Creative Scotland releases first £4m of Cancellation Fund grants for creative freelancers
UK Chancellor announces additional £30m for covid-hit arts sector
UK Government backs insurance scheme for live events
World Choir Games to include virtual participation for the first time
Dowden tweets choirs in England can re-assemble on 19 July
Glyndebourne launches fund to support its freelance contractors
Double your donation to the Future Sound music education programme for children affected by Coronavirus
Petition challenges government’s covid restrictions on choirs
Music Minds Matter expands service following huge rise in requests for help from musicians
Major report published on the future of freelancing in the performing arts
Soundtrap drives an online revolution in UK students’ music learning and mental health
Research lab funded to investigate new methods in classical music teaching
Wiltshire Primary school gives ukulele to every pupil
Sage Gateshead reveals stark figures about the impact of Covid on arts in England’s North East
PRS backtracks after members’ backlash
£500,000 fund established to help creative freelancers in Manchester
English National Opera and Imperial College launch social prescribing programme to help Long-Covid recovery
IFS report cites ‘clear injustices’ in the exclusion of UK freelancers from SEISS
Royal Irish Academy of Music and Music Network unite in unusual charity challenge
Sing Up At Home offers a free #FeelgoodFifteen minutes of song every Tuesday
