Tramlines: Popular Sheffield music festival has raised more than £300,000 for charity
More than £300,000 has been raised for charity by one of the city’s biggest music festivals.
In the seven years that the Tramlines music festival has been running out of Hillsborough Park, the popular event headlined by the likes of Pulp and Stereophonics has raised £319,000 for charity.
Of that, £58,000 came from 2025’s event alone.
A total of 42 organisations have received support this year through the Tramlines Trust’s funding round, which saw a large number of applications from grassroots projects, charities and community groups across the region.
The 2025 round included over £20,000 raised for the Sarah Nulty Power of Music Foundation, as well as a further £5,000 donated to Doctors Without Borders as part of a new and ongoing charity partnership.
Several organisations based in and around Hillsborough received dedicated funding, including Hillsborough Arena, Holme Lane Community Garden, and Soundpost’s Green Open Spaces Walking Trail project.
Meanwhile, the festival’s organisers have also supported the S6 Foodbank, with a teaser campaign announcing 2026 acts being launched out of the local foodbank through hundreds of specially branded tins of beans.
The beloved festival will be returning in July next year, with Fatboy Slim and the Courteeners announced as headliners.
Pia Scattergood, Tramlines Festival Coordinator said: “Tramlines has always been about more than music, and it matters to us that the festival has an impact beyond the weekend.
“The Trust helps us stay connected to what’s happening around Hillsborough, while also supporting projects across the city. It means we’re learning from local groups and celebrating the arts and community work that make Sheffield what it is.”
Organisations supported by the Tramlines Trust in 2025 include: Burton Street Foundation, ASSIST Sheffield, Saffron Sheffield, Zest, FareShare Yorkshire, Steelers Healers, England Netball, Jude and the Book Factory, Under the Stars, Bloom Sheffield, A Mind Apart Theatre Company, FURD, Wisewood Girls Football U14s, The Riva Project, Royal Mencap Society, Rudyard Road Area Residents and Friends, Christ Church Hackenthorpe, Music in the Round, Cartoon Drawing Club, Sheffield Mencap and Gateway, Holme Lane Community Garden, Sapphire Project Organisation, Hillsborough Arena Sports Association, Roundabout, Sheffield Young Carers, Re-Gen Hijama and Therapy, Meynell Primary School, Southey Green Primary School and Nursery, Sheffield Music School, The Endcliffe Orchestra, Sheffield Youth Orchestra, St Vincent’s Furniture Project, Sheffield Samaritans, Hillsborough Together CIC, Soundpost Community Network, Sacred Heart School, Out of the Archive CIC, Support Dogs, Tapton School Academy Trust, South Yorkshire Visually Impaired Tennis Club, Disability Sheffield and S12 Community Pantry.