Information for creatives during COVID-19

 

Creative Cardiff is committed to sharing useful resources, links and information to support, inform and signpost the creative community in Cardiff, in order to support your work activity during this challenging time.

We have collated the latest advice below and will continue to update this article as new information emerges and keep our social media channels up-to-date with the latest news and information relevant to creatives.

If you have anything you would like to add to the list, please email us with links or message us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn. 

 

• Arts Council of Wales – Responding to Coronavirus (Covid-19)
• UK Government – Employment and support allowance
• Equity – Coronavirus Advice
• Wales Arts Review - Wales Artist and Freelancers Coronavirus Fundraiser
• Prospect - advice for members, including information for freelancers working in film and TV and workers in theatre, live events and the arts
• The Stage - Coronavirus: breaking news and live updates as the theatre industry responds
• Wales Arts Review – Live blog | Advice for freelancers
• Writers Guild - Covid-19 advice for WGGB members
• IPSE - Coronavirus: what IPSE is doing and advice for freelancers and the self-employed
• Musicians Union - Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice
• PRS Members' Fund - COVID-19 information
• Wales Arts International - Grant Recipient FAQs relating to Coronavirus/COVID-19
• Tech Nation Wales - COVID-19 business continuity Twitter thread
• Money Saving Expert - Coronavirus Travel Rights / Coronavirus Finance & Bills Help 
• Arts Marketing Association - Resources to support you through Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Film Hub Wales - A message to members
• BFI - Answering questions from the screen sector
• Leapers - Key things to consider if you're a freelancer and worried about the coronavirus
• fsb - Advice and guidance for small businesses and self-employed
• Bates Wells - Insights Coronavirus 
• CIPD - Coronavirus advice for UK employers
• ISM - Coronavirus guidance for musicians
• MU - Musicians Union hardship fund 
• BBC - BBC Studio's Writers' Academy
• acas - Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for employers and employees 
• Ffilm Cymru Wales - Sector advice 
• Blake Morgan - Insights
• Focus Wales - Coronavirus: Help For Those In Music 
• Clwb Ifor Bach - Help Clwb's Freelancers Through COVID-19 Crowdfunder 
• Full Stop - 20th March 2020 Update: further measures from the UK government announced 
• Taskforce - COVID-19 Tech Taskforce for Wales 
• Techcrunch - UK gov announces ‘Future Fund’, pledging £250M match funding for startups impacted by coronavirus 
• Artes Mundi - Artist support writing applications during COVID19 
• Cult Cymru - Introduction To Funding Your Project
• Theatre Means Business - Digital learning resources
• Save Our Venues National Campaign - Support grassroots music venues with this crowdfunder 
• Live Comedy Association - Representing the UK Live Comedy Industry in the face of Covid-19 and beyond 
• My Celium - Calling all young creatives! Send your work on the theme of Cardiff and cover the city in art 
• Find Courses - Coronavirus (COVID-19): Resources For Your Business 
• Bad Wolf- How our partnerships are adapting during COVID-19 *
• Jukebox Collective - Support Their Online Classes Crowdfunder *

• Creative Boom – How to survive (and escape) working from home as a freelancer
• Orchard - Our top 6 ways of how live streaming could save your event
• Trello - How to embrace remote work
• Linked In - 10 tips for managing your online events
• Cambridge University Press - Covid-19: A message to our customers 
• The delicate rebellion - Running a small business during the apocalypse 
• Ffilm Cymru Wales - Ffolio talent surgeries now online 
• National Cyber Security Centre - Home working: preparing your organisation and staff 
• the space - Live streaming for the arts: lo-fi and low cost options 
• Brightelm - Webinar Series on Virtual Events 
• Digital Communities Wales - Thursday drop-in workshops for one-to-one, or group lessons on using apps and devices 
• Immerse UK - Lunchtime Live webinar programme to June 2020 
• Sherman Theatre - Online marketing workshop for artists, freelancers and fringe theatre companies 
• Creative England - What are audiences looking for from immersive tech (June 4) 
• Augmentor - Supporting and accelerating the next generation of immersive startups 

• Creative Industries Federation - Coronavirus: Your voice, heard. Creative Industries Federation have created a rapid response survey for UK creators and creative businesses in response to COVID-19
• What Next? Cardiff – The meet-up moves online with Zoom
• Voluntary Arts – Creative Network, a daily online get-together open to anyone involved in arts, culture and creativity.
• Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy - Emergency Power Hour, a free hour of consultancy support every day to arts organisations
• Creative Industries Federation - Free Federation membership for six months
• Digital Gaggle - Becomes Digital Guzzle and goes online
• UK Theatre Industry - Facebook Support Group
• National Theatre Wales - Get in touch
• Mind - Coronavirus and your wellbeing
• Spindogs - Online training

• Bectu - IR35 delay welcome, but more must be done for freelancers, says Bectu