The recorded music industry’s leading charity, The BRIT Trust, announces today that it has made grants to four organisations that draw on the transformative power of music and the creative arts to provide education, wellbeing or community engagement.

Listed below are the four recipient organisations (see Notes for links to organisations & CEO quotes):

Heart n Soul – an award-winning creative arts company and charity that believes in the power and talents of people with learning disabilities, and provides opportunities for people to discover, develop and share this power and talent as widely as possible.

Independent Venue Community (IVC) – which supports, nurtures and celebrates independent music venues and the communities around them, on and off stage, all year round.

Not Saints – the UK’s only sobriety-based recovery record label and events company dedicated to working with those seeking a life free from drug and alcohol addiction.

Sing Inside – which provides group singing workshops in prisons across England and Wales, enabling participants to enjoy singing with others free from judgement or assessment, inspiring hope and confidence, and facilitating connection to others.

The BRIT Trust’s mission is to improve lives through the power of music and the creative arts. Funded largely by the annual BRIT Awards and The Music Industry Trusts (MITS) Award fundraising evening, the Trust has distributed around £28 million and made more than 230 grant commitments to a wide range of causes since it was founded by the BPI and record labels in 1989.

The BRIT Trust Chair Tony Wadsworth CBE said:

“So many wonderful organisations have been supported over the years by The BRIT Trust, including those that are well known to our industry, such as The BRIT School and Nordoff & Robbins, but we take great pride in giving a helping hand to many other organisations around the UK where our backing can help to make a difference to their equally vital work. On behalf of the Trustees, we are delighted to support these four deserving organisations and wish them all the best in their endeavours.”