Our #Covid19 funds for individuals and orgs (outside of our National Portfolio) are now live. Applying? Please, READ THIS IMPORTANT THREAD...

We're expecting VERY HIGH traffic on our application portal Grantium, so provided a Word doc application for you to work on first. Then when you're ready, paste into Grantium. This will reduce the amount of time you're in portal. We've lots of other guidance to share. Links below

You have a week to apply to Round one (deadline 12 noon 16 April). You can get those important Word templates, plus Guidance for Applicants (which you MUST read front to back) here -
Individuals: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/financial-support-artists-creative-practitioners-and-freelancers#section-2
Organisations: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/financial-support-organisations-outside-national-portfolio#section-2

Do you have any Qs? We strongly advise you read the TOP Qs we've been hearing from you, here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news-and-announcements/our-emergency-funding-your-top-queries

See more detailed FAQs on the 2 links above. PLEASE look at these before contacting us, as our Customer Services team are experiencing V High volumes right now.

Large Print and Easy Read versions of Guidance for Applicants are also available. We have BSL interpretation live for the individuals' fund (and will follow soon for the organisations fund). Get these here -
Individuals: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/financial-support-artists-creative-practitioners-and-freelancers#section-5
Orgs: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/financial-support-organisations-outside-national-portfolio#section-5

We’ll still be validating new Grantium user profile requests over the Easter break, but our Customer Services team won’t be responding to email queries. We’ll do our best to get back to you as soon as we can from Tuesday. Thank you