Our Supporters
Bristol Music Trust and Bristol Beacon kindly thank the following revenue and significant capital supporters for their generosity, which helps us to undertake our extensive programme of work.
Click here to view the full list of capital supporters for our Transformation.
Principal Sponsors
Bristol City Council
A major funder of Bristol Music Trust, Bristol City Council continue to support the best in arts and heritage and community across the city.
National Lottery Heritage Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the leading advocate for the value of heritage and the largest dedicated funder of heritage in the UK. Since 1994, The National Lottery Heritage Fund (previously Heritage Lottery Fund) has awarded £7.1billion to over 40,000 projects.
West of England Local Enterprise Partnership
Funded by the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership through the Local Growth Fund, administered by the West of England Combined Authority.
Major Partners
Renishaw
Renishaw is a global company with core skills in measurement, motion control, spectroscopy and precision machining. They develop innovative products that significantly advance their customers' operational performance - from improving manufacturing efficiencies and raising product quality, to maximising research capabilities and improving the efficacy of medical procedures.
PRS Foundation
Bristol Music Trust is a PRS Foundation Talent Development Partner.
PRS Foundation is the UK's leading funder of new music across all genres and aims to stimulate and support the creation and performance of new music throughout the UK.
Help Musicians UK
Help Musicians UK is the leading independent charity for musicians. For the last 96 years, they have helped thousands of musicians establish themselves in the music business, get through a serious crisis, cope with long-term difficulties and enjoy retirement.
Help Musicians UK is proud to invest in outstanding talent and help artists take their career to the next level.
Sponsors
Arup
They are an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services.
Brewin Dolphin
Brewin Dolphin is one of the UK’s largest independently-owned private client investment managers. Offering a wide range of financial services and having £28 billion under management. Their success is founded on a long track record of helping private clients, trusts, charities and pension funds to create and preserve wealth.
Capita
Capita delivers design, infrastructure, management, real estate and outsourcing solutions on a local, national and international scale.
Corrigan Accountants
Corrigan Accountants is a Bristol-based accountancy business with a passion for change and doing things differently.
DAC Beachcroft
DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with more than 2,200 people and coverage across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America.
Empica
Empica delivers measurable publicity using straight-forward and effective public relations methods with creativity and professional insight.
Earthsong Foundation
The Earthsong Foundation are the principal philanthropic funder of the Earthsong Programme that creates musical opportunities for over 4500 young people in Bristol.
Gleeds
Gleeds is a leading global property and construction consultancy. Independent since 1885, they are proud to deliver award-winning projects around the world.
Hayes Parsons
Hayes Parsons is one of the South West's largest independent insurance brokers.
Home
Home is the UK’s leading employee experience and internal communications agency, creating movements that captivate, energise and inspire. They’ve helped employees all around the world to perform at their best for over 30 years. That’s quite a long time.
Nisbets
Nisbets is the UK's leading mail order company for catering equipment and catering supplies. Based in Avonmouth, Bristol, Nisbets has expanded across multiple countries in Europe and Oceania.
Trusts
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation
This foundation has funded a bursary programme for Bristol Youth Orchestra and Bristol Youth Choir as part of their mission to widen opportunities and increase diversity in the arts.
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from the Government and the National Lottery.
National Foundation for Youth Music
Youth Music is the leading UK children's charity using music to transform the lives of disadvantaged young people.
The Foyle Foundation
The Foyle Foundation is an independent grantmaking trust that distributes grants to UK charities. Since it became operational in November 2001, The Foundation has disbursed £91.5M in grants.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-making Trust that supports great charities of all sizes across the UK. In 2018, the Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
The Wolfson Foundation
The Wolfson Foundation is a charity awarding grants to support and promote excellence in the fields of science and medicine, the arts and humanities, education and health and disability.
St James's Place Charitable Foundation
The St. James’s Place Charitable Foundation is the charitable arm of the St. James’s Place Wealth Management Group and has been supporting those in need since 1992.
Quartet Community Foundation
The main focus of Quartet Community Foundation is to change people's lives for the better across the West of England. We do this by enabling a wide variety of donors to fund projects that make a difference where people live and work.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation's mission is to help people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, so that they can realise their potential and enjoy fulfilling and creative lives.
They have a particular interest in supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts.
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust gives grants to registered charities that work with children and young people, music and the arts, the elderly and the medical community.
The Nisbet Trust
The Nisbet Trust is an independent charitable Trust created in 2012 by the Nisbet Family.
It is overseen by selected trustees and makes single and multi-year grants to charitable organisations in Greater Bristol who work in the arts, social welfare and education sectors.
The Burden Trust
The Burden Trust was established by Reverend Harold Nelson Burden (1859-1930) to support causes such as medical research, schools, homes and care for the young in the Bristol area.
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Dame Bridget D’Oyly Carte (1908-1985) established The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust in 1972 to support her personal interests which included her enjoyment of theatre, music and gardening, and, in particular, helping disadvantaged and disabled children. Today, the Trust continues her legacy through its three grant programmes: Arts, Medical Welfare and Environment.
de Brye Charitable Trust
The de Brye Charitable Trust's policy is to make grants to or for the benefit of any charitable trust or body.
Paragon Music Trust
The Paragon Music Trust is a registered music charity which administers funds left by the late Leo Reid Baker, a local businessman who was also an accomplished bassoon player.
The Trust's objectives are to promote the knowledge and performance of music for varied combinations of singers and instrumentalists residing in an area, broadly speaking, covering Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Bath & North East Somerset and North Somerset. It supports both professional and amateur performers.
In Kind Support
The Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin
The Avon Gorge by Hotel du Vin is an iconic hotel offering unparalleled views over the Avon Gorge and Brunel’s Grade One listed Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Bath Ales
Our close partner Bath Ales has brewed a special 150th anniversary beer to commemorate our birthday in 2017.
The Clifton Club
The Clifton Club, founded in 1818, continues to be Bristol's most exclusive Private Members Club. Overlooking the Mall gardens in Clifton Village, this magnificent, historic club building radiates comfort, luxury and charm. Idyllic private event spaces suitable for weddings, functions and corporate events make The Clifton Club the perfect choice of venue, whatever your occasion.
Bristol IT COMPANY
Bristol IT Company do IT support and software development for commercial clients, large and small, in a range of business environments.DAC Beachcroft
DAC Beachcroft is a leading international legal business with more than 2,200 people and coverage across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and North America.
Hotel du Vin
Hotel du Vin is a chain of 19 quintessentially British luxury boutique hotels across the country. Each individual Hotel du Vin & Bistro has its own unique character shaped by the architecture, history and location of the building.
Les Fleurs
Les Fleurs is an exciting fusion of French and British style. From a traditional hand-tied bouquet, to contemporary arrangements, Les Fleurs provide flowers that are perfect for each and every occasion.
Averys
World renowned fine wine merchants Averys began in 1793 and through the generations have maintained strong ties with many of the world’s best-known winemaking families. Averys customers continue to enjoy the extraordinary; wines grown in top vineyards and crafted in small quantities.
Diana Porter
Contemporary Bristol-based jewellers selling bespoke British and European pieces.
