Maria Houlihan, lead co-ordinator of the project
Submitted by Helen Power
A ‘library of things’ is set to launch in Levenshulme, which will be bursting full of things you need, but do not want to buy.
The Manchester Library of Things (LoT) will open in summer 2022, and will operate from a converted shipping container at the community-owned Levenshulme Old Library.
The LoT will be launched on Friday November 19 at the popular Levenshulme night market, with the first of three information events for prospective members to be held over the course of the following few months.
The LoT is following in the footsteps of over 400 other successful library of things projects across the UK and overseas.
It is founded on an ethos of sustainable consumption, meaning that borrowing, rather than buying rarely-used items, people can do more whilst saving money and protecting the planet.
Like a normal library, the LoT will allow Manchester residents to sign up for membership and then, for a small fee, borrow the items that suit their needs.
From bikes to binoculars and…
