Arts Council England Announces Emergency Response Package For Current Health Crisis

Arts Council England has announced an Emergency Response Package for the current health crisis.

The following statement was made on their website:

We are making £160 million of emergency funding available for those organisations and individuals who will need it during this crisis, and we have also changed the funding requirements for individuals and organisations currently in receipt of our funding.

Emergency funding package

We will offer individuals and organisations working in the cultural sector new financial support during this crisis, totalling £160 million. We've re-purposed all our investment strands to be able to offer this support. These emergency funding streams will be open to applications very soon.

Funding for National Portfolio Organisations 

We will be making £90 million available to NPOs. We hope organisations will use this funding to reboot their creative work, but we also understand it may be required to alleviate financial pressures on NPOs.

Funding for organisations outside of the National Portfolio

£50 million will be made available to organisations that are not in receipt of regular funding from the Arts Council. Organisations who have applied to National Lottery Project Grants are welcome to apply for this support.

Funding for individuals

We want to support artists, creative practitioners and freelancers as best we can in this crisis. We're making £20 million of financial support available to individuals, so they can better sustain themselves, and their work, in the coming months.

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