Reset. Restart.
We know this is a difficult time for small businesses and business owners. That’s why Manchester’s Business and Intellectual Property Centre, as part of the British Library’s BIPC, has a…
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Citizen’s Advice at Longsight Library
We join Stuart from Citizen’s Advice to find out about their new online face to face service at Longsight Library. Citizen’s Advice Manchester offer to help people with their problems,…
Laid-off theatre workers retrain to tackle climate crisis
An ambitious new project is addressing pandemic induced job loss while boosting the retrofit sector in Greater Manchester. Nick Prescott of The Meteor reports on an exciting new project which…
Ross Welford and Read Manchester deliver free sessions to Manchester year 7 pupils
In July this year, Read Manchester launched the Bee Ready Bee a Reader Transition Read project, gifting a free copy of The Kid Who Came from Space by Ross Welford…
Donate your old smart phone to help vulnerable people in Manchester.
O2, Hubbub and Manchester City Council are working with local organisations across the region, to reduce the digital divide and help people get connected this Christmas and beyond. O2 is…
December’s Newsletter Highlights
Seasons greetings and welcome to this months news from Libraries where we highlight our many free digital resources including e-books, business support and local history research. We’ve also been selecting…
Financial support available for businesses affected by Covid lockdown
The Government has announced a range of Local Restrictions Support Grants (LRSG) which will give financial aid to businesses that have that have had to close due to the current…
Pandemic Stations!
The first of our quarterly Scale-up sessions, our exciting collaboration between Central Library’s Business & IP Centre and Design Manchester took place recently. Aimed at start ups and small businesses,…
Children & Families November Newsletter
We have a jam-packed newsletter for you- look out for the latest in our children’s ebook selections and Manchester Memory Box series, plus exciting news about the Winter Mini Challenge (think Summer Reading challenge- but cooler!)…
Urgent Book Appeal Launched
Manchester Central Library Development Trust has launched a fundraising appeal to help Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries to provide books and other educational resources directly to families across the city. Since the first lockdown started…
Start-up Day 2020
We are back for 2020 with our biggest day of the year, Start-up Day! Join us online for a day of free talks and practical advice sessions designed to get…
Read Manchester and Home-Start Manchester love a bit of Dolly Parton!
Developing a love of reading in the early years is vital for children and will support them enormously to develop their speech and language skills. Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is…
Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries Updated Schools’ Offer – November/December 2020
Read Manchester and Manchester Libraries are continuing to work hard to bring books, stories and authors to children in school. We have a fantastic line-up of authors who are ready…
Scale-UP Sessions
SUS Pandemic Stations! WTF do we do now? Manchester Business & IP Centre are excited to bring to you the first of a quarterly series of events called the Scale-up Sessions (SUS)…
All Reception children to be gifted The Runaway Pea!
This autumn every reception age child will receive a copy of the fantastic book The Runaway Pea by Kjartan Poskitt and Alex Willmore thanks to our partnership with BookTrust. Manchester Libraries works with BookTrust to facilitate the delivery…
Libraries in Lockdown
During lockdown, not only did demand for ebooks spike, but libraries had to adapt how we delivered services that were beneficial for us and our local communities. In Manchester we…
Discover the joys of the Secret Garden with a fantastic new film
Discover the joys of the Secret Garden with a fantastic new film (and read about our own inspiration for our children’s library themed Secret Garden) With our children’s library design…
New digital campaign to get families chatting, playing and reading together launches in Manchester
Read Manchester and Manchester Art Gallery have launched a brand new digital campaign to help parents in Manchester turn the everyday activities they are already doing with their child into…
Children & Families October Newsletter.
October is always a busy month in the library world! We might be doing things differently, but there’s still loads for you to get involved in. Why not take a…
Read Manchester and Mama G deliver prize to competition winner!
Let us introduce you to Mama G, a family-friendly and very fun storyteller with a message of love and a celebration of diversity. She travels around the country sharing stories…