Support networks for theatre-makers

Thanks to Réka Polonyi for these.

Links from Improbable Theatre company’s mailing list:

• Facebook group: UK Theatre Industry Coronavirus Support
• Facebook group: Anti-viral work for freelancers and small businesses
• Slack (instant messaging) group: London Theatre Community
• COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources (see “International Resources” section for UK-specific resources); similar list for UK artists here and here
• Funding: Funds for Freelancers: financial resource for actors, creatives and ushers working in theatre
• Funding: Hull Artists Coronavirus Fund, organised by Middle Child
• Funding: Liverpool Artists Coronavirus Fund, organised by Luke Barnes
• Funding: West Midlands Artists Coronavirus Fund, organised by Amahra Spence
• Funding: South West creatives Coronavirus Fund, organised by Jay Crutchley
• Funding: Manchester Artists Coronavirus Fund, organised by Laurence Young
• Funding: East Midlands Coronavirus Fund, organised by Rafia Hussain
• Funding: Gloucestershire Artists Survival Fund, organised by Jackie Garner
• Funding: South Yorkshire Creatives COVID-19 Hardship Fund, organised by Linda Bloomfield
• Funding: London Artists and Creatives Coronavirus Fund, organised by Denzel Kessie and Josh Akapo
• Funding: Wales artists and freelancers fund, organised by Guy Raymond
• Funding: £200 – £500 matched donations to theatre artists, organised by Bryony Kimmings
• Funding: Grants for rapid response theatre for South East-based theatre artists by Farnham Maltings
• TheatreSupport.info by SOLT and UK Theatre (among others): support and advice for theatre industry, including signposts to funding covering workers and actors impacted by illness
• Free 1-to-1 online casting sessions from Sophie Holland Casting
• Free digital advisory sessions for artists from Artsadmin
• Artsminds: mental health support for artists
• COVID-19 local mutual aid groups (spreadsheet); London-specific ones grouped and listed here
• Find a local foodbank (Trussel Trust website)
• Twitter thread: A list of live streams from zoos and aquariums
• Webinar (27 March): Wellbeing for yourself and your Team (currently waiting list only)
• Google doc: Help for Freelancers/SMEs for surviving Coronavirus(more general purpose advice)
• Article: Coronavirus and your wellbeing by Mind
• Article: Advice for artists and creatives in Scotland by The Skinny