Libraries Update – September 2026
Digital Inclusion – Helping Manchester Get Connected Over the last 10 months, the Digital Inclusion team has distributed 200 refurbished smartphones to 50 community organisations through Hubbub and Virgin Media…
Category Digital and technology
Read On – the new app to help build a lasting reading habit
The new Read On app guides you through a personalised adventure in books. Explore recommendations, meet challenges, and find your local literary haven—all in one place. The app takes inspiration…
Bringing Digital Inclusion to life
The Digital Inclusion team at Manchester City Council visited Chloe Anwen, Community Engagement Manager at Cornerstone United Reformed Church on Tuesday 31st of March to have a chat about the digital inclusion…
May’s Full Volume Podcast
Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast is back for May with another fun-packed episode. Listen Here: Presenters Alan Lynch and his co-host Gary Parkinson – bring you all the…
Big names on Full Volume Podcast
Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast returns for a bumper Easter extravaganza. Presenters Alan Lynch and his co-host Gary Parkinson – bring you all the latest and greatest from across…
Library Customer Testimonials in 2025
On 4th March 2026, Councillor John Hacking Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure and Neil MacInnes Head of Libraries, Galleries and Culture, took a report on Manchester Libraries to…
Learning Support In Your Libraries
On 4th March 2026, Councillor John Hacking Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure and Neil MacInnes Head of Libraries, Galleries and Culture, took a report on Manchester Libraries to…
Good Things Foundation Visit to Chorlton Library
Councillor John Hacking with Vicki Sellick MBE and Sital Mistry Lee On Thursday 19th February, we were delighted to welcome Vicki Sellick MBE, incoming CEO of Good Things Foundation (GTF), and Sital Mistry Lee, Associate Director…
Digital Inclusion Report 2026
Today, Councillor John Hacking Executive Member for Skills, Employment and Leisure, and I presented Digital Inclusion report to the Communities and Equalities Scrutiny Committee. Digital Exclusion affects tens of thousands of…
VR Headsets Return to Manchester Libraries this February
Next month, prepare to explore new worlds with David Attenborough, Wallace & Gromit, Vaughan Williams and Laika the first astronaut dog, at your local library. For three weeks in February, Manchester Libraries will be hosting state-of-the-art VR headsets and a feast of FREE digital experiences. Manchester Libraries are one of nine library…
Donate your old tech at Manchester Libraries!
Did you receive a new device for Christmas? Don’t know what to do with your old tech? Instead of your old devices cluttering up your house, this new year you…
Xmas Edition of Full Volume Podcast
Step into Christmas with Manchester Libraries for the final Full Volume podcast of 2025. Back for one last hurrah before the year is out, presenter Alan Lynch and co-host Gary…
Get Online Week in Manchester – What We Got Up To!
This week, the Digital Inclusion Team took part in Get Online Week, a national campaign from the Good Things Foundation that’s all about helping people get online in ways that…
New Episode of the Full Volume Podcast ft. Kate Mosse, Jackie Kay, and MLF25
Full Volume returns for something of a Manchester Literature Festival Special this October. With the festival now marking its 20th Anniversary, host Alan Lynch chats to the acclaimed author Kate Mosse about…
Get Online Week with the Digital Inclusion team!
Get Online Week is Good Things Foundation’s annual digital inclusion campaign focused on enabling people to discover the benefits of being online, and to build their confidence in using the…
New Spydus Mobile Library App
There is an updated version of our mobile library app which allows you to access Manchester Libraries on the go. The Spydus Library Mobile app is completely free and with the app…
Volunteering as a Digital Champion
David Riley, 63, began volunteering at Manchester’s Central Library in 2018. After experiencing a period of severe ill-health, he was encouraged to take an online computer course – a major…
New Episode of Full Volume Podcast! Featuring John Robb
It’s lucky seven for Full Volume: The Manchester Libraries Podcast and the latest edition is chock-full of Library-related features, news and interviews from across the city. This month’s episode welcomes…
The Digital Inclusion team visit Cheetham & Crumpsall Horticultural Society
The Manchester City Council Digital Inclusion team was lucky to visit the Cheetham and Crumpsall Horticultural Society (CCHS) on Friday the 4th of July where they met with Modasar, the…
Libraries Update – June 2025
Councillor John Hacking and Councillor Garry Bridges shared the stage at an event this month marking Manchester’s designations as a UNESCO City of Literature & a UNESCO City of Learning…