Audio & Radio Emergency Fund

Audio & Radio Emergency Fund

Sunday, 31 May 2020, 5.00pm

The Audio and Radio Emergency Fund has been created to help those in the radio and audio sector who are facing hardship because of the coronavirus crisis.

The urgent need to provide support for freelancers and other individuals who are the lifeblood of radio, podcasts, and audiobooks, has brought together the Radio Academy, AudioUK, the BBC, Audible, ReelWorld and Folder Media to create the new Fund.

It has been kick-started with a contribution from the Radio Academy’s benevolent fund and boosted by contributions from the BBC and internet audio company Audible. Funding from other organisations will be announced shortly.

The scheme will give grants of up to £1,000 to individuals who need extra support during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as those in hardship who are receiving no government assistance; people who need help with radio or audio development projects, or those who need new equipment or software.

How will it work:
Funding will operate on a rolling basis. That means we’ll have a new round every week. It will open every Monday at noon and be open for a week at a time. As soon as one round closes, the next opens straight away. This enables us to keep a rolling fund going, and distribute funds as quickly as possible to meet immediate needs.

Dates:
First round funding open for applications noon: Monday 20th April
First round assessments begin: Monday 27th April
Panel meeting: Tuesday 28th April
Notifications: Wednesday 29th April

The second round opens on Monday 27thApril and so on.

It doesn’t matter when you apply in the one-week period, it’s not on a first-come, first-served basis. Applications will be assessed based on need, not when we receive them.

If you do not receive funding in the first funding round, you are able to re-apply in the second or future rounds.

See link below for further details.

NB: no final deadline specified.

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Published by The Journal of Music on 21 April 2020

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