Community Libraries Libraries Chess in your Library If your Library is interested, we would love to help so please get in touch here. Join CSC Libraries and Community Groups. Libraries - How We Can Help CSC believe that chess and libraries are an excellent fit. Chess has a huge number of books written about it - a recent search of Amazon produced over 19,000 results. By running a regular chess club at your library you would be providing a great service to your community.We have helped a number of libraries set up and run chess clubs - and we are keen to help more.We can provide equipment and help you find someone to run it. We run regular training courses on teaching chess which would equip someone with the skills to run a club. Places on the courses would be free to library staff and volunteers and we would provide support. We will help process a DBS check for the person running the club. Where Covid-19 restrictions prevent a club taking place onsite in the library, CSC would be happy to advise on ways in which activities might continue online and can provide ChessKid accounts for that purpose. We would also be very happy to provide our curriculum for you to stock in your catalogue and workbooks for the children to use. Here are some books and software we recommend: Parents/teachersThe Right Way to Teach Chess to Kids - Richard JamesChildrenCheckmate - Kasparov Chess for Kids - Richard JamesTen Ways to Succeed Series (Openings/Middlegames/Endgames/Puzzles) - Onions and Regis Winning Chess Series - Jeff Coakley ChessKid – online platform suitable for children of primary school age. All AgesUsborne Complete Guide to Chess - Watson & Burgess Below are useful contact details for Libraries helping with chess or have their own chess clubs.Battersea Library - Fridays, 4.00-5.00pmContact: Paul Stokes [email protected] Battersea Park Library - Tuesdays, 3.30-5.00pmContact: Paul Stokes [email protected] Becton Globe Library, Newham1 Kingsford Way, London E6 5JQMeets Tuesday afternoons 15:45-17:15Contact: [email protected] Billingham LibraryBillingham Library & Customer Service Centre,Kingsway, Billingham TS23 2LNContact: Sarah McClennan Senior Library and Information AssistantTel: (01642) 528084 Blaydon Library, Wesley Court, Gateshead, NE21 5BTThursdays 17.00Contact: Lynne Corder [email protected] Tel: 0191 4336201 Library of BirminghamCentenary Square, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2NDThe chess club meets in the Children’s Library Meeting Room (Middle Earth).Saturdays, 14.00-15.00 (term time only)Contact: Linda Monk [email protected]Website: www.libraryofbirmingham.com Bloxwich Library, Elmore Row, Bloxwich WS3 2HR.Thursdays (during term time only), 4.00-5.00pm. This is an after school club.From 5 yrs - boys and girls. Adults welcome to join.Contact: [email protected] or mobile 07980101744Bournemouth Library Chess Club22 The Triangle, Bournemouth, BH2 5RQ10-12pm on Saturdays.Contact: [email protected] Chepstow Library - Chess club meets in term-time from 3.45-5.30pm on Tuesdays.Contact: Richard Stevenson [email protected] Enfield Island Village Library Gateshead Central LibraryPrince Consort RoadGateshead, NE8 4LNContact: Kath Milne [email protected] Tel: 0191 4338410 Grays Library - Saturdays 10:00 to 12:00 - first hour for youngsters only.Contact: Andrew Offord [email protected] Green Street Library337-341 Green Street, Upton Park, London E13 9AR.Tel: 020 3373 0857Wednesdays 17.30-19.30John Jackson Library, EnfieldKeats Community Library10 Keats Grove, NW3 2RNTel: 0207 431 1266Email: [email protected] Classes held every fortnight on Saturdays - ages 6-12.Website: www.keatscommunitylibrary.org,uk KCL is a volunteer run library. We ask for a £3 per child voluntary contribution to our costs. The classes are held fortnightly on Saturdays from 12-1 for advanced beginners, and 1-2pm for beginners, taught by Phil Makepeace.Kenton LibraryKenton Lane, HA3 8UJSaturday (first weekend month) 2.30 - 3.30pmContact: Manoharan Dilukshan [email protected] North Harrow LibraryPinner Road, HA1 4HNContact: Nevil Chan [email protected] Lancaster LibraryMarket Square, Lancaster,Lancashire, LA1 1HYTuesday afternoons anytime between 3pm-7pm (starts 27 Jan 2015)Saturdays after 12 noon, starting 31 Jan 2015 (starts 31 Jan 2015)Contact: Gary Hutchinson [email protected] Leominster Library Exhibition Room, Thursdays, 15.30 onwards led by Kalvin Haley. 01568 750114 / 07709 0261206 Nantwich Library - The club runs every fortnight on Tuesday evenings between 5.30 - 6.30pm.Contact: [email protected] Newcastle City Library33 New Bridge Street West,Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8AX'Chess for All' Club meets every Saturday, 12 noon-2.00pm Newham - East Ham Library - Mondays & Thursdays 5.30-7.30pm.Newham - Green Street Library - Wednesdays 5.30-7.30pm.Newham - Gate Library Tuesdays 5.30-7.30pm.Contact: James Robinson North Harrow LibraryOrdnance Road Library, EnfieldPimlico Library Chess ClubLupus Street, London, SW1V 3ATMondays 6.00-8.00pm. All ages and abilities welcome.Ponders End Library, EnfieldPrimrose Hill Community LibraryWednesday evenings 6:30-8:30pmPrimrose Hill Community Library Sharpleshall Street NW1 8YNContact: Alan Bruce - 07830107477 Sprowston LibraryRecreation Ground Road,Norwich, NR7 8EWContact: Claire Sharland, Library Manager[email protected] Tel: 07785 400032 Stratford Library Chess ClubThursdays, 5.30-7.30pmAll levels of ability welcome - No booking necessaryContact: John IllingworthStreatham Library - Tuesdays, 4.30-7.30 (5.00-7.30 until 21 June 2016)Everyone welcome and there's nothing to pay. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adultContact: Richard Tillett [email protected] For further information visit our website.ThimbleMill Library, SmethwickThe club runs on Wednesdays 4.00-5.30pm. Contact Leroy Douglas [email protected].Thimblemill Road, Smethwick, B67 5RJ.Victoria Library, London SW1.160 Buckingham Palace Rd,London SW1W 9UD. Nearest tube: VictoriaStart date: Wednesday 02 Nov or 09 Nov (depending when the tutor can start)Times: 1700-1830 hrs then every Wednesday same time.Contact: Imaan J. Williams [email protected] for details.Mob: 07505174522Welwyn Garden City Library - Chess Attack Chess ClubWednesday evenings throughout the year, 5.30-6.30pm in the Children's Section.Contact: Michael Flatt [email protected] Wickford LibraryMarket Road, Wickford, SS12 0AGFridays 3.45-5.00pmContact: Rosemary Lee - Yele Ojo (Chess Tutor)Senior Customer Services AssistantTel: 0345 603 7628York Gardens Library and Community Centre Junior Chess Club34 Lavender Road, London, SW11 2UG [Map]Tel: 020 8871 7471Fridays 3.45-5.00pmContact: [email protected] York Central LibraryLibrary Square, York YO1 7DSThe club will be on Sunday afternoons (times to be confirmed).Contact: Dan Staples [email protected] And here are the libraries where we are already involved. Aldgate Portsoken Chess Club /Iveagh Court Community Group Barrow Barrow Library Birmingham Library of Birmingham Birmingham Afro Caribbean Millenium Centre Birmingham Smethwick Library Birmingham Spring Hill Library Birmingham Thimblemill Library Bournemouth Bournemouth Library Bracknell Bracknell Library - Older People Bracknell Kennel Lane School Bracknell Sandhurst Library Bradford Community Menthal Health Group ( Champions Show The Way) Bradford Pavilion Cafe Bradford Silsden Library Bristol Avonmouth Library Bristol Bedminster Library Bristol Bishopston Library Bristol Bishopsworth Library Bristol Bristol Central Library Bristol Bristol Prison (formerly Horfield) Bristol Clifton Library Bristol Filwood Library Bristol Fishponds Library Bristol Hartcliffe Library @Symes Bristol Henbury Library Bristol Hillfields Library Bristol Horfield Library Bristol Junction 3 Library Bristol Knowle Library Bristol Lockleaze Library Bristol Marksbury Road Library Bristol Redland Library Bristol Sea Mills Library Bristol Shirehampton Library Bristol Southmead Library Bristol St George Library Bristol St Pauls Library Bristol Stockwood Library Bristol Westbury-on-Trym Library Bristol Whitchurch Library Bristol Wick Road Library Bristol Wild Goose Homeless Chess Club Brixton Brixton Library Buckinghamshire Gerrards Cross Youth Club Caerphilly Aberbargoed Library Caerphilly Bargoed Library Caerphilly Deri Library Camden Camden Community Chess Club Camden Primrose Hill Community Library Cardiff Autism Puzzles Cheshire Blacon Library Cheshire Frodsham Junior Community Centre Cheshire Nantwich Library Cheshire Penketh Library Chesterfield Chesterfield Library Conwy Conwy Library Coventry Bell Green Community Library and Learning Centre Coventry Caludon Castle School and Community Library Coventry Coventry Central Library Enfield Enfield Island Village Library Enfield John Jackson Library Enfield Ordnance Road Library Enfield Ponders End Library Essex Colchester Junior Chess Club Essex Wickford Library Falkirk Falkirk Library Fife Glenwood Library Gloucestershire Sir Bernard Lovell Academy H&F Brunswick Club Hampstead Keats Community Library Haringey Marcus Garvey Library Haringey Wood Green Library Heckmondwike Heckmondwike Library herefordshire Leominster Library Hull Hull Central Library Isle of Wight Bembridge Chess Club Kensington & Chelsea Kensington Library Lambeth Tate South Lambeth Library Lambeth Upper Norwood Library Lancashire Cleveleys Junior Chess Club Lancashire Lancaster Library Leeds Leeds Refugee Forum Leeds Main Library/ Art Gallery Leicestershire Anstey Community Library Leicestershire De Monfort University Chess Club Liverpool Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Liverpool Junior Chess Club Liverpool Norris Green Library Liverpool Toxteth Library Livingston (Scotland Rampaging Rooks Junior Merthyr Tydfil Dowlais Community Centre Monmouthshire Chepstow Library Newcastle St. Luke's Church C of E Newham Alfil Newham Beckton Globe Library Newham Canning Town & Custom House Library Newham East Ham Library Newham Green Street Library Newham Manor Park Library Newham Plaistow Library Newham Stratford Library Newham The Gate Library Northamptonshire Corby Library Nottingham Sikh Temple Oxford Restore Cafe Pontefract Pontefract Library Reading Age UK, Reading Crowthorne Library Renfrewshire Ferguslie Park Community Library Renfrewshire Johnstone Community Library Renfrewshire Renfrew Community Library Somerset Taunton Library Southwark Peckham Library Staffordshire Cannock Library Staffordshire Silverdale Library Suffolk Ipswich County Library Sussex Brighton Library Teeside Stockton Central Library Teeside Middlesbrough Central Library Teeside Thornaby Central Library Thurrock Gray's Library Walsall Bloxwich Junior Chess Club Walsall Bloxwich Library Wandsworth Battersea Library Wandsworth Battersea Park Library Wandsworth Streatham Library Warrington Birchwood Library Warrington Warrington Central Library Warwickshire Atherstone Library West Midlands Dudley Library Westminster Pimlico Library Westminster St Andrews Youth Club Westminster Victoria Library York York Central Library (Explore)