We welcome individuals and groups who share our values and passion for working class movements and their material culture to get in touch and become part of our community. By volunteering with us, using our meeting and events space, or taking part in one of our projects, you can become part of helping us to achieve our mission to raise class consciousness.
We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds and have over 30 volunteers at the library, who play a key role in working with the collection, helping visitors and making connections in the local community. We are keen to hear from anyone who is interested in volunteering yet particularly welcome those ...
We work in partnership with organisations that share our values to deliver projects, events and research. Here are some of the organisations we work in partnership with. RECLAIM RECLAIM is a charity that works with working class young people to build a fair and just world. They are our partner in ou...
Become a Radical Reader Our individual membership scheme costs £3.25 a month or £36 annually. Your donation will be used to support our work to develop, care for and give access to our archive and library collection and help us deliver our mission. As a member you will receive: An exclusive Workin...
Trade union donations are vital to the Working Class Movement Library The library houses and cares for the historical records of the trade union movement. The Library relies on the support of trade unions to remain open and to make our collection accessible to everyone. We have support from m...
Are you: 16-25 years old? Keen to learn more about politics and community organising? Interested in archives and community histories? We’re looking for young people to take part in a series of workshops centred on our archives of the 70s organising group, Big Flame. Over the course of the workshop...
Are you interested in helping design and develop a community garden? If so, then why not join our volunteering gardening opportunity: Roots of Resistance! 🌿 What is Roots of Resistance? 🌿 Roots of Resistance is a volunteer gardening project aimed at cultivating both a beautiful green space and...
In their own words, Joel shares their volunteer journey with us. I first visited the library on a university trip, and then took part in the amazing Digitising Radical Motherhood Digitisation event. It was so fascinating getting to read through the Library’s materials, and it made me want to get i...
The Working Class Movement Library is based at the beautiful Jubilee House in the heart of Salford and is well connected by bus and train. Our events space, the annex, comes with a projector & screen and has a ramp on entry, accessible toilet, an air purifier and a small kitchenette. All the inc...
Are you interested in helping design and develop a community garden? If so, then why not join our volunteering gardening opportunity: Roots of Resistance! 🌿 What is Roots of Resistance? 🌿 Roots of Resistance is a volunteer gardening project aimed at cultivating both a beautiful green space and...