Friday, 6 December 2024

Wembley Library and Resident Hub Celebration tomorrow Saturday December 7th 11am at Brent Civic Centre, Wembley


 From Brent Council

Join the fun at Brent Civic Centre Saturday 7 December!

The new Resident Hub and Wembley Library will celebrate it’s grand opening with a day bursting with free activities, live entertainment, and a special visit from Santa! Mark your calendars and bring the whole family for an unforgettable day of fun and excitement.

Here’s what we’ve got lined up for you:

  • Yummy refreshments: Enjoy a variety of tasty festive and Brazilian treats available for everyone throughout the day.
  • Live entertainment: Get ready to groove with drumming, dance performances, rap acts, and a DJ spinning the best tunes.
  • Raffle prizes: Win amazing prizes with our exciting giveaways for all ages.
  • Santa’s special visit: Don’t miss Santa Claus during the Booktrust story and rhyme session, spreading joy to our youngest visitors – starts promptly at 11am!
  • Kids’ stories and craft workshops: Throughout the day from 11.45am, let the little ones unleash their creativity with a circus skills workshop and engaging stories and fun craft activities.
  • Face painting: Transform into your favourite character with our fun face painting sessions – three artists will be at the event all day so that no one will miss out!
  • Health and wellbeing stalls and activities: Pick up valuable tips and advice for leading a healthy lifestyle; including feeding, speech and language and oral health for children and diabetes and general health checks for adults. You can also take part in free exercise taster sessions from Our Parks at 1pm and 1.30pm and ESOL and IT sessions from 1-4pm.
  • Sustainability stalls: Learn about waste, recycling, and climate change through interactive displays and expert advice. Plus family workshops, including 12noon - 3pm festive creative workshop from WE RESTART repurposing and upcycling everyday items. 


The celebration starts at 11am with Santa’s appearance during the Booktrust story and rhyme session. Throughout the day, children can dive into face painting and craft and story workshops designed to spark their imagination.

But the fun doesn’t stop there! Enjoy a variety of live entertainment perfect for the entire family, including dynamic drumming and dance performances, and music from a local rap artist and DJ that will keep everyone dancing.

Plus, you can explore a range of informative stalls where you can find out more about how the council and local services can help you live well, make healthy choices, stay safe and embrace sustainable living.

Councillor Fleur Donnelly-Jackson, Cabinet Member for Resident Support and Culture, said:

We are thrilled to celebrate the grand opening of these new services with our customers and residents. The brand-new Resident Hub area provides a more accessible, comfortable, and confidential space to better serve residents, while the upgraded library, with dedicated areas for study, children, and public PC use, has become a vibrant hub for learning, study, and cultural activities.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic event! Join us at Brent Civic Centre on Saturday 7 December, 11am - 4pm to celebrate the opening of these fantastic new community services.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Labour spent over £2 million on this. The Library is now split between two floors. Hope the works causing bus delays in Wembley High Road are sorted in time (usual NO WORK but traffic lights stopping movement) don't make it impossible for residents to get there. Another self indulgent celebration at our expense clashing with the Community event at Chalkhill.

Anonymous said...

Agree with Anonymous 16:48 regarding the works on Wembley High Road, it’s causing utter chaos they could have easily managed this with a contraflow lane, but they choose do nothing. They have cameras on Wembley High Road so if they wanted to do something they would have because they should be able to see the traffic, but nothing is done as usual as they simply don’t seem to care. It’s a very sad state of affairs.