OPENING HOURS AND STAFFING ARRANGEMENTS

Monday to Friday: 9.30am – 5.00pm
Saturdays: 9.30am – 5.00pm
 

The Bookshop Manager, Paul Hodges, works in the shop on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Mondays and Thursdays the shop is regularly staffed by long-term committee members on a voluntary basis. Other volunteers provide additional staffing throughout the week.
On Saturdays the shop is staffed on a rotational basis by other committee members.
 

A BRIEF HISTORY

                                                                                                                             
The Annerley Community Bookshop and Neighbourhood Centre Inc. is a not-for-profit community enterprise that has been operating in its current form since 2003 and is the only one of its type in Australia. It was originally established by Anglicare Refugee and Migrant Services in 2000 as a way of funding literacy classes for refugees and migrants. When the Literacy Centre moved to new premises and the bookshop was threatened with closure people from the local community rallied to form a committee and incorporated it in its current form. With the aid of a grant from the Gaming Machine Benefit Fund the premises was refurbished and a range of equipment purchased..

Purpose and objectives of the Association

The basic objects of the Association are:

a)     To provide a wide range of affordable books and literature to promote and support literacy and reading in the community.

b)   To provide meaningful opportunities for engagement with others in the local community for volunteers, committee members, customers and other supporters of the Association.

c)   To respond creatively to address perceived  community needs and to collaborate with educational institutions, government and non-government organisations and service providers, businesses and individuals to this end.

Management Committee

The Annerley Bookshop and Neighbourhood Centre Inc. is an incorporated association which comes under the Associations Incorporation Act. All decisions relating to the management of the association are the responsibility of the Management Committee, elected at the Annual General Meeting, which is made up of the President, Treasurer and Secretary and two additional committee members. The committee meets at least once per month and is responsible for all decisions relating to financial operations, staffing and volunteer management, pricing, marketing, promotion, community projects and future planning to ensure that the Association works to fulfill its purpose and objectives.


Day-to-day operations                                                                          

The Bookshop is staffed by a Manager three days per week and additional assistance is all provided by volunteers. The shop relies on donations of books from organisations and private donors for its stock and holds a range of fiction and non-fiction titles. Management of stock involves initial sorting, categorising and pricing donated books. Most books are placed on the shelves for sale and some rare titles are listed for sale on the internet through ABE books. The shop has one cash register and an EFTPOS facility that volunteers are trained to operate. The Manager and the elected Treasurer take responsibility for day-to-day financial operations associated with operating a small business.