Goodwood Library took the spotlight at the Subcouncil meeting that was held on Thursday 17 August at the Parow chambers for the services it renders to the Goodwood community.
The Subcouncil meeting focussed on matters that received attention and the progress of ongoing programmes.
Bronwen Erasmus, assistant director of public library enhancement, said Goodwood Library hosted a successful digital literacy session on online registration for the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
They also helped the public with SARS e-filing on the SmartCape system. In addition, the library assisted parents and caregivers with the registration of students for the 2024 academic school year.
The library also had a successful Women’s Information Skills Empowerment programme (WISE) with the ladies from the clinic. According to Erasmus, the WISE programme is in high demand. These are for young women in the community; they do a five to six-week course where the young women are taught information literacy skills and digital literacy skills and they are introduced to the library and how to use the library.
The library visits Protea Old Age home
Goodwood Library hosted a successful integrated storytelling session with Valhalla Park Library. A holiday programme was held at the library, which was attended by 58 children. The attendees learned to play chess and did various arts and crafts activities.
Goodwood Library continued their visits to the Protea Old Age home, where a block loan was shared with the residents.
“Load shedding remains a challenge for the library, but the City is looking at plans to mitigate that challenge in the future,” says Erasmus.
Councillor Gavin Joachims said he had been at the library, and it is very encouraging to see how many of our young children are using the different facilities. He says he is thankful for what is being done in the communities.
