{"id":3351,"date":"2021-10-05T09:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2021-10-05T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T08:44:21","slug":"a-new-practice-support-fund-for-edinburgh-based-freelance-creatives-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/a-new-practice-support-fund-for-edinburgh-based-freelance-creatives-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"A new Practice Support Fund for Edinburgh based Freelance Creatives is open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) and Creative Edinburgh are delighted to announce a further iteration of the Practice Support Fund for freelance artists, technicians and creatives working in the arts and creative industries in Edinburgh.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This fund is to support those whose ability to work was affected by Covid-19 restrictions before 31st March 2021. The fund will make grants of \u00a31000 available to eligible freelance artists, technicians and creatives.<\/p>\n<p>Applications will be funded on a non-competitive basis, with eligible applications being selected at random.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<strong>You&#8217;re eligible to apply if:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You make some of your income as a professional freelance creative \/ artist (or have done in the 12 months prior to the start of the Covid-19 crisis).<\/li>\n<li>You live in the City of Edinburgh Council area.<\/li>\n<li>You have suffered financial loss as a result of government Covid-19 restrictions before March 31st 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;re not eligible to apply if:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have previously received funding from the City of Edinburgh Council\u2019s Covid-19 Discretionary Business Support Fund.<\/li>\n<li>You have previously received funding from a previous round of the EPAD &amp; Creative Edinburgh Practice Support Fund.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>For further guidance <a href=\"https:\/\/creative-edinburgh.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=25c554df237f10d9b4446b229&amp;id=2e6df10c66&amp;e=09ec834d34\">click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The closing date for the applications is 17:00 on Monday 1st November 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Performing Arts Development (EPAD) and Creative Edinburgh are delighted to announce a further iteration of the Practice Support Fund for freelance artists, technicians and creatives working in the arts and creative industries in Edinburgh.&nbsp; This fund is to support those whose ability to work was affected by Covid-19 restrictions before 31st March 2021. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-musicians","7":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}