Next Guided Play Dates

Our Guided Play sessions will continue after the Easter Holidays. We will carry on with the Spring and growing theme, introduce bugs and mini-beasts and move on to a seaside theme.

The dates of sessions are:
Weds 4th May
Fri 6th May
Mon 9th May
Weds 11th May
Weds 18th May
Fri 20th May
Mon 23rd May
Thurs 26th May

The half term holiday is Mon 30th May - Fri 3rd May. We will be closed during that week.

Easter Holiday Closing - Dates

We will be closing for the Easter Holidays. Our last session will be on Friday 15th April, and we will re-open on Wednesday 4th May.

If you have toys due back this week but are unable to make it to the toy library, then please call us on 01509 601146 and we will renew them for you for another month. Renewal fees will then be payable when you bring the toys back.

Our next evening session will be Thursday 26th May 6:30-7:30pm.

We hope everyone has a lovely holiday and look forward to seeing you next term.

Ladies Pamper Night

Ladies can enjoy a night of pampering and relaxation on Friday 6th May from 8-10pm at the toy library.

Beauty treatments and products will be available to try or buy and there will be gifts and cards on sale.

Music for the night has been provided by two local bands, and their CDs will be on sale.

We will also have a range of bedding plants on sale.

Tickets are £5 and include wine, nibbles and a goody bag. Further refreshments will also be on sale.

Stalls will include Temple Spa, Aloe Vera, Phoenix Cards, Nail Art, Manicures, Gifts and crafts, an exhibition by a local photographer, plant stall, and a raffle.

Tickets in advance from the toy library.

Can he fix it? Yes he can!

The Toy Library relies on the support of the community to deliver its services to families throughout Leicestershire. We have a great team of supporters and volunteers who offer their time and skills to help us.

Last Friday, one of our volunteers, Dermot Browne, gave a day of his time to help us with a number of maintenance and improvement tasks. This was made possible by the generous support of his employer BetFair who fund employees to put their time and effort into the community through their Volunteer Day programme.

Despite hot weather and the enquiring glances of families attending our stay and play session, Dermot put up racking so that we can better display our range of story sacks, installed new blinds in the play room, fitted a new childproof access gate and fixed some faulty downpipes.

We are very grateful for all his hard work.

Tesco and Sainsbury Voucher collection

We are collecting Tesco and Sainsbury Vouchers at the toy library. If you are wondering what to do with any vouchers we would be very grateful if you would consider us. We have a collecting box in the foyer.

Next evening opening

Our next evening session is Thursday 31st March 6:30-7:30. We will be running a guided play session on our theme of growing and flowers.

Outdoor Play

We have been awarded a grant by Leicestershire and Rutland NHS trust to promote outdoor play.

Why not come and see what play equipment we have and borrow something now that the weather is improving and the children can play in the garden.

We have a great range of ride-ons, scooters and trikes. Also tents, slides, trampolines and garden games.

Items can be reserved.