T in the Park 2016
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July 2016Strathallan Castle, Kinross, Perth & Kinross, PH3 1JX, Scotland MAP
£205 full weekend with camping
Nineteen organisations offering grassroots support around the the home of T in the Park Festival, Strathallan Castle Estate, Perthshire have been given funding from the T in the Park Community Trust Fund.
The awards totaling nearly £19,000 offer support to community groups and small local charities across the community council areas. These include Home Start Perth,who today have received £2000 towards funding volunteer support in Crieff and Strathearn. Other awards include Auchterarder Community Sports Association and Blackford Fiddle Group.
The Home Start Perth award will help develop the knowledge and expertise of parent volunteers to support others locally who are finding parenting more of a challenge or are facing crisis. The ability to access parenting and family support locally is invaluable for those families.
Hannah Blair, Manager at Home Start Perth, said, "We were delighted to receive funding from the T in the Park Community Trust towards supporting the work of Home-start volunteers in the Strathearn area. Home-start volunteers come from all walks of life and give their time freely to support families who are in need of a bit of a helping hand. The support they offer has a massive impact on the well-being of parents and children, helping parents to build a positive environment for their children when circumstances make that extra challenging. T in the Park funding will help us to provide volunteers with the support they need to enable them to do what they do best."
Giles Ruck CEO at Foundation Scotland, who announced the first new grants, said, "This first round of the fund with T in the Park Community Trust has been a great success, attracting a large number of applications from groups across the area – distributing over £19000. The grants are vital to many of these grassroots groups to continue their work in supporting the communities in which they operate."
Geoff Ellis, Festival Director of T in the Park said, "We are very proud to be able to create value in and support to the local community and see first-hand the positive impact it can make to local people. Local causes in Kinross-shire benefitted from the fund for 18 years, and when we announced the new home of our iconic festival, we wanted to ensure that this continued. By working with Foundation Scotland, there’s a fair process, and we are grateful to them for their support and advice.
"We will also continue to support our chosen charities which include Rachel House (CHAS), Teenage Cancer Trust, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy, Strummerville and impoverished and/or vulnerable children around the world through a variety of projects."
The T in the Park Community Fund aims to continue the festival’s successful legacy of supporting local causes - and will be an on-going commitment from festival organisers - accepting grant applications between £250 and £2000. Foundation Scotland has worked with DF Concerts since 2007, managing the £385,450 that T in the Park contributed to the Kinross-shire Fund.
T in the Park which returns to Strathallan Castle in Perthshire over full three days from Friday 8th to Sunday 10th July 2016 has a bill that includes The Stone Roses, Calvin Harris, LCD Soundsystem, Chase & Status, Faithless, Bastille, The 1975, Disclosure, Courteeners, Alesso, Jamie xx, James Morrison, Frightened Rabbit, Oliver Heldens, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Hannah Wants, Bear’s Den, Fun Lovin’ Criminals, Krept & Konan, The Coral, The Temperance Movement, Oh Wonder, The Last Shadow Puppets, Catfish and the Bottlemen, Jess Glynne, Kaiser Chiefs, Pete Tong, Wstrn, Travis, Tinie Tempah, Tom Odell, Jack Garratt, Stiff Little Fingers, Shed Seven, Disciples, Rat Boy, Maxi Jazz & The E-Type Boys, Major Lazer, James Bay, Jake Bugg, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, Lightning Seeds, Alessia Cara, Ash, Augustines, Sunset Sons, Borns, DMA's, Vant, The Struts, The Sherlocks, JR Green, Craig David’s TS5, Slaves, Maximo Park, John Grant, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, FIDLAR, Blossoms, and more.
A Thursday weekend with camping ticket is priced at £205, a Friday weekend with camping ticket is priced at £194, and a Friday Weekend (No Camping)ticket is priced at £184. Day tickets are priced at £82.50.
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