This collection relates to the establishment and development of the organisation Southern Voices, originally named Southern Voices Project, documenting its legal framework and detailing its day to day work through papers such as meeting agendas and minutes, workshop plans and evaluation sheets, correspondence and applications for funding. There is material that relates to Manchester's overseas student population and the way Southern Voices employed students of Southern origins as ambassadors for nurturing an understanding of the cultures of their home countries. Other documents give an overview of the kinds of collaborative workshops Southern Voices was running with institutions such as Manchester Museum and Tate Liverpool, as well as local schools. A large proportion of the correspondence relates to fundraising and applications for funding are included in the collection. Budgets and project planning documents give a sense of the fluctuating financial status of the organisation.
