About
The Vinehill Trust is a UK-based charitable foundation that makes grants to charitable, educational and ecclesiastical organisations across the United Kingdom. The Trust focuses on three primary areas: Music (including projects involving children and young people that further choral and organ traditions), Heritage (built heritage and training in heritage craft skills), and Health (projects addressing acute conditions with temporary focus areas that change annually). They typically award one-off grants ranging from £10,000 to £100,000 and fund specific initiatives and projects rather than providing unrestricted funding.
Funding Opportunities
Vinehill Trust Health Grants
The Vinehill Trust provides funding for UK-registered charities, non-profits, and CICs working on healthcare delivery projects that directly benefit UK residents. The Trust accepts applications at any time for projects addressing acute conditions including pre-hospital care, life-saving equipment/training/intervention, and suicide prevention services. In addition to permanent focus areas, the Trust has temporary focus areas covering both physical and mental health that change each calendar year. For the 2026 cycle, funding is available for direct, practical health interventions for patients with long-term physical and/or intellectual disabilities, and trauma recovery for those with diagnosed mental health conditions. The Trust prioritizes projects that benefit individuals with limited access to essential healthcare, including patients with rare or under-recognised conditions, children and elderly with mobility limitations, and underserved and rural communities. Projects must demonstrate direct health need and measurable impact, with clear outcomes backed by quantitative or qualitative data. Applications must include a clear budget and delivery plan, and projects must start within twelve months of receiving funding.
Heritage Applications
The Vinehill Trust provides funding for historic building restoration projects that offer employment and training opportunities in traditional building crafts. Eligible projects include restoration work requiring skills in stonemasonry, joinery, ornamental plasterwork, carving, graining, stucco and scagliola work, mural and fresco restoration, leadwork, thatching, gilding, stained glass conservation, and encaustic tiling. The program covers historic buildings including twentieth century buildings of architectural distinction, as well as historic fixtures and fittings, curtilage structures, and structures in designed landscapes. The Trust particularly encourages applications for projects in less affluent areas that can serve as catalysts for socio-economic improvement. Before funding is confirmed, applicants must provide information on proposed restoration methodology and evidence that necessary permissions such as planning and listed building consents have been obtained. Applications are not considered for movable heritage, heritage crafts unconnected to physical building fabric, buildings in private ownership without public access, new buildings or extensions, or routine repair and maintenance work.
Vinehill Trust Music Grants
The Vinehill Trust supports and builds the United Kingdom's choral and organ traditions through grants for programmes involving children and young people. The Trust considers applications for choral singing programmes that sustain engagement with young people and choral leaders, scholarship schemes at cathedrals and churches, youth choir or organ programmes, visiting choir residencies, bursary programmes for choral courses, and assistance with keyboard instrument purchases for teaching. The Trust also funds the repair and restoration of historically or musically valuable pipe organs in churches, cathedrals, civic buildings, or concert venues. The vision is to help children and young people experience music-making, especially those who might otherwise not have this opportunity. Applications should be imaginative and innovative with potential to transform young lives through music. The Trust does not generally expect to be the sole funder of any appeal and requires regular progress reports upon award.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 3
- Active Now
- 3
- Source Domain
- vinehilltrust.uk
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