The Tait Memorial Trust’s objectives are to encourage and promote for the public benefit the art or science of music the performing arts and fine arts and to educate the public in the UK therein by all charitable means namely:-

(a) promoting public lectures concerts and recitals;

(b) promoting such charitable purposes connected with the advancement of the education and training of talented young students;

(c) upholding and advancing for the public benefit the standards of education training and competence of such students;

(d) endowing and awarding scholarships exhibitions bursaries prizes and other awards to enable such talented young persons to study;

(e) providing financial assistance for the purchase of musical instruments accessories and other equipment for such persons as aforesaid in need thereof;

(f) providing for such persons as aforesaid who are in need thereof with recording facilities in order that they may be trained in the artistic and technical use of such facilities;  and

(g) providing ongoing financial assistance to talented young students in need of such assistance on the termination of their studies to help establish them in their careers;  provided always that all such awards payments and other provision of financial assistance as are mentioned in (d) (e) (f) and (g) shall only be made where the trustees in their absolute discretion determine that there is a special need to provide such assistance.