UK Government Support
UK Government support for business businesssupport.gov.uk
A List of really useful resources
Funding & Grants
The Photographer Fund: a $25,000 fund to help photographers impacted by COVID-19.
Women Photograph Emergency Fund: for independent women and non-binary photographers who have been impacted by COVID-19.
Photography grants for new visual projects: a list of grants providing funding for the production of new visual projects with an open application process.
National Geographic COVID-19 Emergency Fund For Journalists: an emergency fund, with grants between $1,000 – $8,000 for journalists worldwide who wish to cover COVID-19 within their own communities.
Art Jameel Research and Practice Platform: a rapid-response scheme offering artists support through the allocation of micro-fees towards their ongoing or new projects; open to all practitioners based in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Pulitzer Center Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge: call for proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders.
IWMF Journalism Relief Fund: for women-identifying journalists who have faced significant financial hardship, lost work, were recently laid off or who urgently need assistance.
www.fire-cracker.org Firecracker Photographic Grant
Women Photograph Emergency Fund: for independent women and non-binary photographers who have been impacted by COVID-19.
Photography grants for new visual projects: a list of grants providing funding for the production of new visual projects with an open application process.
National Geographic COVID-19 Emergency Fund For Journalists: an emergency fund, with grants between $1,000 – $8,000 for journalists worldwide who wish to cover COVID-19 within their own communities.
Art Jameel Research and Practice Platform: a rapid-response scheme offering artists support through the allocation of micro-fees towards their ongoing or new projects; open to all practitioners based in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Pulitzer Center Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge: call for proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders.
IWMF Journalism Relief Fund: for women-identifying journalists who have faced significant financial hardship, lost work, were recently laid off or who urgently need assistance.
www.fire-cracker.org Firecracker Photographic Grant
Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy
Support for organisations from Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy artsfundraising.org.uk/networks-funding
Emergency Funding for artists
Thanks to Steve Giovinco for putting together a handy list of Emergency Funding for artists. Not clear whether it’s only for US based practitioners, but worth checking out.
Details here.
The Art Newspaper
Sources of financial assistance compiled by the The Art Newspaper
New York Foundation for the Arts
List of Emergency Grants compiled by the New York Foundation for the Arts. Some are geographically restricted, others appear not to be so.
Mental Health
How to Protect your Mental Health, from the BBC
How to avoid cabin fever, from The Conversation
The Coping Calendar from Action for Happiness www.actionforhappiness.org/coping-calendar
Bella Mackie on managing mental health
creativenetwork
Join others in a daily online get-together hosted by #creativenetwork
BBC’s Green Goddess
Exercise with the Green Goddess on BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51933762
Online Teaching
Lewis Bush – survival guide for online teaching
BJP
Wise advice from the BJP, both for photographers and those wanting to support.
How Can We Help?
is the headline from Common Field, a platform for sharing resources, updates and networking for the Artists Organisation during COVID-19.
