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Music Venue Trust: Pipeline Investment Fund

The Pipeline Investment Fund (PIF) is a new grant-giving fund established by Music Venue Trust and so far has helped support 67 Grassroots Music Venues, distributing just over £282,000, to venues across the United Kingdom.

PIF allows small-scale grant applications (up to £5,000) from UK-based Grassroots Music Venues to support two areas of work:

Small-scale capital applications; including lights, sound, access, ventilation and minor building alterations
Staff Training; diversifying your workforce, succession planning, skills development, and strengthening local community ties

The fund will prioritise support for organisations who may be excluded from other available funding and we would ask venues to approach the fund appropriately and economically, for something that will make a real difference to your organisation and venue.

PIF is open to all venues that meet any of the three definitions of a Grassroots Music Space
GMV Definition
GMP Definition
GMAS Definition

We recommend all applicants read our frequently asked questions.

Funder

No Min - £5,000
no deadline

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Other grants to consider

The Golsoncott Foundation

Apply for: No Min - £3,000

Deadline: no deadline

The Golsoncott Foundation, established as a Charitable Trust in July 1998 from the estate of the artist and sculptor Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995) is an arts-funding trust whose declared object is to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music.

BBC Children in Need: Project Costs

Apply for: No Min - £120,000

Deadline: no deadline

Our Project Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. We aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.

The Tudor Trust

Apply for: No Min - No Max

Deadline: no deadline

Tudor makes grants, and provides other types of support, to voluntary and community groups working in any part of the UK.

BBC Children in Need: Core Costs

Apply for: No Min - £120,000

Deadline: no deadline

Our Core Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. We aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.