Covid-19 General advice from the wider sector and potential funding for small businesses in Scotland and beyond

In this second blog post, Icon Scotland Group has compiled a list of resources for freelancers and others. We will be expanding on this list and will endeavour to keep conservators in Scotland up to date with whatever information they require:

Scottish Government:

Support for small businesses, helpline:

https://www.gov.scot/news/covid-19-helpline-for-scottish-businesses/

 

Creative Scotland:

Includes helpline, grants for small businesses, existing grantholders

https://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2020/02/coronavirus-advice

 

Built Environment Forum Scotland:

Comprehensive list of sites and links to support advice and funding

Cultural Heritage Advice on COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

 

Useful accountant’s advice (Scotland):

https://www.scholesca.co.uk/blog/coronavirus-sources-of-help-and-advice-updated-daily

 

For Charities in Scotland (Museums and others )

3rd Sector resilience advice from SCVO

https://scvo.org/support/coronavirus/funding/for-organisations/third-sector-resilience-fund

 

UK

Arts Council England:

Package of 160M grants for small business in creative sector (not Scotland obviously)

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19

 

International

The Art Newspaper’s useful list (by country) of help and guidance for small arts businesses:

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/are-you-a-freelance-worker-or-a-small-company-in-the-arts-here-s-a-global-list-of-financial-aid-available-to-you-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic

 

For Conservators

Icon’s Covid-19 resource page:

https://icon.org.uk/icon-resources/covid-19-guidance

 

VDR (Germany – by region)

Gut durch die Krise kommen – Aktuelle Links und Hinweise für Restauratoren

 

Collections

Handling Library materials and collections during a Pandemic

useful web links and guidance

http://www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek/resources/pandemic

 

Stay safe and keep well