The Pipeline Investment Fund is currently closed. If you have any queries about the application process or require an update on a live application, please contact pif@musicvenuetrust.com.

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.

A simplified application process is available to any subscribed venue member of the Music Venues Alliance.

If you would like to be notified when the fund reopens, please submit your details here to register interest: https://forms.gle/5ZBr1ncrtBRLTHk4A

 

Music Venue Trust is actively seeking donations to maintain and expand the Pipeline Investment Fund and make it a permanent source of support for Grassroots Music Venues. We have already worked with Belfast City Council to administer funds on their behalf as well as accepting investment from industry organisations.

Please contact info@musicvenuetrust.com for details of how you can support this work.

 

Mark Davyd, Founder & CEO, MVT

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“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. 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 that support artists to launch and build their careers. We hope that the industry will see this as a real chance to donate and make a genuine difference.”