Opportunities in the Tees Valley
Our face-to-face volunteering programme has now re-opened, please get in touch to find out more.
Open Opportunities & Support for Artists
Open employment opportunities.
These are open employment opportunities promoted through our Artist and Makers mailout:
- Freelance Role, Guild, East Street Arts – 4 Oct – here
- Business Development Manager, Helix Arts – 12 Oct – here
- Workshop Opportunities, Rural Arts – 30 Oct – here
- Sky Writes Coordinators, New Writing North – 6 Nov – here
- Writers in Residence, New Writing North – 6 Nov – here
Places artists can apply for financial support.
A number of funds have been established to provide financial support for artists to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. We’ll update the list below as we’re informed of opportunities.
Arts Council England
Arts Council England provided funding through three emergency streams, they were: funds for individuals/freelance practitioners (£16m), funds for organisations (£50m), funds for NPOs (£90m).
These schemes are now closed, but we would welcome if you could let us know if you’ve been successful in applying to any of these funds, or the funds which remain open below. You can let us know here.
- a-n Fund (£300,000) – closed
- The Dancers Hardship Fund (undisclosed) – here – from 29 June
- Equity Charitable Trust Coronavirus Emergency Welfare Support for Freelancers (undisclosed) – here
- Help Musicians Coronavirus Financial Hardship Fund (undisclosed) – here
- The Outdoor Arts Sector Support Fund (£500,000) – closed
- The Theatrical Guild (undisclosed) – here
- Authors Emergency Fund (undisclosed) – here
Please note: Arts Council England is cross-referencing applications and will only support applications made to one body to ensure that as many artists as possible have access to funding.
Other sector specific funders
- Actors Benevolent Fund – here
- The Artists’ General Benevolent Institution – here
- Film and TV Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund – closed
- theMU Coronavirus Hardship Fund – here
- PRS Emergency Relief Fund – here
- Royal Literary Fund – here
- Royal Variety Fund – here
- Stagehand – The PSA Welfare and Benevolent Fund – here
- Youth Music Fund – closed
Other places artists can find support.
- Arts Council England, here
- a-n, here
- Crafts Council, here
- Creative Industries Federation, here
- Creative Factory Crowdfunder, here
- XTRAX, here
Get involved in your Community
Covid-19 specific support.
Darlington
- Coronavirus Support for Vulnerable Darlington – here
Hartlepool
- Hartlepool Community Action Group: Covid-19 Coronavirus – here
Middlesbrough
Redcar and Cleveland
- Redcar and Cleveland Support Group – here
Stockton-on-Tees
Long-term support.
- Become a Middlesbrough Literary Champion – Middlesbrough Reads is looking for people across Middlesbrough to become Literacy Champions in their local communities. Email allison.potter@literacytrust.org.uk to register your interest.