In these difficult and unprecedented times, the Arts Council of Wales recognises the serious personal and professional impacts for artists, practitioners and organisations, including schools, arising from Covid-19 as it spreads. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to offer some direction.
Lead Creative Schools
Following the 18th March announcement that all schools in Wales will close from Friday, 20 March we are asking you to pay the Creative Practitioners for all the planned Lead Creative Schools sessions regardless of any cancelled sessions due to Covid-19.
We are content for our funding to be used to meet the fees for work that may not have been delivered. Our Creative Practitioners are self-employed and as a result their livelihood will inevitably be impacted by this virus, either directly or indirectly. We want to support them as much as possible.
For those schools at the evaluation stage, we are asking you and the Creative Agents to complete this piece of work to the best of your ability, although we realise that many of the conversations may need to take place via video conferencing and by sharing files digitally. Please contact a member of the regional team if you would like further advice on this.
We know that this may be a disappointing end to your project(s) but when the situation improves, we will explore the possibility of bringing schools together to have a collective sharing and celebration of the work undertaken. We will also invite you to be a part of the second phase of the project and the next chapter in our creative learning journey.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your regional team.
Guidance for Creative Agents
Following the 18th March announcement that all schools in Wales will close from Friday, 20 March we have written to schools to request that they pay the Creative Practitioners for all planned Lead Creative Schools sessions regardless of any cancelled sessions due to Covid-19. We will also ensure that our Creative Agents are paid for their contracted time.
We are content for our funding to be used to meet the fees for work that may not have been delivered. Our Creative Practitioners and Agents are self-employed and as a result their livelihood will inevitably be impacted by this virus, either directly or indirectly. We want to support them as much as possible.
For those of you at the evaluation stage, we are asking you and your school complete this piece of work to the best of your ability, although we realise that many of the conversations may need to take place via video conferencing and by sharing files digitally. Please contact a member of the regional team if you would like further advice on this.
We know that this may be a disappointing end to your project(s) but when the situation improves, we will explore the possibility of bringing schools together to have a collective sharing and celebration of the work undertaken.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact your regional team.
Guidance on Creative Collaborations
In these difficult and unprecedented times, many of the arts programmes run by the Arts Council of Wales are having to change. This includes our Creative Collaborations scheme. Following the 18th March announcement that all schools in Wales will close from Friday, 20 March, we are writing to request that Artists/Practitioners are paid for all planned sessions regardless of any cancelled sessions due to Covid-19.
We are asking you to complete the evaluation form to the best of your ability, although we realise that many of the conversations may need to take place via video conferencing and by sharing files digitally. Please contact a member of the team if you would like further advice on this.
We know that this may be a disappointing end to your project but these are unprecedented times that nobody could have predicted.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at creative.learning@arts.wales
Go and See fund
In these difficult and unprecedented times, many of the arts programmes run by the Arts Council of Wales are having to change. This includes our Go and See scheme.
Following the 18th March announcement that all schools in Wales will close from Friday, 20 March, we have decided to postpone our Go and See grant scheme until further notice. We will not, therefore, be accepting any new applications to the scheme at the present time.
If you have any queries about the Go and See fund, please contact creative.learning@arts.wales