parkstone
& 11.15 – 11.45am – 11.15 &
Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm – 10.30am Heath Canford
CD decorations CD 23 16 Mon 10.45am – 10.15 & Hub Kinson
Make a Christmas bauble Christmas a Make
Canford Heath 10.30 – 11.30am – 10.30 Heath Canford Thu 19 Thu 10.30 – 11am – 10.30 Park Ensbury
21 Bournemouth 2.15 – 3.15pm – 2.15 Bournemouth
Plant a bulb with Carl with bulb a Plant Thu 19 Thu 9.45 – 10.15am – 9.45 Charminster
Sven’s reindeer games reindeer Sven’s Sat ‘Let it go’ singalong at 10.15am at singalong go’ it ‘Let & Tue 17 10 – 10.30am – 10 17 Tue &
7 Mon 16 Mon 2.45pm – 2.15 Castlepoint Charminster 10am – 12 noon 12 – 10am Charminster
Winton Twelve Days of Christmas treasure hunt treasure Christmas of Days Twelve
& 11.15 – 11.45am – 11.15 & Frozen-themed crafts and games and crafts Frozen-themed Sat Sat
Springbourne Make a 2020 calendar 2020 a Make
Mon 23 Mon 10.45am – 10.15 Bournemouth
Play a banana with our fruit keyboard fruit our with banana a Play
Southbourne Drop-in for Christmas crafts Christmas for Drop-in
Tue 24 Tue 10 – 1.30am – 10 Boscombe
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Winton 2.15 – 2.45pm – 2.15 Winton
Poole Poole
Post your best joke in our giant cracker cracker giant our in joke best your Post
Libraries in Bournemouth in Libraries
Makey-Makey toddler time toddler Makey-Makey Thu
Kinson Christmas or winter poem competition poem winter or Christmas
Best Christmas outfits welcome! welcome! outfits Christmas Best
Charminster Charminster North Pole creature crafts creature Pole North
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and toddler times toddler and Please book Please December Boscombe Design your own book cover book own your Design
Rhyme & Wriggle Christmas
Christmas holidays Christmas
21 Dec – 4 Jan 4 – Dec 21
children and families and children ... For
For children and families... November What’s On Fri Firework fun with Dorset Fire & Rescue 1 Boscombe 11am – 12 noon in Libraries Stories, firework safety and dressing up! Sat Book Club for Super Spies Nov/Dec 2019 2 Poole 2.30 – 3.15pm Ages 5-8 Become a super spy and help Angel Exit Theatre Company solve their tricky case Most of our events are free Creation station – witches and ghosts but please book in advance Christchurch 10am – 3pm Children under 8 must be Tue Mindfulness toddler time accompanied by an adult 5 Southbourne 2.15 – 2.45pm Firework rocket crafts Booking for Poole libraries, Castlepoint opening hours phone 01202 262449 Thu Spooky readings or call in to your local library. 7 Christchurch 6 – 7pm Ages 4-8 Booking for Bournemouth and Sat Fizzle and fun – fireworks crafts Christchurch libraries, please contact 9 Oakdale 10.30 – 11.30am Ages 4-11 your local library. Creation station – poppies Christchurch 10am – 3pm Tue Disco rhymetime 12 Poole 10.30 – 11am Ages 0-4 bcpcouncil.gov.uk ‘That’s not my…’ birthday celebration Features Creekmoor 11am – 4pm Book Club for Super Spies Thu Change starts with us toddlertime 14 Winton 2.15 – 2.45pm International Games Week Sat Tissue collage Author events 23 Winton 10am – 12.30pm All ages BBC Novels that changed the world Christmas lights festival crafts Christchurch 10am – 3pm Tue Make an advent calendar 26 Charminster 2 – 3pm Sat Creation Station – Climate Change 30 Poole 10am – 12 noon Credit: Cover image Bridie Cheeseman for Angel Exit Theatre bcpcouncil.gov.uk November ( Please book ) Join the winter mini-challenge between Mon 2 Dec & Mon 13 Jan Thu Meet the author: Lisa Sell Movember – Men’s Health Awareness Month and read three books in the holidays. Review your Libraries can help you look after your health. Visit for 7 Boscombe 2 – 4pm favourite book to display in your local library. up to date books and curated websites for quality Talking about her crime mystery novel Hidden Register at winterreadingchallenge.org.uk information. Make a men’s health pledge at Poole. Fri Screening: 100 novels that changed Fri Talk: All life is here 8 our world December 1 Bournemouth 2 – 3pm Poole 1 – 2pm Dorset justice and administration through the Launch of the BBC Novels festival from the Mon Festive coffee morning & quiz Quarter Session Records by the Family & British Library 2 Westbourne 10.30 – 11.30am Local History Club Sat Poole Writers’ Guild Tue Christmas crafts for adults Workshop: Positive thinking 9 Poole 2 – 4pm Christchurch 10 – 11.30am Creekmoor 2.30 - 4pm 3 Mon Screening: Jacqueline Wilson £2.50, includes refreshments With life coach, Rachael Parker-Prickett 11 Poole 7 – 8.30pm Wed Talk: Tolstoy in Tuckton Mon Pet photographs competition Live from the British Library - for ages 8+ Bournemouth 11am – 12.30pm 4 Branksome until Mon 18 4 Aspects of History with Claudia Clark Enter a photo of your pet to win Anti-bullying week All libraries until Sat 16 Thu Volunteers coffee morning Movember quiz – who owns the Change starts with us: displays and info moustache? 5 Winton 10 – 11.30am Broadstone Odd socks day! Find out about volunteering opportunities Canford Heath, Oakdale, Springbourne Kinson Add your anti-bullying message to our Opening hours, until Sat 30 paper chain Exhibition: volunteers photos Tue Friendly French coffee morning Tue Dorset Family History Society drop-in Ensbury Park opening hours 5 Canford Cliffs 10.30 – 11.30am 12 Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm Celebrating International Volunteers’ Day Also on Tue 3 Dec Wed Meet the author: Frances Maynard Christmas cream tea Wed Talk: Bournemouth WW1 memorabilia Broadstone 2 – 3pm Christchurch 2.30 – 4pm £5 Bournemouth 11am – 12.30pm 13 6 Discussing Maggsie McNaughton’s Second Aspects of History with Jenny Young Fri Marie Curie coffee morning Chance. 6 Parkstone 11am – 12 noon Coffee morning with Lilliput WI Sat Small Business Saturday get-together National Stress Awareness Day Canford Cliffs 10.30am – 12 noon 7 Winton 10am – 12 noon Let’s take a moment to think about our wellbeing Thu Talk: The work of a New Forest Ranger Promotion of local companies and find advice or support on managing stress. with Claire Sherwood Try a book, one of our activities or meet friends for 14 Tue Workshop: watercolour painting Christchurch 2.30 – 4pm coffee - libraries can help. Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm Friends of Christchurch & Highcliffe Libraries 10 Shared reading for Stress Awareness Day event £2.50/£4.50 Talk: Oddball Brownsea Southbourne Tues 5 10 – 11.30am Fri Mindfulness with Imelda Canford Cliffs 3 – 4pm Mindfulness colouring Learn something new about the island Boscombe & Bournemouth Wed 6 opening hours 15 Parkstone 11am – 12 noon Southbourne Thu 7 10am – 12 noon Wed Talk: Dealing with anxiety Tue Talk: Poole Maritime Trust Springbourne Thu 7 4 – 6pm 11 Poole 9.30am – 12.30pm Canford Cliffs 10.30 – 11am Stress awareness coffee morning 19 With counsellor Kruti St Helen Winton Thu 7 10 – 11.30am Wed Needlefelting tree decoration Meet the author: Ruth Elliott Smith 20 Parkstone 10.30am – 12 noon Broadstone 2 – 3pm With Sarah Jane Creations £3.50 donation Discussing El Dorado and the Amazon International Games Week 4 – 9 November Thu Coffee morning: Win on Waste Healthy walks in Bourne Valley Rediscover the joys of playing games whatever 21 Southbourne 10.30am – 12 noon Rossmore 10.30am – 12 noon your age – all libraries have a good selection of Coffee morning: Home Library Service games for you to choose from, and they’ll all be out Thu Screening: Malorie Blackman Broadstone 10am – 12 noon this week. Find your local library from our list, and 12 Poole 7 – 8.30pm drop in to play. All ages welcome! Fri Memory box – The Wessex Heritage Live from the British Library ALL WEEK at Branksome, Castlepoint, 22 Trust Fri Community carols Charminster (Lego Challenge), Hamworthy, Castlepoint 2.30 – 3.30pm West Howe 10.30 – 11.15am Oakdale, Parkstone, Rossmore, Tuckton 13 Tue Christmas crafts for adults Boscombe Fri 8 2pm Christmas cards with Tracey Bournemouth Sat 2 12 – 4.30pm 26 Southbourne 10 – 11.30am Canford Heath 10.30am – 12.30pm Game designers showcase Wed Talk & demo: Christmas flowers Mon Christmas coffee morning Broadstone Wed 6 opening hours 27 Highcliffe 2.30 – 4pm 16 Rossmore 10.30am – 12 noon Canford Cliffs Mon 4 & Wed 6 3 – 4pm With Highcliffe Flower Arranging Club Also on Mon 23 Dec Canford Heath Tue 5 3.30 – 4.30pm & Friends event £4.50/£2.50 Sat 9 10.30am – 12.30pm Thu Christmas carols and coffee Wed Poetry pop-in Castlepoint Sat 9 10.30am – 12.30pm 19 Southbourne 10.30am Westbourne 2.30 – 4pm Chess club 28 With carol singing from local schools Charminster Mon 4 2 – 4pm & Sat 9 10 – 11am Fri 3Cs club: Coeliac awareness Fri Christmas cuppa Fridays Christchurch Fri 8 2 – 4pm & Sat 9 10am – 3pm Parkstone 11am – 12 noon 29 Castlepoint 10 – 11.30am Creekmoor Thu 7 10.30 – 11.30am With info, chat and gluten-free cake 20 Learn bridge or play scrabble Mince pies, coffee and festive colouring Ensbury Park Fri 8 3 – 5pm Clarinet recital Highcliffe Sat 9 1 1am – 3pm Bournemouth 10.15 – 11.45am Christmas closure Kinson Sat 9 10.30am – 12 noon Friends of Bournemouth Music Library Libraries close at 2pm Tue 24 until Fri 27 Parkstone Fri 8 12 – 2pm Bring your own game Information: vehicle crime Fri 3Cs club: preventing vehicle crime Poole Sat 2 10am – 12noon Crazy golf Canford Cliffs 11am – 12 noon 27 Parkstone 11am – 12 noon Rossmore Sat 9 Lego club Police advice drop-in session Southbourne Sat 9 9.30am – 12.30pm Tue End of year quiz Springbourne Thu 7 5-6pm Scrabble club launch Sat Win on Waste 31 Parkstone 3 – 4pm Westbourne Mon 4 10.30 – 11.30am 30 Parkstone 10.30am – 12 noon West Howe Tue 5 4 – 6pm Meet Twigs Garden Club Libraries close at 5pm ... Happy New Year! Winton Sat 9 10am – 12.30pm Rossmore 10.30am – 1pm See you again on Thu 2 January 2020