£9 million Top-up to the Creative Freelancers Hardship Fund

On 11 February 2021, the Scottish Government announced a further £17.5 million of emergency Covid-19 funding to support creative freelancers and the events sector.

£8.5 million towards the events sector – distributed through the Pivotal Event Businesses Fund and the Events Industry Support Fund 2. Both funds are delivered by EventScotland. A further £1.5 million will be used to provide targeted support to the industry. Bringing the total additional Covid-19 support for the events sector to £31.5 million.

The remaining £9 million will be distributed as a top-up to the Creative Freelancers Hardship Fund bringing the total value of support for creative freelancers to £17 million. This fund is delivered by Creative Scotland.

For more information read the ScotGov news post here.

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