# THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1115731
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05721140](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05721140)
- **Registered:** Aug. 9, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1115731


## Contact

- **Address:** WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT LIBRARY, 51 CRESCENT, SALFORD
- **Postcode:** M5 4WX
- **Phone:** 0161 736 3601
- **Email:** enquiries@wcml.org.uk
- **Website:** wcml.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT BY FACILITATING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF SUCH HISTORY;2. IN PARTICULAR TO ESTABLISH AN EDUCATIONAL LIBRARY AND CENTRE WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE FACILITIES OF A SPECIALIST LIBRARY TO ALL INTERESTED IN THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT AND WILL RECEIVE AND CLASSIFY MATERIAL FROM ANY AVAILABLE SOURCE FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS RESEARCH WORKERS AND ALL OTHER PERSONS INTERESTED IN MATTERS CONCERNING THE WORKING CLASS;(C) TO PROMOTE STUDIES INTO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WORKING CLASS MOVEMENT;(D) TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCES MEETINGS LECTURES AND FILM SHOWS ON SUCH PROBLEMS AND HISTORY AT THE LIBRARY CENTRE AND ELSEWHERE;(E) TO MAINTAIN AN INFORMATION SERVICE IN ALL SUCH MATTERS; AND(F) TO HELP OR DEVELOP OR ORGANISE OR CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL CENTRES OR INSTITUTIONS HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS.

**Activities:** A research and educational resource of books, archives, ephemera and other material recording working class history in Britain and Ireland.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Halligan |  | April 25, 2018 |
| Andy Pearce |  | Jan. 29, 2024 |
| Bill Hinds |  | July 12, 2023 |
| Dennis Maginn |  |  |
| Hazel Roberts |  | March 27, 2020 |
| Janet Farrar |  | March 22, 2023 |
| John Callow |  | April 29, 2021 |
| Les Doherty |  | April 29, 2021 |
| Lynn Collins |  | April 17, 2015 |
| MAXINE PEAKE |  | Sept. 13, 2012 |
| Oliver Lomax |  | April 29, 2021 |
| Robert Kelly |  | April 25, 2018 |
| Samantha Jane Ingleson-Percival |  | March 27, 2020 |
| Suzanne Humphries |  | March 27, 2020 |




