{"id":58223,"date":"2022-11-09T13:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/?p=58223"},"modified":"2022-11-09T13:30:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T13:30:34","slug":"lighting-up-your-winter-days-in-our-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/news\/lighting-up-your-winter-days-in-our-libraries\/","title":{"rendered":"Lighting up your winter days in our libraries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We’ve helped provide our libraries in Devon with natural sunlight lamps, to help boost visitors’ mood and alleviate physical symptoms including tiredness.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news lamps will be positioned near library seating in each of our libraries.<\/a> They emit UV-free natural sunlight, which does not damage eyes or skin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Bray, Service Development Manager with Libraries Unlimited, which run libraries on our behalf, said:<\/p>

“As the days grow darker and colder, many of us experience the winter blues. Some of us experience a more severe form of the blues called seasonal affective disorder (SAD) with symptoms such as sluggishness, hopelessness, fatigue and loss of appetite.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But exposure to sunlight helps by regulating hormones or neurotransmitters, such as melatonin and serotonin, in the brain, and helps combat those blues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The lights are just a small part of our much wider winter offering this year,” said Colin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

They are encouraging people to use them as warm spaces this winter, especially in regards to rising costs of energy and household heating bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some have opened community fridges, stocked with produce given by supermarkets, and some have community coat rails for people to donate warm clothing for others to have for free.<\/p>\n\n\n

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About the new lamps, our Cabinet Member responsible for libraries, Cllr Roger Croad, said:<\/p><\/div>\r\n \t\t

“I’m pleased that we have been able to offer this service at no cost to residents. Libraries are the centre of our communities and as they played a vital role by bringing people together during the pandemic, they are doing so again during the cost of living crises by providing a safe haven.<\/p>\n

“They are offering those who need it, safe warm space to take refuge and a number of other useful services, and these UV lamps are part of that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n\t<\/blockquote>\r\n

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