Click and collect again at libraries
Youngster’s crafty effort raises £1200
Culture Perth and Kinross library members will be able to put their orders in for Click and Collect at five new sites across the region.
Blairgowrie Library, which reopened to customers earlier in the summer, started operating a Click and Collect service yesterday (September 3).
The Collect and Collect service, which has already been used by over 1000 customers at the AK Bell Library in Perth, will also start operating from Alyth Library, Birnam Library, Comrie and Coupar Angus the following week.
Due to the restrictions of the library buildings in Comrie and Coupar Angus, the new service will be delivered from one of the familiar mobile library vans.
Customers are able to reserve their books online via the library catalogue now, by making a request by email, clickandcollect@culturepk.org.uk or calling the dedicated Click and Collect phone line (01738 444949) to place their order.
Books will be able to be collected from September 7 at Alyth and Birnam Library, as well as the charitable trusts mobile library vans which will be stopping at Comrie and Coupar Angus.
With the cultural trust’s e-library proving popular with library members, Click and Collect provides an additional offer by giving those who are still cautious about visiting public venues or do not have time to come into the library a new way to begin borrowing books again.
Library customers will be given a collection slot to allow them to collect their reserved books. Collections will be available at Blairgowrie Library on Thursdays 5pm–7pm and Saturdays 10am–4pm. The remainder of the libraries start their Click and Collect service, from the week commencing September 7, with Alyth and Birnam operating Thursdays 5pm–7pm and Comrie and Coupar Angus operating Saturdays 10am–12pm.
Due to social distancing requirements, it will not possible to enter the libraries in Alyth, Birnam, Comrie and Coupar Angus for browsing at this time.
Full details of the Click and Collect service are available on the Culture Perth and Kinross website https:// www.culturepk.org.uk/libraries/ click-collect-service/. You can also email clickandcollect@culturepk.org.uk or call on 01738 444949 Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm to find out more and make a request.
The Click and Collect service must be booked in advance and customers can borrow up to 12 items for three weeks.
Returned books are quarantined for 72 hours before being put back into circulation.
Meelie is only six but she’s got the fundraising spirit with her own garden stall, inset, some of her bracelets
A six-year-old and her mum from Scone formed a creative team and raised over £1000 for their Scout group, making and selling colourful bracelets and key fobs.
Little Amelia Gaunt overheard her mum Claire, a Girlguide leader, and her Scout leader dad Peter bemoaning that fact that, with no club subs coming in because of lockdown, there was not much money for badges and future activities.
Amelia, who goes by the name Meelie, had a word with her mum and ‘Made by Meelie and Mummy’ was formed, a micro business that’s run for 15 weeks so far, with the RDM School primary pupil turning out a huge variety of adjustable paracord bead bracelets, charm bracelets, key fobs and clips all for sale on a stall outside her home.
Claire, a secondary school teacher at Perth Academy, has been a Guide leader since she was 18 and has always enjoyed making things from paracord.
Because of her mum’s interest Meelie, a Beaver Scout herself, knew how many useful items could be crafted from the colourful nylon string, so making paracord the focus of the fundraising was an obvious choice.
“When Meelie heard us talking in Zoom meetings that there weren’t many pennies coming in for Scouts, she wanted to do something to help,” said Claire.
“I never expected it to take off like it did. I’m so proud of how she’s kept up the enthusiasm and kept working to make a difference, we had so much fun doing this.
“The fundraising we’ve done will help Scone and Balbeggie District Girlguides and 3rd Scone Scout Group.”
People bought bracelets while out on their daily lockdown walks and children came and spent their pocket money on the clips and charms.
Amelia got a huge order from Upper
Springland Centre to make 40 hand sanitiser bottle clips so everyone could ‘wear’ their bottle on a belt clip.
She also made 53 bracelets for staff at RDM school.
On hearing of the mum and daughter enterprise, others from Scone added things to the Made by Meelie and Mummy stall.
One day a delivery of handmade tissue pack holders appeared for Meelie to sell and a local baker gave her a cut from the sales of his Rocky Road traybakes.
The kitty currently stands at £1240.80, all made from orders on Facebook and sales from Meelie’s box.
Claire said: “Meelie has become a super salesperson, really confident with her ‘patter’ and she can talk you through all the colour combinations and designs.
“One of the spin-offs from what we did was she learned all about how much materials cost, selling prices and profit while enjoying keeping her hands busy.
“She still has lots of paracord so if you would like anything, please get in touch, we have a Facebook page.”
I’m so proud of how she’s kept up the enthusiasm Mum Claire