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MVT announces first recipients of grants from Pipeline Investment Fund
By Chris Cooke | Published on Tuesday 6 December 2022
The UK’s Music Venue Trust has announced the first recipients of funding via its Pipeline Investment Fund.
The new funding scheme was formally launched at MVT’s annual Venues Day event in October. Primarily funded by donations received via the recent Revive Live programme of shows, which was presented by MVT in partnership with The National Lottery, the Fund aims to support small scale projects that enhance grassroots venues.
That might include projects that improve the set-up within any one grassroots venue – including lights, sound, access and ventilation – or programmes that benefit employees, including training, diversity initiatives and activities that strengthen local community ties.
Eleven venues have been confirmed as recipients of funding via the new scheme, together receiving almost £40,000. They are…
Alexander’s Live (Chester)
Venue38 (Ayr)
The Louisiana (Bristol)
The Grayston Unity (Halifax)
Retro (Manchester)
Chats Palace (London)
Backstage At The Green (Kinross)
Dorothy Pax (Sheffield)
Servant Jazz Quarters (London)
Snug (Atherton)
Three Wise Monkeys (Colchester)
MVT is now actively seeking further donations, particularly from within the music industry, to “maintain and expand the Pipeline Investment Fund and make it a permanent source of support for grassroots music venues”.
Says MVT CEO Mark Dayvd: “The Pipeline Investment Fund is proof of what a huge difference relatively small amounts of money can make to local grassroots music venues. Music Venue Trust is investing this money directly into facilities for artists and for local music communities improving venues for everyone”.
Discussing where future funding for the scheme might come from, he adds: “We’d like to see every stadium and arena show in the country making a small contribution to this fund. Every headline artist should be able to know with confidence that when they reach the top of our industry the impact of their success ripples back to directly support the venues and communities where the launched their career”.
“MVT has created the mechanism to make that possible”, he concludes, “we need the music industry to come together and make it happen”.
