We've pulled together the latest advice, funding, resources, and tips from across the sector for staying creative during the Covid-19 crisis. Have a suggestion of a resource we could add or simply want to get in touch? Contact us via Twitter @BritishArts, Instagram or Facebook using the hashtag #CultureConnectsUs.
Covid-19 support
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Advice
Advice
- British Council Arts response
- Arts Council response
- Creative Scotland response
- Money Advice Service
- HMRC hotline for freelancers worrying about paying tax
- Looking after your mental health during the Corona Virus
- Advice for independent art workers
- Resources for disabled artists and freelancers in response to COVID-19
- Response from Equity — the UK's trade union for creative practitioners
- Guidance for ITC (Independent Theatre Council) members
- Advice from Creative Europe
- UNESCO response
- OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) Culture Webinars
- UCLG (United Cities and Local Governments) Decalogue for the post COVID-19 era
- ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) Statement on Culture and the COVID-19 Pandemic
- ICOM (International Council of Museums) Steps to Support Community Resilience
- Resources from On the Move
- Doen Foundation, Hivos and the Prince Claus Fund Statement of Support
Create and Connect
Create and Connect
- Create with the web: creative writing, video editing and more
- Daily creative challenges from 64 Million Artists
- Free resources from the National Activity Providers
- AMA (Arts Marketing Organisation) are offering free digital skills training online
- Voluntary Arts are hosting a daily get together of artists
- Advice from Medium about running a workshop online
- UK Theatre Industry corona support Facebook group
- Connect with other producers on Twitter using the hashtag #axisonline
- Free advisory service from ArtsAdmin
- Facebook page to support Creative Practitioners
- Arts Council resources on improving digital skills
- Discover free resources from the Craft Council
- A supportive hub for artists from 'Join the dots', a community of creative practitioners
Funding and Opportunities
Funding and Opportunities
- A round up of emergency funding from Grants Online
- Arts Council England emergency funding measures
- Artists general benevolent fund
- Film and television charity
- Stagehand benevolent fund
- Actors benevolent fund
- Paul Taylor-Mills has raised over £10,000 as funds for freelancers
- Society of authors emergency fund
- Welfare support for those in the furniture industry
- National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Arts Council of Wales
- Funding Cymru (mainly third sector support)
- Creative Scotland: Sustaining Creative Development
Discover
Discover
- Our Theatre and Dance team have put together a list of theatre productions you can watch online
- Culture in Quarantine brings you a festival of art online from the BBC and the Arts Council
- 'Look at Paintings' provides audio meditations around different artworks
- Best European theatre to watch online
- Social distancing festival of live streams
- National Theatre are showing their past productions on YouTube every Thursday
- Institute Francais have launched a MOOC: Understanding Fashion from Business to Culture
- Beastly - who run creative apps for children, have made their resources free. Perfect if you're homeschooling.
- Free distance learning resources from the Smithsonian lab
- Sadler's Wells have put many of their performances online
- Join a Frida Kahlo exhibition online
- BauHaus online exhibition
- Disegno magazine's back catalogue is now available to read for free
- 'How to draw' series on YouTube
- UNESCO map of cultural initiatives around the globe
Digital Content Resources
- The Space Arts are offering advice on how to deliver great art on digital platforms
- Tips and best practices on how to host a successful virtual event
- Advice from Unlimited on live streaming
- Musicians guide to live streaming by the Incorporated Society of Musicians
- Arts Council England's Digital Culture Network
- Free introductory webinars on a wide range of topics from The Audience Agency
- Advice on optimizing video call settings for music
- Advice on how to get audiences to pay more for streamed content
- Free training from Stage Text around how to use and produce subtitles
- A free survey to give you a comparative snapshot of your digital audiences
- Resources on shifting your movement work (yoga, martial arts, dance) or coaching/facilitation online
- Webinar Wednesdays by The Place offers a series of free resources for professional dance artists
- For advice on accessibility when working remotely and using video conferencing platforms and tools