The current coronavirus pandemic is causing unprecedented disruption to the arts, and the most vulnerable workers are often the artists and creatives themselves. Resources are popping up everywhere, and we are curating a regularly updated list of the most useful resources and best advice that we can find, along with all the grants that we are aware of.
Arts Support
Arts Minds – Supporting mental health
The Craft Council’s Covid Resource App
Arts Professional’s CovidCulture Resource Page
GRANTfinder’s Coronavirus resource page
Trussell Trust: Find a Food Bank
Entertainment
The Royal Variety Charity Grant
Film and TV
Film + TV Charity’s Resource Guide
Film + TV Charity Financial Support
Music
Association of Independent Music FAQ
Help Musicians’ Financial Hardship Fund
Musician’s Union Hardship Fund
The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
Theatre
The Royal Theatrical Fund’s Theatre Community Fund
Equity Welfare Trust – Welfare Grants
Actors
Dance
Visual Arts
The Artists’ General Benevolent Institution
Writers
The Writers’ Union Welfare Fund
The Society of Authors – Authors’ Contingency Fund
Arts and Social Welfare
Arts and Disability
MFPA Trust Fund for Disabled Children in the Arts
Young People
Regional Support
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation
Coventry and Warwickshire Heart of England Community Foundation
Derbyshire Foundation’s Coronavirus Fund
Devon Coronavirus Response and Recovery Fund
Gloucestershire Community Foundation
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation
Milton Keynes Community Foundation
Northern Ireland – The Community Foundation
North Wales, Merseyside, Cheshire and North Shropshire – Steve Morgan Foundation
Scotland – Creative Scotland’s Funding Programmes
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation
York, North Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull – Two Ridings Community Foundation