Carer centres and services Dorset Library - Home Library Service
Contact us
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Address
Library Headquarters
Dorset County Council
Colliton Park
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1XJ
About
Dorset Council's Home Library Service delivers books to the housebound, those living in their own homes or sheltered housing for free. We offer a wide range of fiction as well as information books on country life, cookery, travel, biography and other popular subjects. You can request specific books or subjects. Large print books are available as well as talking books for people with sight problems, illness or other disabilities. Books and talking books are delivered to your home by RVS volunteers. All staff and volunteers always carry identity cards and are DBS checked. Visits are usually every three weeks.
Opening times
Variable, generally books are delivered by RVS about every three weeks - contact 01305 22 5000 or your local library for details.
Catchment area
Dorset Council area
Target group
The service is available to housebound people living in their own homes or sheltered housing. If you live in a residential home we have other services available to you. Please contact your local library.
Referral method
Self referral or via family/ friend. Please contact us on 01305 225000 for more information about getting books delivered
This information was supplied by Serco Global Services on 1 April 2025.