Events at Church Street Library

[Go to Regular events] Church Street Library contact details and opening hours

Special events

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Stress and Smoking

Wednesday 23 May from 12noon to 3pm

The health Improvement and wellbeing teams will be at Church Street Library with information on how to cope with stress and how to stop smoking.  There is also information for sufferers of obstructive lung disease from Breathe Easy Paddington and information about the Expert Patient Programme for Nubian Life Organisation.

This event is free and there is no need to book.

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Plan Your Own Success – Introduction to Business Planning Workshop

Tuesday 29 May, 4.30pm – 7.00pm

Presented by Linda Eziquiel .

How ambitious are you? Ambitious enough to spend some time planning your own success? This workshop covers the critical elements of business planning, including:

• Why you need a business plan
• How to go about developing your plan
• Techniques for creating a realistic financial plan

What will you gain?

• Knowledge of why good planning is critical and how to go about it
• An understanding of the emotional Selling Points that will give you sales
• Methods for mapping your ideal customer or clientsIdeas on how to reach your target customers or clients
• Information on how to create a realistic financial growth plan for your business
• A Business Success Workbook – to create a simple business plan for a small business.

Admission Free. Opportunity for Networking. To book your place, email: churchstreetlibrary@westminster.gov.uk or telephone 020 7641 1300 (ask to be put through to Church Street Library).

Church Street Library's BIP on the BBC

There are Business Information Points located in Church Street Library, Westminster Reference Library, Paddington Library and Pimlico Library. They have had some great feedback including...

Nigel Wilkinson, a social enterprise consultant who works at the Abbey Community Centre in Westminster says "Groups in Westminster are incredibly lucky to work in a borough with the best business information in London. We help lots of people start a business and the information in the libraries is a key to making a successful start. For those wanting to go down the social enterprise route, there is no better place than the library for finding information about markets and opportunities than the Business Information Points. Even better, it’s all on-line, with much information available from home or office via the 24/7 Library. For any group or organisation who runs or needs training resources,  Learning Nexus,  an online e-learning platform has a wealth of information to help them and their clients as well, with courses on computers and IT skills, recruitment &, interview skills, health & safety, food hygiene regulations and more. It really is a ‘best kept secret’ that business consultants often use the libraries to write reports and business plans and then charge organisations for the privilege.  Now you can do this yourself, for free!, so what are you waiting for......!"

This report from the BBC shows the value of Libraries such as these to those wanting to start up businesses and careers... Watch the clip on the iPlayer

Watch Church Street Library transformed

You can watch the progress of Church Street Library from its old self to its new, three-times the size version on this video.

Regular events for children and young people

Regular children's events run during term-time only, unless otherwise stated.

Regular events for adults

For any of these sessions other than the CV and employment drop-in and IT drop-in sessions (all on Mondays) you must speak to staff beforehand.