Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Fund
The Faculty of Humanities provides funding to a number of projects annually which support our Social Responsibility and Civic Engagement strategy. This reflects how our work is enhanced and inspired by our location in Greater Manchester (GM) and the way we improve lives and communities across our city region.
The application round for 2025/26 is now live
Priority will be given to projects with a ‘civic’ and GM focus. Applications to this fund should be developed collaboratively with local partners and informed by the needs of local communities. To support the Faculty’s Environmental Sustainability strategy we aim to fund at least one project focused on this area.
Application process
Once you’ve read the above document, complete the application form, ensuring all relevant information has been included and the required approvals are in place. If you need to submit any additional information this can be emailed to Roz Webster, but we do need a record of your application via the online form.
For any queries, please email Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability Manager, Roz Webster at roz.webster@manchester.ac.uk.
Please speak to your respective Head of School or Director of Social Responsibility before submitting your application, as their approval is an integral part of the application.
Review and decision making
Applications will be reviewed by a panel convened by the Vice Dean for Social Responsibility.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Tuesday, 6 May 2025.
Awards will be announced by early June.
Funds must be spent between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2026.
Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Funded Projects 2024/25
- Martin Harris Centre Relaxed Performances - Engagement, health, culture & community
- Rewilding Our Industrial Past: The Lower Medlock Valley
- Evaluating the impact of We Are Survivors’ OUT Spoken Talking Therapy Programme on Greater Manchester’s Adult Male Prisoner Survivors of Sexual Assault
- HUMS Green StARs
- Playing the RoundView: amplifying sustainability learning and engagement with Greater Manchester communities through libraries
- Reparative Research and the History and Legacies of Slavery in Manchester, UK
- Engaging the Greater Manchester Chinese Community after the Pandemic
- One World Together: Working together to build and pilot a scalable curriculum of Global Citizenship for Secondary Schools in Manchester
Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Funded Projects 2023/24
- Driving Urban Transformation: Innovation Lab
- Manchester Medieval Quarter Festival 2023
- Klezmer in, with, and for the community: Intercultural musicking, community engagement, and well-being
- Learning from the past, looking to the future with peatland communities
Humanities Strategic Civic Engagement Funded Projects 2022/23
- School Citizen Assemblies: Developing Civic Engagement Ecosystems in Greater Manchester
- Enhancing societal resilience in local communities
- Living Labs
- Ukraine Hub UK: Manchester HUB and Ukrainian Refugee Welcome Centre
- Data, deeds & determination: Diversifying and strengthening voices, dialogue and connections of Women and Girls to powerholders in Greater Manchester