Libraries

During the National Year of Reading, Rebecca Gediking, Library Services Director, GLL, explains how integrated library and leisure services are inspiring reading, strengthening communities and impr...

Turning the page on prison libraries

By Emma-Louise McLellan | 24 June 2026

Emma-Louise McLellan looks at the important – and often life-changing – work GLL has helped facil...

LIBRARIES

Libraries as a strategic delivery partner for local government

By Rebecca Gediking | 30 April 2026

Rebecca Gediking looks at how GLL is helping councils deliver more with existing services.

HEALTH

Why more areas should become Boroughs of Sport

By Cllr Ross Garrod | 27 March 2026

Merton is on a mission to become London’s first Borough of Sport, says Ross Garrod. He sets out f...

LIBRARIES

Counting the measurable impact of libraries

By James Pearson | 20 November 2025

James Pearson explains how the South East regional network of Libraries Connected used Treasury-a...

LIBRARIES

175 years after their creation, public libraries are still vital

By Isobel Hunter | 09 October 2025

This year marks 175 years of the Public Libraries Act. Isobel Hunter says that while we celebrate...

LOCAL ECONOMIES

Supporting community entrepreneurs

By Loretta Awuah | 17 September 2025

Loretta Awuah outlines the positive impact GLL’s Business Support Service has been having on loca...

LIBRARIES

Using the power of conversation to improve people's lives

By Mark McCree | 27 August 2025

Oxfordshire CC's participation in the national Making Every Contact Count initiative has transfo...

LIBRARIES

How co-operatives help build a better world

By Peter Bundey | 05 June 2025

As the UK gears up for Co-op Fortnight (23 June to 6 July), GLL’s CEO Peter Bundey welcomes the m...

LEISURE

GLL: Supporting a new generation of literary talent

By Rebecca Gediking | 10 April 2025

Rebecca Gediking explains how GLL's Literary Foundation is helping to inspire the authors of the ...

LEISURE

Putting our customers first

By Joseph Rham | 10 December 2024

GLL has achieved some remarkable results through a customer-focused approach based on understandi...