Music Venue Trust to offer new grants for UK grassroots venues

The UK’s Music Venue Trust (MVT) has launched a new initiative for small venues.

The Pipeline Investment Fund will offer up to £5,000 to developing venues throughout the UK, intending to help smaller projects enhance their operation and user experience through lighting, ventilation, sound, staff training, and diversity initiatives.

The new scheme is open to all venue operators and organisations that comply with any of the three definitions of a grassroots music space outlined on the MVT website.

The launch is funded by ticket sales from the Revive Live programme, presented by MVT in partnership with The National Lottery.

Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd says: “We have been working on music industry-based funding support for Grassroots Music Venues since 2018. The launch of the Pipeline Investment Fund is an important indication of how the grassroots sector supports and nurtures each other,

He also adds: “It provides a targeted opportunity for individuals, companies and organisations right across the industry to get involved and provide direct and meaningful financial assistance to the venues which support artists to launch and build their careers. We hope that the industry will see this as a real chance to make a genuine difference.”

Find out more about the Pipeline Investment Fund and how to apply here.