Green Riders for Outdoor Artists
A guide for outdoor artists to outline environmentally-friendly needs alongside technical riders, promoting sustainable practices in collaboration with festivals and venues.
Resources
Every one of us is on a journey. Wherever you are on yours, we’ll do our best to help.
Whether you’re a performer, producer, director, maker or other type of creative, we can offer advice, connections, learning and resources. Supporting our performing arts community is at the heart of everything we do. We bring people together, offer advice, and provide access to learning and resources. We’re here to help creatives at all levels on their journey towards creating outstanding, inspiring work.
Here you’ll find articles, how-to guides, case studies and resources to help you navigate the unique challenges of making theatre, dance, outdoor or site-specific performances.
We will be updating our resources regularly and if you feel there’s something missing, please get in touch.
Access Rider template for freelance creatives
A versatile tool for freelance creatives to articulate access needs, aimed at creating supportive work environments rooted in disability justice and intersectionality.
Code of Care
A toolkit offering best practices for supporting freelance artists, fostering clear communication and mutual care between artists and venues, developed through conversations with underrepresented artists.
Artsadmin
Find curated resources for live art and contemporary performance, including funding bodies, venues, networks, and professional development opportunities, designed to support artists and their work.
Arts Development Company
Access a variety of practical resources on topics like creating community projects, crowdfunding, setting up arts organisations, fundraising, managing budgets and more, all aimed at supporting cultural and creative development.
Arts Council England
The national development agency for creativity and culture.
Culture Hive
A free online resource hub for cultural professionals that brings the collective intelligence of the sector together, by you, for you.
The freelance taskforce’s 5 guiding principles
The 5 Guiding Principles - a toolkit to help support the performing arts sector. Nearly half of our workforce are freelancers and the Freelance Taskforce (and Activate) think it imperative that - as the sector still suffers from the knock-on effects of the pandemic - organisations & freelancers collaborate to improve working practices.