Time to Strike fundraising campaign - People's History Museum: The national museum of democracy

People’s History Museum (PHM) tells the stories of working people, activists, and changemakers who have changed our social and political landscapes.

The collection, archive, and galleries showcase the power of democracy and collective action, interpreting the past so that we might better navigate the future.

Unstable funding means that People’s History Museum needs your support. The gap in funding is now becoming unsustainable. The Time to Strike is now to help start a new story for this museum of national and international significance.

Join our fundraising campaign today and support the museum through a choice of supporter schemes:

The Radical Circle is made up of larger organisations, trade unions, and individuals who can give a minimum commitment of three years.
Radical Friends are our largest group of supporters committed to give a regular amount.

Join the Radical Circle

As a national trade union or organisation

As one of the UK’s foremost trade unions you could commit to supporting the museum and its archive with a donation of £5,000 to £10,000 per year, guaranteed for three years. Your support will be acknowledged in the museum, on the website, and in publicity material.

As an individual

Make a commitment to give £1,000 to £3,000 per year for an initial three year period. You could choose to make this donation linked to a specific person, artefact, or campaign which means something to you.

Those donating £3000 per year or more will be invited to be a Radical Patron with additional benefits.

All Radical Circle supporters will benefit from:

Acknowledgement in the museum as well as on the website. Where a donation is linked to a specific person, campaign, or artefact the acknowledgement will be appropriately reflected when displayed or featured online
Special offers on Venue Hire in the museum’s event spaces
Access to Radical Circle events including exclusive archive experiences and the museum’s annual shopping day in November each year

Become a Radical Friend

As a trade union branch or region

As a trade union branch you could commit £500 to £1,000 per year, for at least three years, to sponsoring the conservation and display of one of the historic banners in the museum’s collection, choosing a banner of your own, or a banner of an associated union. Your sponsorship will be marked in the museum and with appropriate images and text on your own website.

As an individual

Join our largest group of supporters as a Radical Friend of People’s History Museum, committing to give a regular amount starting at just £3 per month. Over three years, with Gift Aid (the museum is a registered charity), this would guarantee the museum £135.

As a thank you all Radical Friends receive:

10% off shop and online purchases
Regular supporter e-newsletters which include behind the scenes content, exclusives, and previews

Time to Strike | fundraising campaign

As a national trade union or organisation

As an individual

All Radical Circle supporters will benefit from:

As a trade union branch or region

As an individual

As a thank you all Radical Friends receive:

Thank you