COVID-19 Training

Business Northumberland https://www.businessnorthumberland.co.uk/ 
A team of specialists with a passion to help businesses across the North East to grow, providing bespoke and tailored business advice to SMEs across Northumberland and the wider North East. Support for local businesses through all stages of their growth journey with a wide range of services.

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Prosper North provides free business advice and training for the cultural heritage sector in the North of England. They offer a selection of coaching, workshops and webinars. Places are limited and applications close 3 August 2020 - https://www.creativeunited.org.uk/services/prospernorth/#:~:text=Prosper%20North%20is%20a%20free,independent%20museums%20to%20literature%20festivals.

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Webinars and Online Support

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Sound Ideas Media's Jason Thompson is running weekly support and advice webinars for those wanting to understand the opportunities and options for creating digital content to use online. www.soundideasmedia.com

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Whatworkswellbeing has published new evidence on how places and spaces impact on wellbeing and loneliness for participants of cultural project and programmes. 

https://whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/places-spaces-and-loneliness-what-matters-for-participatory-art-and-sport/

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Mortal Fools - Connect through Confident Communication on Digital Platforms: https://m.bpt.me/event/4578671

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GOV.UK Manage financial difficulties in your charity caused by coronavirus

Guidance about coronavirus (COVID-19) related financial difficulties in charities and how to work through them.

1. Financial advice and guidance

2. Consider the best interests of the charity

3. What to do if your charity cannot continue to operate because of the financial problems caused by COVID-19

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Voluntary Arts - Remote Working https://www.voluntaryarts.org/remote-working

More and more people are finding themselves working from home or trying to stay in touch with colleagues, volunteers and other creative group organisers remotely. Technology has improved a great deal in recent years to make this easier than ever before, but for those who are unfamiliar with this way of working, it can be difficult to adjust and understand the terminology and the wide range of software and services available.

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Collated Advice 

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Five steps towards a new future (Arts Professional)

A structured reflection process can support arts leaders to find tentative answers to the overwhelming problems they are facing. Richard Watts offers a framework to guide the process.

https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/article/five-steps-towards-new-future
 

ACE 

• Financial support for artists, creative practitioners and freelancers
   

• Covid-19 support

Online cultural listings; 

• https://padlet.com/stevengrainger/dzxnez180qm0

• BBC Arts announces new programmes for Culture In Quarantine - Media Centre

Feedback / articles/ ideas to support the effects of COVID-19

• Helpful online learning from North East Chamber of Commerce 
  Earlier this week, VONNE member the North East Chamber of Commerce hosted a webinar, in partnership with Newcastle law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, on key themes for charities and not-for-profit organisations in relation to Covid-19. In case you missed it, the session was recorded and can be accessed using the code 7v+7Y@=2.

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• More needs of artists and cultural organisations in a crisis
   

• Arts Professional - Arts Courses Directory https://www.artsprofessional.co.uk/events/arts-courses-directory
   

• The Charity Tax Group have pulled together helpful guidance around tax and finance during this difficult time - Coronavirus information hub for charity tax and finance professionals 
   

• Government advice to all charities - Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for the charity sector and businesses -  
   

• COVID-19: guidance for employees, employers and businesses 
   

• Newcastle County Council support - Coronavirus: Support for business
   

• Counter Culture - 10 Tips for Cultural Organisations for COVID-19
   

• Creative Community - UK Covid-19 Freelance Artist Resources List – Links and Coronavirus Resources for the UK Creative Community
   

• That Discomfort You're Feeling Is Grief
   

• Good Finance have produced a guide that includes information on the various funding options available including Government support and what to consider to help you plan. It includes:
   

• Making the most of Government advice

• What to consider with your current grants and/or if you have social investment

• Navigating your relationship with banks

• Operational and business planning

Charities advice:

Coronavirus and governance: What charity trustees need to think about

Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for the charity sector

Legal / Staffing:

https://jurit.com/furlough-leave/

Freelancers / self-employed:

House of Commons Public Bill Committee Amendments: Coronavirus Bill pages 14-18

Chancellor Reveals Covid-19 Self-employment Income Support Scheme

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The Culture Northumberland website is a starting point for visiting the places, pages and information you need to know about if you're part of the Northumberland Arts, Culture and Heritage community. Send us the links, content and ideas that will make this a better and more useful resource. We'll add it to this site and help it grow into a comprehensive resource for everyone.

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Email us at hello@culturenorthumberland.co.uk