This Trust makes grants to charitable, educational and ecclesiastical organisations in the UK in the three areas of special music, heritage and health.

Typically, grants are awarded on a one-off basis for between £10,000 and £100,000. Exceptionally, up to £100,000 per annum for a maximum of three years can be offered.

Under the Music category, they will consider applications that support and build choral and organ traditions, whether in the context of school, church, cathedral, or the wider community.  

Additionally, they will consider supporting the repair and restoration of historically or musically valuable organs in churches, cathedrals, civic buildings, or concert venues.

Their vision is to help children and young people to experience music-making, especially those who might otherwise not have this opportunity or who can benefit from an enriched opportunity.

In the Heritage category, they seek to fund historic building restoration projects that provide employment and training in building crafts, from stonework, joinery and ornamental plasterwork, to niche crafts such as carving, marbling, graining, stucco and scagliola work, mural and fresco work, leadwork, thatching, gilding, stained glass conservation and encaustic tiling and tile restoration.

The term ‘historic building’ includes twentieth century buildings of architectural interest.

Alongside buildings, they welcome applications for the restoration of historic fixtures and fittings, curtilage structures and structures in designed landscapes, especially where opportunities for heritage skills training are provided.

They are particularly interested in projects in less affluent areas that can act as a catalyst for socio-economic improvement.

Their health grants are currently on pause while they revise their health funding guidelines.

There are no application deadlines and they can be made at any time.

Find out more at the Vinehill Trust website here.