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Health Information Week is a national campaign dedicated to highlighting the high-quality health resources available to patients and the public.

Good health information helps people improve their well-being, take care of themselves, and make decisions about their health with confidence.

Libraries can help you find trusted health and well-being resources.

During Health Information Week, we’ll be offering activities to support you in accessing the information you need and to improve your well-being:

Health and Well-being Information Expo
Monday 20 January, 1-5pm
Redbridge Central Library Foyer

Local health and well-being organisations will provide information and advice.

Watercolour Painting for Wellbeing
Wednesday 22 January, 11am-12:30pm
Redbridge Central Library

Join us for a watercolour taster session. Brush away your stress while painting with watercolours creating some colourful gift tags and a beautiful bookmark.

Book via Eventbrite or you can just drop-in.

Suitable for ages 16+.

Creative Card-making
Wednesday 22 January, 2:30-4:30pm
Fullwell Cross Library

Get crafty by joining us for a free card-making session. Crafting helps smooth stress while keeping your brain active.

To join the workshop at 2:30pm or 3:30pm, book via Eventbrite or you can just drop-in.

Suitable for ages 13+ and families.

NHS App Drop-in
Friday 24 January, 2-4pm
Redbridge Central Library, Lab Central

The NHS App gives you a simple and secure way to access a range of NHS services. You can download the NHS App on your smartphone or tablet. You can also access the same services in a web browser. Need help? Come along to this drop-in session with your NHS Number and phone or tablet to find out more.

Creative Wellbeing Workshop with Katie Schreiber
Saturday 25 January, 2-4pm
Redbridge Central Library, Hub Central

Join Katie for a workshop that will inspire your creativity and improve your wellbeing. This hands-on session is designed to inspire mindfulness and creativity, where you’ll create your own bespoke wall hanging as a meaningful reminder of the importance of your personal goals and self-care.  

Materials and equipment provided.

Book via Eventbrite or you can just drop in.

Suitable for ages 16+.

Laugh_Able is back in February to celebrate LGBT+ History Month with an excellent lineup including: 

Maria Bowden 
Becky Jade
Ro Dodgson
Dian Cathal
Abigolah Schauman 

Guest MC Rabiah Coon (UK Pun Championship Finalist 2024 2025)

And amazing Headliner

Stephanie Laing (Leicester Mercury Comedian Of The Year Finalist 2015)

Devastating technique, natural comic timing and delivery.’  (Chortle)

‘Truly commanded the crowd. Disgusting and delightful in equal measure.’ (Three Weeks)

‘Gloriously silly, wonderfully unpretentious and getting the audience on her side from the first line.’ (Broadway Baby)

Award Winning 
Accessible 
Prizes for the Best Audience

BYOB
Pay What You Can
Free Tea Coffee and Refreshments at the Interval

 
Suitable for ages 18+ only

This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month programme.

Love reading and discussing books? Then celebrate LGBT+ History Month with fellow book lovers at our Rapid Reads Sharing Circle.

Here’s what you need to know:

  • Featured Read: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin – let’s chat about it over a cuppa!
  • Other Reads: Prefer a different book? Choose any LGBT+ History Month-appropriate book under 200 pages to discuss and recommend.
  • Where:
    • In Person: Redbridge Central Library (bring a drink in a covered cup; biscuits provided).
    • Online: Join via Teams (registration required via Eventbrite).

Share your thoughts, discover new reads, and connect with fellow enthusiasts.

For details or to request a copy of Giovanni’s Room, email: library.information@visionrcl.org.uk

Let’s celebrate diverse literary voices together!

This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month programme.

Love #reading and a good natter about #books?

Join our Hardbackers Book Chat! We’re a friendly group who meet on the first Wednesday of the month (mostly!) from 2pm to 3.15pm. We usually dive into fiction, but sometimes throw in a non-fiction gem for good measure.

You can join us in person at #Redbridge Central #Library or hop on via Teams — whatever works for you!

If joining us in-person at the library, you’re welcome to bring a drink in a covered cup – biscuits are provided.

Here are the 2025 dates and some of our exciting themes:
📅 8 January
📅 5 February – LGBT+ History Month
📅 5 March – Women’s History Month
📅 2 April
📅 7 May
📅 4 June
📅 2 July
📅 6 August – South Asian Heritage Month
📅 3 September
📅 1 October – Black History Month
📅 5 November
📅 3 December

Want more info or the Teams joining instructions? Drop us an email at library.information@visionrcl.org.uk and we’ll get you sorted.

Suitable for ages 16+

See you there!

To celebrate National Storytelling Week and LGBT+ History Month, join Cat & Hutch in this interactive storytelling of Oscar Wilde’s stories for children. Help the palace courtiers convince a Selfish Giant to let summer back to his garden, a Happy Prince deliver his jewels to the people of his city, and a Remarkable Rocket fly off into the sky, all in time for a very important royal wedding.

Cat & Hutch Storytellers bring children’s stories to life through interactive shows and workshops with the aim to encourage children to read for pleasure and use their imaginations to learn through play. 

This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.

Our special LGBT+ History Month Book Chat is perfect if you enjoy reading and discussing books with LGBT+ themes.

The discussion will be focused on Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart. Published in 2022, the novel follows Mungo Hamilton, a teenager navigating a life of poverty and parental neglect in early 1990s Glasgow. When he falls in love with a boy named James, Mungo must confront the homophobia, toxic masculinity and religious conflicts of the society of his time.  Young Mungo is “an all-consuming, Romeo & Juliet forbidden love trope, intertwined with homosexuality, religious divides, and economic struggles, topped off with a sprinkling of family troubles and alcoholism” and “…… near impossible to put down.” (The Independent)  

If you would like to read or listen to Young Mungo, you can borrow a copy from your local library.   If you have difficulty getting a copy of the book don’t worry – other LGBT+ titles can also be recommended and discussed.

The book chat is free and will take place at Redbridge Central Library and on Teams.   If you’d like to take part, please book on Eventbrite for further details and to receive the Teams joining instructions.


This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.

Join author Robert Tregoning for a very special event about finding the bravery to be yourself and living in ALL the colours of the rainbow!

In Out of the Blue, Robert’s debut picture book, ONLY BLUE IS ALLOWED by Blue government demand. Anything that isn’t blue is banned. In a world where only one colour is allowed, will the boy in our story be brave enough to tell his dad he loves the colour yellow? And will they be able to defy the rules and create a world where EVERY colour is welcome?

Robert Tregoning studied at the Glasgow School of Art before leaping in to a career on the West End stage. He has appeared in stage shows including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes, and the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda the Musical. As an LGBTQ+ writer, Robert hopes to help children and adults alike to accept and celebrate all that makes us uniquely ourselves.

Booking essential; tickets are free, or alternatively you can pre-purchase a signed copy of the book!

This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.

Join picture book author Gareth Peter for a fun and interactive session based on his colourful and inclusive picture book My Mummies Built A Treehouse. He’ll be reading from his rainbow library of published books, and talking about his writing journey, family and dreams.

Building a treehouse is a big project. But when your mummies are there to help you, there’s nothing that can stop you!

Gareth Peter is the author of My Daddies! and Who Will You Meet on Santa Claus Street. He has written several musicals, including Bluebird, whose album has sold all over the world. He lives in Nottingham with his partner, two adopted children and two huskies.

Booking essential; tickets are free, or you can pre-purchase a signed copy of the book!

This event is part of our LGBT+ History Month celebrations.

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