Concessions
People receiving certain benefits, and young people from their 16th birthday until their 18th birthday, receive reduced fees and charges on requests, hire items, and overdue charges.
Young people aged 16–18 are not charged overdue fines when borrowing items using their own library card. They are still charged for requests and for hiring items.
The library does not hire music CDs.
Only Local History DVDs are available for hire.
If you receive any of the benefits listed below, ask to register for concessions at your library. You will need to bring proof of benefit with you.
- Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Disability Working Allowance
- Housing Benefit
- Incapacity Benefit
- Income Support
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Invalid Care Allowance
- Job Seeker's Allowance
- Minimum income guarantee
- Pension Credit
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- Universal Credit
- War Disablement Pension
- Working Tax Credit
Other concessions
- Blind, partially sighted users, or people with a disability preventing use of normal text ("print disabled"), may hire language courses, audio books for free
- Mobile libraries do not have overdue charges (rehire charges will still apply)
- Children under five years, looked after children and children with special needs will not pay for lost or damaged books when they are borrowed using their own library card. (There is a charge for items that are not returned.)
- Certain concessions will apply to those library users with a special membership e.g. foster carers. For more information please view out Special memberships page
