Connectforce Community CIC connects the elderly with the arts world through digital programmes to tackle loneliness and social isolation. Connectforce is a social initiative born out of the Covid-19 pandemic to provide older people across the UK with electronic communication devices. Its three directors – a singer, an actor and a professional from the charity […]
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Befriending scheme Connectforce creates 100 new virtual friendships between older people and artists
Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize
Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize 2020 – a virtual concert streamed online via YouTube. While the annual Sondheim Student Performer of the Year contest fell victim to Covid-19, the Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize which has run alongside it since 2008 was happily saved with the bonus of top musical theatre […]
SOLT and Equity announce deal to support West End performers
The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) and Equity have reached an agreement to support actors during the current suspension of West End shows due to the COVID 19 crisis. Aimed at covering everything from long-running musicals to plays with limited runs, productions yet to open and shows which were still in rehearsal when the shutdown […]
Acting For Others sets up separate Covid-19 fund
Leading theatrical charity Acting for Others have announced the formation of a separate Covid-19 fund to co-ordinate efforts to support those in the arts facing hardship as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Coinciding with the announcement that next month’s West End Flea Market fundraiser has been postponed, the organisation which will make funds available […]
