On Princess Street in Manchester there is a huge beautiful Grade II listed building that housed the first meeting of the TUC, hosted by the Manchester and Salford Trades Union Council in 1868.
Known as the Mechanics Centre with spiral stairs leading past stained glass trade union themed windows, the space has been home for many trade union and activist events, including the annual May Day Festival.
But the Centre is only half the actual building. The other half housed the People's History Museum which moved to a new site at the other end of town a while ago and has been shut ever since apart from museum staff and invited visitors accessing items in storage.
Now there are plans by Manchester TUC to create a People's Centre in the disused side of the building... "A place where the labour movement, unions and progressive social organisations can meet, perhaps to eat, socialise, appreciate art, learn about our history or have a unique workspace in the city centre" explains MTUC President, Ian Allinson.
"The next step is to bid to Manchester City Council for the use of the building" he adds "When we achieve this, we will work with everyone interested to consider ideas like those above for a living, functioning building. The only thing we will not consider is taking conference centre business away from our comrades at the Mechanics Centre, who have done so much to keep that part of the building for use by trade unions.
"To ensure the Council approves our bid to use the building, we intend to run a public campaign including everyone who wants to see 103 Princess Street used by our movement" he says "We need a striking and memorable image for the People's Centre..."
So designers, artists, creatives and anyone else are invited to design a logo or image for the People's Centre, that hits the following criteria...
* A simple design in a maximum of two or three colours which can be adapted in various dimensions for social media and which also works in black and white.
* Something which says that we have a space, in a historic building which will be open to people.
* Something which shows that the project was started by Manchester TUC and is linked to the trade union movement.
* A design which takes into account the range of possible uses for the building and that they may change over time.
The Manchester TUC is looking more for ideas than finished polished designs and can get a professional designer to do further work on it if necessary. There's a £50 prize for the best design or idea.
Send designs or ideas to peoplescentre@manchestertuc.org.uk with your name, your age if you are under 16, and trade union, if a member.
The closing date is 17th August, after which the designs will be judged by a panel from MTUC and invited trade unions.
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