The People's Library

19/08/2025

11/08/2025

Thank you to everyone whose hard work made Saturday's Community Fun Day such a success. Particular thanks to High Sheriff of West Glamorgan 2025-2026 Swansea City of Sanctuary, Christ Well Community Project, Christ Well Urc, Peter Black, Community Lives Consortium.
We are all fighting the same fight.
We are stronger together.

31/12/2024

We'd like to close 2024 by thanking everyone for the positive response to "Seeing the wood for the trees - Building the community we deserve" our flagship book on community engagement. The book is available in both paperback and ebook form and we're now finalising our 2025 project and publishing schedule, so if you'd like to get involved, please let us know. Happy New Year!

What's your definition of a community? The People’s Library definition is simple. It's the people around us who help us feel safe and valued. In this book we look at some of the obstacles to community building and the ways in which people can work together to overcome them and improve each other'....

03/04/2024

The has suspended the Welcome Ticket enabling refugees to contribute to their communities. We know money is tight but we agree with Plaid Cymru Race Council Cymru and Swansea City of Sanctuary that this is a backward step.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked forced relocations on a scale unseen in Europe since World War Two. Within weeks, over five million refugees had left the country. A small fraction of them came to Britain, with approximately 7,500 eventually finding their way to Wales. In Marc...

05/09/2023

LOCAL AUTHOR STRIKES GOLD WITH POPULAR THRILLER SEQUEL.

Join Peter Black for a Q&A and a reading from his acclaimed new novel.
WHERE? Brynhyfryd Library, Swansea SA5 9LH
WHEN? Saturday, September 16th, 10.30am
https://www.peopleslibrary.co.uk/post/local-author-strikes-gold-with-popular-thriller-sequel
Cwmbwrla, Manselton, Brynhyfryd and Gendros Community

31/08/2023

GOODBYE TO THE SUMMER WE NEVER HAD...
We didn't have much of a summer this year, but we still appreciate this image from local photographer Emma Jane showing the sun setting on our beautiful coast.
Thanks Emma, and here's hoping for a good Autumn.

28/08/2023

Thank you to Sheree Jonas and Mike Jonas of Represent Us Rural for your moving words honouring the Windrush Generation today. And thank you to Uzo Iwobi and Race Council Cymru for helping to make this excellent event happen. A great way to spend the Bank Holiday

27/08/2023

ONE SHOT AT A TIME
The starts tomorrow. Who’s your favourite?
We’d love to see Ons Jabeur win her first Grand Slam.
Just take it one shot at a time, Ons.
https://www.peopleslibrary.co.uk/post/one-shot-at-a-time

27/08/2023

Over the past week we’ve learned that:
1 Spain has the best women’s football team in the world.
2 The Royal Spanish Football Federation is a disgrace to its sport, its country and its people.
Spanish football can stand with , honour its champions and move forward in vibrant colour, or it can stand with Luis Rubiales, sully its success and isolate itself in miserable, outdated monochrome ignorance.
Decision time, people.