Apply for the The Beautiful South Fund

We know from the work that we do that South Manchester is a beautiful place full of people who look after and support their communities and one another. We want to do what we can to help the people trying to do this – which is why we’ve launched The Beautiful South Fund.

We want to help those of you with a community initiative or idea to make South Manchester even more beautiful, and somewhere that people are proud to live.

The theme of the fund is neighbourliness. It is funding of up to £2,500 for any group or individual with an idea focussed around community projects, whether they are big or small, that help improve and bring people together within your neighbourhood.

Some community initiative ideas could include:

• Improving green space
• Funding local footy team
• Coffee mornings
• Neighbourly meet-ups 

Some common themes your initiatives would include:

• Help your neighbours
• Caring for the community
• Community spirit
• Talking to each other

Are you interested in applying?

Download the application form here. The form includes an Equality and Diversity Survey, responses to this section are for monitoring purposes only and will not be passed to the panel. 

You can access guidance notes here.

If you're completing the form within your web browser, please select Print > Save as PDF to save the completed form. 

Please send your completed application form and Equality and Diversity Survey to r.hampson@southwayhousing.co.uk and m.ward@southwayhousing.co.uk. 

If you have any questions about applying for a grant or have any queries about an application you have submitted, please contact Roz Hampson or Maureen Ward on 0161 448 4200 or using the email addresses above.

Application deadlines

Awards are made by The Beautiful South Fund Decision Making Panel. This panel is made up of Southway tenants and supported by Southway staff. The panel meet every two months to assess applications; the deadlines for applications for 2024-25 meetings are: