Eastbourne Toy Library

Kia ora 👋

Stuck for ideas for a winter birthday party?

Why not get a bouncy castle!? The perfect way to have some bouncy birthday fun 🤸🤸‍♀️

$60/day for members, $80/day for non-members. Suitable for 2-3 preschoolers at a time

We also offer:

The Party Pack 🎈 3x tables and 14 chairs, box of reusable multicoloured plates, cups, cutlery ($20)

Big Toy Pack 🛝 slide, seesaw and roller coaster ($10 for members, $20 for non-members)

Email us on [email protected] to arrange for your party

Happy Long Weekend! A reminder…

Monday 1 June - we are closed to enjoy the Kings Birthday holiday BUT we are open on Tuesday 2 June for returns.

Lots of toys out at the moment, we would appreciate loans returned on Tuesday if possible! Thanks!!!!

May/June - Library Dates

25-26 May - Open
Monday 1 June - Closed - Kings Birthday holiday but we are open on Tuesday 2 June for returns.
8-9 June - Open
15-16 June - Closed - Jane is out of the office
22-23 June - Open
29 June - AGM - Meeting on Monday Night
30 June - Open as normal

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Notice and invitation to the Eastbourne Toy Library AGM
Monday 29th June 2025
7.30pm
The AGM is 60 minutes approx and held on site at the library.
The library will be open for toys hire/returns after the AGM.

Come along and meet other member parents. We love to hear feedback from our families and are always open to ways to improve our service. This is your opportunity to share your ideas for improvements to the Toy Library and make any toy requests. We need a quorum which means that we need a few members as well as the committee at the AGM.
There are a few formalities to cover, including presentation of annual reports, choosing a 2026-2027 committee and key points of business including fundraisers. We'll kick off with a Winter Bake Sale in July. Please let us know if you can donate some baking.

We always welcome new volunteers, if you'd like to be involved in the committee in some way please get in touch with [email protected]
Agenda
• Minutes from previous AGM
• Annual Report and Financial Statements
• Chairperson Report
• Committee Volunteers for 2026-2027
• Any other business: 1. Fundraising, Bake Sale. 2. Request for all members to be involved in promoting the service to keep membership numbers at a strong level.

More info will follow by email and on Facebook posts closer to the time.

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Our local newspaper The Eastbourne Herald has a wonderful section called Meet Your Neighbour.
This month features our superstar of a school Principal Stu Devonport.
Sharing as this is a great read ....

Eastbourne Herald April Issue Dive into our extensive resources on the topic that interests you. It's like a masterclass to be explored at your own pace.

A Shout Out to say THANKS today to the NZ Lottery Grants Board.
Our National Toy Library Federation assisted Toy Libraries around NZ with securing essential funding. Our Eastbourne Toy Library has put our grant to use straight away! This grant helped us this year to pay towards our Librarian's wages, Rent and also we bought a few new toys. Thanks to Alex for the great picture of Mai making the most of this wonderful Spinning Sensory Toy.
Grants like this are of such importance to keep tiny charities like ours running 🙂 And the tamariki smiling!
We are very grateful! Thank you!

It’s Toy Library Awareness week and we are thrilled to be staying on in Eastbourne after our membership drive last year. Thank you to all of our families for your ongoing support.

Head on down to Toy Library soon and get your play on!!

We’ll also see you at the East Harbour Kindy wheelathon on Sunday 22nd March, 10am-12pm. Come say hi, play with some toys and see what we are all about.

Kia ora koutou,

Next week, Eastbourne Toy library will only be open on Monday 9 March 7.30-8.30pm session. There will be no session on Tuesday 10 March. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Stay dry and warm!!

KIa ora
We hope you all stayed safe and sound during the recent storm. It certainly left its mark!

We're trying to track down part of the above new big toy that has been very popular since purchased late last year. The trampoline part is now in the library, but the other parts are missing: -
- Big blue fabric bag
- Ball pit base (like a paddle pool)
- 100 ('prox) plastic coloured balls
- Instruction booklet

Please, please, if you can shed any light on where these may be, just get in touch. We'd be most grateful. They can't have gone walk-abouts.

Thank you!

Jane
Eastbourne Toy librarian

Happy 2026 to all of our families, and looking forward to seeing you all again! New members are very welcome.

The Eastbourne Toy Library kicks off for another year next week (Monday 2nd/Tuesday 3 Feb).

We are open 7.30-8.30pm on Mondays and 9.30-10.30am on Tuesdays down at St Ronan’s Church. The plan is to continue to offer the Thursday pop up sessions after Mainly Music this year.

Did you know that you can check out out toy range online? Head to the ‘Toys’ tab of our website - https://eastbournetoylibrary.mibase.co.nz/home/index.phplcomome