Students and shift workers now have a warm, quiet place after 18:00, run by volunteers at the Eastside library.
The idea came from a nurse who was studying for her next qualification at the kitchen table after her children went to bed. She asked the library whether it could stay open a little later, and found other people asking the same thing.
The Evening Study Club now opens four nights a week, with free wifi, hot drinks and retired teachers on hand to help. All thirty seats were taken in the first week, and a waiting list has already begun.
The club is run entirely by volunteers and supported by donations to the Foundation. A second club is planned in Northgate for the new year, and volunteers are needed to help it open.