The British Record Industry Trust

established in 1989 and is entirely funded by the music industry. Its mission is to encourage young people in the exploration and pursuit of educational, cultural or therapeutic benefits emanating from music.

The BRIT Trust’s main commitment is to The BRIT School in Croydon (the only non-fee paying Performing Arts School in the UK) and to Nordoff Robbins (the UK’s leading independent provider of music therapy).

Since its inception, over £14m has been raised by the BRIT Trust for various charities with substantial profits coming to the BRIT Trust from the BRIT Awards - to date, some £11.2m has been raised by the BRIT Awards alone.

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THE CHAIRMAN’S FOREWORD

Welcome to the BRIT Trust website. The BRIT Trust is the charitable arm of the British Record Industry and derives a large part of its income from the profits of the BRIT Awards. Other sources of income are from The Classical BRIT Awards and The Music Industry Trusts’ Dinner.

Since its inception in 1989, the Trust has distributed over £14m. Our principal beneficiaries are The BRIT School for the Performing Arts based in Croydon, a CTC School opened in 1991. The BRIT Trust is the sponsor for the school and has donated £8 million to date. We make regular annual payments to Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, a charity very close to the record business heart. We also make small contributions to other charities who match our mission statement.

In 2005, following the awful events following the Tsunami, the BRIT Trust made a one-off payment of half a million pounds to Save The Children and in 2010 the likes of War Child and the Haiti campaign were also recent beneficiaries of BRIT Trust funding.

I am very proud to be the Chairman of the BRIT Trust – after 50 years in the British Record Industry I feel that I am putting something back for all the benefit and happiness the industry has given me.

John Craig OBE
June 2010

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