Volunteering at the library

Thank you for your interest in volunteering for Southampton City Libraries.

We appreciate and value the time and help our volunteers give and the benefit it brings to our customers, staff and the wider community.

Whatever your experience or amount of time you can give, there are opportunities for everyone.

These opportunities include:

Discover and help preserve Southampton's local history collections
Develop your IT skills and become a Digital Champion
Delivering books to housebound people in their homes
Volunteering for the Macmillan library project
Volunteering to help with the Summer Reading Challenge

Applicants must be aged 16 or over, with the exception of Summer Reading Challenge volunteers who must be aged 14 to 25. Successful applicants may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Volunteer roles

Apply to volunteer at the library

If you have any questions about volunteering prior to applying, please let us know using our online form:

Before you fill in this form

You won't be able to save this form to complete later, so please allow yourself a couple of minutes to fill in the form.

You will need to have the following information to hand:

Your borrower number (if relevant)

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