Support for Creative Industries due to the impact of Coronavirus
Arts Council England:
- Grant programmes will be re-focussed to help compensate individual artists and freelancers for lost earnings. It may take about ten days before further details are announced.
- NPO and CPP funding conditions will be relaxed. Expect contact from ACE if this is your organisation.
- Conditions will also be relaxed on live National Lottery Project Grants
More information available at: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19
South West Creatives – Coronavirus Impact Fund:
The scheme aims to provide a hardship fund for freelancers that cannot work during this time or who have been affected by cancellations or other impacts. Further information is available here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/south-west-artists-corona-impact-fund
Media and Creative
A range of support is offered by Bristol Media: https://www.bristolmedia.co.uk/news/4995/covid-19-here-to-help-the-creative-community
Advice from visual arts support organisations and other agencies
- Unlimited weareunlimited.org.uk/contingencies-for-coronavirus/
- Creative Industries Federation www.creativeindustriesfederation.com/news/federation-responds-todays-covid-19-announcement-about-social-gatherings
Benefits and self-employment
- Universal Credit www.gov.uk/universal-credit
- Employment and Support Allowance for people with a disability or health condition that affects how much they can work (including those who are self-employed) www.gov.uk/employment-support-allowance/eligibility
- Rachel Dobbs’ Self Care Checklist for Precarious Workers rachel.we-are-low-profile.com/blog/self-care-checklist-precarious-workers/
Financial support for artists (immediate and future)
- Artist support pledge instigated by Matthew Burrows on Instagram www.instagram.com/matthewburrowsstudio/ Artists pledge to sell work for no more than £200 and when they reach £1,000 in sales they pledge to buy another artists work for £200 www.instagram.com/explore/tags/artistsupportpledge/
- Pollock Krasner Foundation pkf.org/
- Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation www.gottliebfoundation.org/
- Artists’ General Benevolent Institution www.agbi.org.uk/
Advice for Artists, Arts Organisers and Freelance Artists
Advice for artists and arts organisers is available here: https://www.vasw.org.uk/resources/covid-19-information-and-guidance-for-artists-and-arts-organisers?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_18032020
Advice for Freelance Artists is available here:
[Information correct at time of publishing. For the latest updates on local Covid-19 measures and announcements, view our coronavirus news articles.]