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
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:
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
