Support the library

Keresley library is a community library and has no direct funding from local government.  We need to raise funds through events, day to day operations, and other fundraising schemes to finance our ongoing costs.  For special projects we are able to apply for grant funding.

There are a number of ways you can support us through recycling items:

Jewellery and foreign currency notes

Recycling for Good Causes: You can donate all your broken and unwanted jewellery to raise money for Keresley Library. If you have any gold, silver, odd earrings, broken chains, costume jewellery and watches, you can recycle them at no cost to you whilst making money for us.

Recycling for Good Causes can recycle:

• any jewellery – gold, silver, costume jewellery, watches, broken and damaged items (such as odd earrings, snapped chains or items with missing stones).

• any unwanted banknotes from ANY country of any age 

Our partners at Recycling for Good Causes will reuse and recycle the jewellery and banknotes, giving the proceeds to Keresley Library, saving precious raw materials at the same time.

Simply use your own envelope or jiffy bag (No bigger than A5 in size) and post free of charge by printing out the freepost label below and attaching to your envelope.

Envelope label 

*Please do not send coins or stamps to the freepost address as the postage costs will far outweigh your donation. *

Postage stamps

You can now donate your used stamps to raise much needed funds for us. All kinds of stamps are welcome, on or off paper. 

Simply cut or carefully rip the postage stamp from the used envelope, being careful that you don’t damage the stamp, and once you have a collection pop them in an envelope to:

Keresley Community Library

PO Box 16992

Sutton Coldfield

B73 9YA

Please use a plain or padded envelope, no larger than A4 in size, and add the correct postage before sending.

If you have a larger quantity of stamps, or items such as coins, old mobile phones or cameras, weighing 10kg or more, please contact the library and we will arrange to send using the recycling sack collection.