Kyneton Toy Library finds a new home on High Street

Last updated on 22 November 2023

The Kyneton and Districts Toy Library has successfully relocated and reopened this month, ensuring local families will be able to continue lending quality toys.

Council has worked closely with the toy library committee to find a suitable alternative location, following the decision to hand back its former home – the leased site of the former Lady Brooks Kindergarten on Hutton Street – to the Victorian Government.

The toy library is now located at 127 High Street in Kyneton – adjacent to the current Visitor Information Centre – and is open from 10-11am on Saturdays, with its transition also supported by a $3,000 grant through Council’s Small Project Grants.

Mayor Annette Death said Council’s Children, Youth and Family Services team had been working with the toy library committee to investigate alternative accommodation options and ensure a smooth transition to a new site.

“We’re really pleased for the toy library to have a new dedicated space, which we hope will make it easier for their volunteers to run sessions and manage toys,” she said.

“Thank you to the Kyneton and Districts Toy Library committee members who worked closely with Council on the relocation and new fit-out, and thank you also to the Council staff involved on this positive outcome.”

The toy library’s move follows the other remaining tenant of the former Lady Brooks Kindergarten – Council’s Maternal Child and Health Service – moving to Kyneton Health's Ambulatory Care Centre in February this year.

To help celebrate the reopening of the toy library at its new location, an open day will be held with extended hours from 9:45-11:30am this Saturday (25 November). Activities on the day will include face painting, a roving musician and a sausage sizzle.

To find out more about local playgroups and toy libraries in the shire, including the Kyneton and Districts Toy Library, visit the Playgroups and toy libraries page.