The BRIT Trust has revealed the charities that will receive its grant funding in 2026.
The principal charity of The BRIT Awards and of the UK recorded music industry works to improve lives through the power of music and the creative arts.
The charity’s annual income is generated by fundraising with the BRIT Awards and the Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS), as well as the White Label Auction.
The BRIT Trust was originally set up to support The BRIT School and music therapy charity Nordoff And Robbins. While it continues to back both of them, the Trust has expanded its giving, making around 300 grants to a diverse range of eligible causes across the UK that promote education and wellbeing, social justice and community cohesion through the power of music.
We are delighted to be able to once again support a breadth of good causes across the UK and help deliver some important projects
Tony Wadsworth
Twelve charities in all will benefit from BRIT Trust funding in 2026. Among the projects being funded, activities will include empowering disadvantaged young people in Wales with increased access to music; providing a health and wellbeing training programme for musicians and performing artists across the UK working in a creative health setting; and building confidence through collaborative music-making in areas of poverty and deprivation outside of Glasgow.
The 12 charities to receive support are:
Abram Wilson Foundation (North West England and London)
Anthem Wales (Cardiff & Wales)
BAPAM (London and UK wide)
BRIT School (Croydon)
East London Arts and Music (ELAM) (East London and wider)
Hand Of (Newcastle Upon Tyne and the North East)
Healthy n Happy (Rutherglen, Glasgow)
Heart n Soul (South East London)
Nordoff And Robbins (UK wide)
Pedestrian (Leicester/shire)
Performing Room (Northampton)
Tomorrow’s Warriors (London)
Tony Wadsworth CBE, BRIT Trust chair, said: “We all know how hard it is for charities right now, and it’s getting tougher – and that’s true of our own experience at the BRIT Trust, but, thanks to the valued support of our music industry, we are delighted to be able to once again support a breadth of good causes across the UK and help deliver some important projects. We congratulate the recipient charities on their successful applications and look forward to receiving funding requests for 2027.”
In each grant cycle, from December to April, registered charities which meet The BRIT Trust’s giving criteria can apply for funding via the official website.
Applications for BRIT Trust funding in 2027 are now being received until April 30, 2026, and can be made here.
