Join the MFC Heritage Trust to catalogue history, power our virtual museum, and grow our online archive.

The MFC Heritage Trust is growing fast. As we continue to develop our historical archive and our online virtual museum, we’re inviting suitably experienced volunteers to take ownership of several key tasks that will have a lasting impact on how Motherwell’s story is preserved and shared.

Whether you can join us once a week at Fir Park or prefer to contribute from home, we’d love to hear from you.

Roles we’re recruiting for

 1) Catalogue Our Image Bank

We hold several hundred images spanning the 1890s to the present day. Help us:

• Organise, describe and date images to professional standards
• Add captions, credits and usage notes
• Create consistent filenames and metadata for easy search and retrieval

Helpful skills: experience with digital archiving or libraries, attention to detail, familiarity with metadata.

 2) Create Searchable PDFs of Match Programmes

We have a large collection of scanned match programmes to convert into accessible, searchable PDFs. View samples here: mfcheritagetrust.org/gallery/match-programmes

Helpful skills: Adobe InDesign (ideally), OCR workflows, PDF optimisation, accessibility basics (bookmarks, reading order, alt text for covers).

3) Webmasters (WordPress & Elementor)

Support content uploads and help keep our sites secure and up to date. See: mfcheritagetrust.com

Helpful skills: WordPress, Elementor, media optimisation, routine updates/backups, security best practice.

4) Player Archive Developer (SportsPress Pro)

Help build our player archive using the SportsPress Pro plugin.
Helpful skills: WordPress custom post types, SportsPress configuration, data entry standards, CSV imports, taxonomies, simple data modelling.

Time & location

• Team rhythm: Ideally one collaborative session per week.
• Flexibility: We’re happy for volunteers to work from home and fit tasks around life away from Fir Park.
• Support: You’ll join a welcoming, knowledgeable team – and make a tangible contribution to the club’s heritage.

 What you’ll gain

• Real-world portfolio pieces and credit for your contributions
• Experience with digital preservation tools and workflows
• The satisfaction of helping take our club’s history to supporters of the glorious game globally

How to apply

Please email Nick Mackie, Trustee – Operations at admin@mfcheritagetrust.com or use the contact form.

Let’s Make History Together