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Covid-19 Resources

This section aims to offer a collated source of COVID-19 resources, news, publications, and signposting from both government and funding bodies, as well as across our sector.

Directly below you will find a list of pinned resources. These are our most commonly viewed pages in this section, you can also search for specific resource via the filters. If you are having issues finding something specific then please get in touch.

If you would like to highlight a particular resource for inclusion in this section then please get in touch with us at comms@scottishtheatre.org, marking your subject line ‘covid resources’.

Letter to UK Parliaments

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

Letter written by Theatre NI, UK Theatre, SOLT, Creu Cymru, National Theatre of Wales and Federation of Scottish Theatre to UK Parliaments that represent culture both in government and their shadows.  Dated 26 March 2020. 

UK Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

The UK Government has published guidance for employers and employees  on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.    We are pleased to report that Scottish Government and Creative Scotland have confirmed that arts organisations ARE ABLE to apply for this funding, which is available to support full and part time staff, staff on agency contracts and staff on flexible or zero-hours contracts. The […]

Employment Law

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

Law At Work (LAW) offer a number of free resources and advice packages to Employers who would like to receive some help in navigating employment law during the Covid-19 pandemic.  LAW are also offering 3-month or 12-month contracts for support on employment law and health & safety.  These contracts enable employers to receive bespoke advice on their specific […]

Working from Home

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

Andonella Thomson, a coach, trainer, motivator and mentor at Kingscavil Consulting, who is also going to run the next FST Mentoring Programme, put together a great list of tips and suggestions that will make working from home easier:  There are loads of emails coming in about what companies are doing to be extra vigilant. Are you […]

No membership fee for Creative Entrepreneurs Club

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

Creative Entrepreneurs Club removed the member fee from their online platform in order to offer the wider creative community a place to organise work and provide support around mental health,  advice, and more. Check out their website here: https://creativeentrepreneursclub.co.uk/ You can follow an FST Member, Sandy Thomson, who’s been gathering a wide range of advice for this […]

Offer of help from Michael John O’Neil

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

A generous offer of help for theatre freelancers comes from Michael John O’Neil: he is a producer & dramaturg w/ experience in fundraising, artist/project development, project management, script reading etc. Every Monday he is working 10am – 6pm on other people’s projects, without charge:

Third Sector Resilience Fund

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

The Third Sector Resilience Fund (TSRF) is a £20m emergency fund for charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations working in Scotland. The fund will support organisations that already deliver services and products but find themselves in financial difficulties directly as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The primary intention of the fund is to […]

A-Z of Funding & Resources from Creative Scotland

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

Creative Scotland have pulled together an A-Z of funding and resources available to those in the creative community, who have been affected by Coronavirus:  https://www.creativescotland.com/resources/professional-resources/covid-19-directory

SCVO’S Resources

Type:
Public
Date:
28/05/20

Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) prepared a number of guidelines and sources of information: SCVO is managing the COVID-19 third sector information hub that will be constantly updated.  SCVO has set up a COVID-19 Stakeholder Network – they will provide regular updates to other organisations and bodies who can cascade information to their members, networks and contacts. Partners and […]

Support for FST Members: free PR advice

Type:
Members only  (Login or Join)
Date:
28/05/20

We know that this is a difficult and testing time for a lot of our Members. We’re pleased to let you know that we’ve engaged Owen O’Leary of Oh Really Creative to offer free ad hoc advice to FST Members