Category Inclusion and diversity

Manchester’s Libraries of Sanctuary

On 4th March 2025, 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…

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Celebrate International Mother Language Day 2025

Every year on 21st February is UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day (IMLD). It is a day to champion language diversity and its connection to cultural and traditional heritage. It is easy…

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Manchester Libraries twin with Ukraine Library

Manchester Libraries has been twinned with a Ukrainian library through a partnership programme set up to bring closer links with libraries in Ukraine. Libraries Connected, the organisation of all public…

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Refugee Week at Moss Side Powerhouse

Refugee Week Window Display

Libraries are places of sanctuary and welcome for all. We practice this all year round but sometimes it deserves a special mention. Like last week when Manchester Libraries celebrated Refugee…

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Manchester BSL Festival

BSL-themed mugs on display at Manchester Central Library as part of The Deafening Truth exhibition

The popular Manchester British Sign Language Fest is back for it’s third year and this year’s programme, which runs from Monday 22 April to Sunday 28 April, brings a host…

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Ending period poverty

Package for Val campaign launches in libraries to fight city-wide period poverty on International Women’s Day (8 March). A campaign to tackle period poverty has launched across Manchester on International…

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LGBT+ History Month 2023 Programme of Events

Love is Love: LGBTQ+ History Month Film Night Spend Valentines Night at Central Library celebrating the best of queer films. Tuesday 14th February 6pm. Central Library. We’ll be screening one…

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LOVE IS LOVE: LGBTQ+ History Month Film Night

Spend Valentines Night celebrating the best of LGBTQ+ films. MANCHESTER CENTRAL LIBRARY. TUESDAY 14TH FEBRUARY 6PM. Register for Pay What You Can tickets here. We need YOU to pick your…

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Read Widely – August 2022

To all the book lovers out there looking for some literary inspiration, check out our Read Widely in 2022 campaign, Manchester Libraries year-long promotion of fabulous fiction by authors of…

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FREE Ukrainian Language Courses

The latest government figures show that there are now 87,000 Ukrainian refugees in the UK. With 136,000 visas issued this figure will grow by at least 50,000 in the coming…

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Legacy of ’67 Launches – Get Involved!

Legacy of 67 Logo

Legacy of ‘67 is a new project which will illuminate the stories and histories of LGBTQIA+ people before and after the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. These stories have…

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LGBTQ History Month

Check out some of the highlights of events and features Manchester Libraries have planned for LGBTQ History Month. These include bestselling authors, a talk on Queer history and a new…

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Fabulous February Half Term Fun!

This February Half Term holiday is packed with goodies for children and families who live in North Manchester, so grab our boredom buster guide and join in! There’s fun for…

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Drag Queen Bingo

We’re celebrating Older People’s Day in style, with an afternoon of bingo. But this is Manchester. We do things differently here! Saturday 2nd October 2-4pm Join the fabulous Angel Delight…

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Experience events during February from your home

Manchester Museum T-Rex - Image courtesy of Marketing Manchester.

Whilst the venues are closed you can still take part in Manchester’s cultural offer from home. There are many different options available from online festivals to talks and tours. Here…

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