Universally Manchester Festival: call for ambassadors

20 Apr 2026

Take part in this year's Universally Manchester Festival as a festival ambassador.

The Office for Social Responsibility is excited to host the annual Universally Manchester Festival on Saturday, 13 June 2026, welcoming thousands of visitors from across Greater Manchester and beyond to a vibrant, family-friendly day on campus.

We’re inviting colleagues, postgraduate students, and public contributors to get involved as festival ambassadors.

Location

The festival will take place across the University campus.

Festival ambassadors roles

We’re looking for volunteers to support festival logistics on the day, which includes:

Welcoming visitors to the event and sharing the programme of festival activities
Helping with wayfinding around campus
Supporting set-up and take-down

Who can take part

Open to all university colleagues and postgraduate students, and our public contributors. No previous experience is required, and a full briefing will be provided.

How to get involved

Save the date, Saturday, 13 June and complete the expression of interest form by Monday, 1 June 2026.

If you have any queries, please email engagement@manchester.ac.uk.

We hope you can join us for the Universally Manchester Festival!