LIBRARIES across Poole have launched a new loyalty voucher card for young adults and teens.

The teen and young adult’s loyalty card is available for anyone aged between 13 and 24, and can be picked up in any Poole library.

Card users can earn points with every use, and for every six visits to any library, holders will be able to exchange their points for rewards, including refreshments and free DVD and CD hire.

The scheme is funded by the ‘Call for Ideas’ project, a Reading Agency project which supports groups of young people to get creative with reading and encourage their peers to read more.

To celebrate the new loyalty card, the Reading Hack volunteers hosted a launch party at Poole Central Library earlier this month.

Librarian Laura Sneddon said: “Reading Hack has been great for our teenage volunteers. They enjoy creating their Hack projects and taking ownership of them.

"We took part in the Call for Ideas to promote our services to a wider audience of young people and I’m so pleased that the loyalty card idea was chosen. Hopefully we can continue to increase our engagement with young people and draw them in to see what their local library has to offer.”

For more details go to poole.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/libraries.