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Relax and keep warm with RCN Libraries
Starting in January 2023, RCN Libraries will be open as warm spaces and we’d encourage you to pop in and relax, grab a free hot drink, check email, and meet friends.
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Main offers (all four country libraries)
• All our libraries across the UK offer RCN members free hot drinks, Wi-Fi, phone chargers and computers: members can charge their devices and relax with a book and a cuppa or check their emails.
• All libraries have wellbeing activities, such as colouring books, jigsaw puzzles, and fiction to browse.
• All members are welcome to pop in and use our spaces – you don’t need to be working or studying to do so.
RCN Library and Heritage Centre (London), 20 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0RN
Open to all Monday to Friday, 10am – 7pm and Saturday 10am – 5pm.
• Meet friends or bring family: accompanied children and guests are welcome. We have two public exhibitions with a family trail, games, and activities for kids.
• Regular wellbeing activities, such as meditation, online and in person. Visit www.rcn.org.uk/whatson for full details.
• Wellbeing area: jigsaw puzzles, games and colouring books.
RCN Northern Ireland Library and Information Zone (Belfast), 17 Windsor Avenue, Belfast BT9 6EE
Open to members Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
• Free book swap of fiction, poetry and cookbooks.
• Wellbeing area for members, with mindfulness activities – puzzles, games, colouring books and pencils.
• Free onsite car parking for members.
RCN Wales Library and Information Service (Cardiff), Ty Maeth, King George V Drive East, Cardiff CF14 4XZ
Open to members Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
• Nursing-related fiction and wellbeing section, plus colouring books.
• Free onsite car parking for members.
RCN Scotland Learning Hub (Edinburgh), 42 South Oswald Road, Edinburgh EH9 2HH
Open to members Tuesday and Wednesday, 10am – 4pm.
• An exhibition on the history of nursing registration to browse.
• Free wellbeing activities including games and colouring books.
• Free onsite car parking for members.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more, get in touch.