Music Venue Trust launches new Pipeline Investment Fund that provides grants to UK grassroots music venues

UK grassroots music venues can apply for the grants through the membership portal for Music Venues Alliance members, and Music Venue Trust will prioritise distributing grants to venues that aren't able to gain access to other funding.

The Pipeline Investment Fund will provide venues with grants of up to £5000, and will support "small scale capital applications" such as sound, lights, ventilation, access and "minor building alterations", as well as "staff and training".

Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd said, "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 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."