Manchester Met University Success Fund

You’ll need to let us know where you will be living during the 2025/26 academic year. 

Depending on where you live and whether you pay rent, you’ll need to give us one of the following:

• If you live in Manchester Met halls – please select your hall on the application form. We’ll check your rent internally.
• If you live in private accommodation (including partner halls) – upload a copy of your full tenancy agreement (all pages). It must show your name, tenancy dates, and the rent amount.
• If you live at home – only send evidence if you regularly pay rent at home. This should be 3 months’ bank statements with the rent payments clearly highlighted.
• If you have other living arrangements such as staying with other family or friends, you can let us know about this on the application form. 

You’ll need to upload screenshots from your online banking homepage. You’ll need to upload one screenshot for each bank you use.

The screenshots should: 

• Show every account in your name, with the account details, sort code and balance visible.
• Be uncropped, so we can see the full page exactly as it appears in your online banking.

You’ll also need to nominate a bank account – this is the account we’ll use to make your payment if your application is approved.

We confirm this figure using your Student Finance application.

If you are not applying for a Maintenance Loan, you will need to apply for a household income assessment separately so we can confirm your eligibility. 

You’ll need to:

• Download the PN1 Form.
• Complete the form, including the parental household income section. Enter £0 in the loan request section.
• Post the form to Student Finance (the address is on the form) or upload the form to your Student Finance online account.

At peak times, it can take more than six weeks for Student Finance to check your ID and verify your eligibility. Your household income assessment must be completed prior to the Success Fund closing date.

A care leaver is someone who:

• Is under the age of 25*
• Has been looked after by their local authority for a period of at least 13 weeks from the age of 14
• Was in care on or after their 16th birthday

*Students who are 25, but who returned to full time education before their 25th birthday and are being supported by their Local Authority Leaving Care Team will also be eligible for support.

You’ll need to provide:

• Confirmation of any financial support paid to you by your Local Authority Leaving Care Team - please upload a letter from your leaving care team personal advisor outlining the package of financial support (if any) that you receive from your local authority. The letter needs to be written on letter headed paper, and should clearly outline any form of financial support paid to you by your local authority leaving care team.

A care-experienced student has spent time living in public care as a ‘looked after’ child or young person, but does not meet the full criteria of a care leaver. 

You’ll need to provide:

• Any official documents confirming your time living in public care, such as a letter from your local authority.

An estranged student is someone who:

• is under the age of 25
• Studying without the support and approval of their family network

And

• Been irreconcilably estranged* from both parents/carers for a significant period of time

*Irreconcilably estranged means that

• You have had no contact with both of your biological, adoptive parents or only living parent for a significant period of time (usually 12 months or more) and this is unlikely to change.

Or

• You can demonstrate other grounds on which you are estranged from your parents/carers (exceptional circumstances which are severe and clearly irreconcilable).

You must be assessed as an estranged student by SFE/SFW/SFNI/SAAS to be eligible as an estranged student. If you need support in applying for as an estranged student, please contact our Inclusion Service.

A carer is some who:

• Has a commitment to providing unpaid care to a family member or friend who could not cope without your support, for example, due to illness, disability, a mental health issue or substance misuse.

You don’t always need to be the primary carer to qualify for support as a carer, but you must have significant caring responsibilities during term time. 

You’ll need to provide proof that the person you care for requires support. This could be:

• A copy of their Personal Independence Payment (PIP) confirmation letter which shows that they are currently receiving PIP and live at the same address as you (or within a commutable distance).
• A letter from a third party who knows you in a professional capacity e.g. a doctor, social worker. The letter should verify that you provide significant and regular personal care to an individual.
• A Department for Work and Pensions Allowance statement confirming receipt of Carer’s Allowance before starting university.
• A Local Authority Carer’s Assessment. 

To meet this criteria, you’ll need to demonstrate one of the following: 

• You should be registered with our Disability Support Team and have a Personal Learning Plan (PLP) in progress or approved. We will check this information internally.

OR

• You should be in receipt of Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) from Student Finance - we will ask for a copy of your DSA award letter to confirm this.

We will need a copy of your latest full Universal Credit Statement. You can download a PDF of your statement from your online account. This needs to show the full breakdown of how your award has been calculated, including any deductions.

If you don’t receive Universal Credit, you can also send confirmation that you receive child benefit. 

Please upload proof that you are a refugee. This could be a copy of your biometric residence permit, your Home Office decision letter or any other document confirming that you are recognised as a refugee by the Home Office. Note that we cannot accept a Home Office share code. 

Student’s who have not yet been granted refugee status with an active asylum claim, can apply for our Sanctuary Scholarship for September 2026 entry.

We will check your IMD quintile, you do not need to provide evidence of this. 

However, if you wish to check your postcode before you apply, you can do this using our postcode checker. 

Your parents need to be employed by the military, either currently, or at any point during the first 25 years of your life.

Evidence could include a recent pay slip, a letter from your parents’ employer, or any other document confirming that your parent/s are currently employed by the military, or have been employed at any point during the first 25 years of your life.