In honour of National Inclusion Week, we’re sharing our Anti-Racist statement for our Bi-Borough Libraries and Archives service.
Throughout our service, we are proactively working to dismantle systemic barriers, building strength in our communities, better supporting individuals and organisations.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week. 💚
Across our libraries, we’re helping to raise awareness, challenge stigma, and encourage more open conversations around mental health and wellbeing.
Our library staff have created thoughtful book displays filled with stories, resources, and recommendations that offer support for and insight into mental health.📚
For upcoming events, visit our Eventbrite pages, and for mental health support and advice, head to the link in our bio to visit the Mental Health Foundation.
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MentalHealth #Libraries #Community #Wellbeing
The best decision you'll make this week?
Joining us at the Women's Wellbeing Summit 2026, and there are still a few tickets with your name on them!
Saturday 16 May | 1:30–6:30pm
@rbkclibraries Kensington Central Library, London
@highstreet_kensington
5 hours of inspiration, connection and joy. 12 incredible speakers and an incredible host @iamgialulic , sharing wisdom on self-compassion, movement, resilience, creativity, communication and so much more.
@workinprogress@ivkovickristina@feldenkraiswithana@tinagraytherapy@sheisveronique@zeeskillshub@susiepearlx@kamila_walerych@triciaapereira@diva.diaz@martinho_clau@ivanalefebvreh
A whole afternoon, opening with a piano @concertandcake , designed entirely around you. And there are free concession tickets available.
Grab one of the last remaining tickets, link in bio.
We can't wait to see you there!
#WomensWellbeingSummit #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #KensingtonWellnessWeek #SeeYouThere WellbeingCommunity
On Saturday 18 April, Brompton Library held its third, free Clothes Swap. 👗♻️
A huge thank you to everyone who helped make it such a success: @giveyourbest.uk for donating many of the clothes, @traid for running the repair workshop, @MahanisBakery , our Waste and Recycling Team at @kensingtonandchelseacouncil
#bromptonlibrary #clothesswap #eventsinlondon #libraries
We celebrated World Book Night last week📚✨
A day that brings people from all backgrounds together for one reason – to inspire a love of reading. ❤️
Kensington and Chelsea libraries shared The Girl in the Picture by Rachel Hore with the community. 📖
It was amazing to see how books can bring people together. 🌍💫
#WorldBookNight #Libraries #Community #Books
Stephen Lawrence Day is marked, annually, on 22 April to honour Stephen Lawrence’s life and raise awareness of racial injustice and systemic discrimination.
Across our libraries, we showcased powerful reads about Stephen Lawrence’s life and other inspiring memoirs.
This included hosting The Forgotten Pioneer: Britain’s First Black Newspaper Editor at North Kensington Library – a powerful talk uncovering a hidden figure in Black British history. Attendees explored the life and legacy of Samuel Jules Celestine-Edwards - a radical activist, writer, and Britain’s first Black editor of two national newspapers. 📰🌍
#StephenLawrenceDay #Libraries #Community
Thank you to Chelsea Library for hosting a marvellous event yesterday evening for Godless Cosmologies. It was a wonderful way to celebrate UNESCO’s International Day of the Book and World Book Night :)
You can order Godless Cosmologies via the link in my profile. #GodlessCosmologies
That’s a wrap! 🎉🐉
Dragonmeet 2026 took place at Kensington Town Hall on Saturday 18 April in collaboration with Roleplay Haven, bringing a full day of adventure, creativity, and community spirit to everyone in attendance 🎲✨.
We enjoyed epic Dungeons and Dragons sessions, figurine painting for board games, tabletop favourites, and a fantastic selection of discounted collectibles. There was something for everyone to enjoy! 🙌 🐲🗡️🎨🖌️♟️🎯🛍️💰
Since launching our Bi-Borough Games Library in 2023, we’ve continued to grow the offer through amazing collaborations and events and it is incredible to see so many of you joining us along the way. 📚🎮💫
A huge thank you to everyone who attended, and to our brilliant team for their hard work and passion in making the Games Library what it is today.💪🔥
Roll on Dragonmeet 2027!🚀🐉
#dragonmeet #dungeonsandragons #tabletopgaming #londonevents #community
Celebrate storytelling and imagination with a special author event at Chelsea Library marking
World Book Night.
Join local author Christy Theodoulou for an evening exploring her debut novel Godless Cosmologies, a gothic literary fantasy that blends philosophical reflection with surreal storytelling.
📍Chelsea Library
📆 This Thursday, 23rd April at 6:30pm
🔗 Book your slot in our bio
What if wellbeing isn’t something to achieve, but something to practice?
@ivkovickristina is a yoga teacher working with yoga, meditation, and simple daily practices for wellbeing.
Her work explores how small practices shape who you become, especially in moments when life feels messy or uncertain.
She believes wellbeing is not something you achieve, but something you practice again and again in everyday life.
One Minute Practice.
Small things, every day.
Practice makes progress.
Her talk at the Women’s Wellbeing Summit 2026 says it all: “One Minute Practice: The Compounding Power of Simple Daily Practice”
16 May - London @rbkclibraries
Register now, link in bio.
#WomensWellbeingSummit #OneminutePractice #SmallThingsEveryday #YogaTeacher MindfulLiving
What have we been up to lately? 📚✨
We kicked things off by celebrating Shakespeare Week, diving into classic literature and sparking lively discussions across our community spaces. 🎭
Over at Brompton Library, we got into a fun Easter spirit with a craft day, including colourful egg decorating and creative crown making! 🐣👑
And we’re not stopping there… this Wednesday we’re celebrating Earth Day. 🌍
Enjoy inspiring displays at Kensington Central Library, highlighting environmental protection, and we’re sharing powerful reads from leading activists.
Want to join us? Check out our Eventbrite for events near you, or sign up to our newsletter for early access to upcoming activities! Links in bio.
#libraries #kensington #earthday #nationalyearofreading2026 #goallin
What if the most transformative tool you have is already within you?
@susiepearlx knows it is. Best-selling author, speaker, and media expert, she has built a remarkable career spanning music, television, and personal development, working alongside icons like Madonna, David Bowie, and Michael Jackson, and leading programming at MTV.
Now she channels that wealth of experience into something deeper: conscious living, creativity, and meditation that inspire real, meaningful change.
Don’t miss her talk How Meditation and Creativity Saved My Life and How It Can Help You Too at the Women’s Wellbeing Summit 2026.
📍 @rbkclibraries Kensington Central Lecture theatre, London
📅 Saturday, 16 May | 1:30 – 6:30 pm
This Mental Health Awareness Week, take a moment for yourself, connect, grow, and be inspired alongside incredible women.
Book your ticket here: /e/womens-wellbeing-summit-2026-tickets-1987060535552?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
#WomensWellbeingSummit #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek #MeditationAndCreativity #ConsciousLiving #mentalhealth
