Covid-19 Resources for Freelancers and Creatives

Hi everyone, earlier this week we shared a post on ways that you can grow your business during downtime and we promised you all that we would share a roundup of resources that pertain to COVID-19. Since then, we’ve been gathering anything and everything we could find that would be useful for all freelancers and creative small business owners out there. Some of these resources have also come to us as suggestions from our amazing community. We have categorized the resources to make it easier to sift through and we plan to be updating continuously as we move forward during this shelter in place. We hope you find this helpful and please feel free to reach out to us if you have any resources to offer or know of any that we could include in this list.

Update: Some of the financial resources may not be available since we first shared this post but I’ve kept them here just in case they re-open applications.

covid-19 information for freelancers

• What Freelancers Need to Know About the Coronavirus

• C&C COVID-19 Content

• COVID-19 Business Resource Center

financial aid + grants

• Emergency Funds for Freelancers + Creatives Losing Income During Coronavirus

• List Of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Small Business Relief Programs

• Bumble Small Business Grants

• Facebook Small Business Grants Program

• We Found 7 Resources to Provide COVID-19 Financial Relief for Small Businesses

• Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources

• Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

• Verizon Small Business Recovery Fund

• The Red Backpack Fund

• SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Application Tutorial

• Tailwind Small Business Relief Program

• Salesforce Care Small Business Grants

career + small business resources

• 99U: A Creative Career Resource

• Facebook Business Resource Hub

• Small Business Survival Tips with Jenna Kutcher

• What To Say When: Swipe Copy for Responding to Coronavirus Scenarios

• Freelance Founders (Launching Soon!)

courses + education

• Weekend Creative Coaching Calls

• Why You Should Take Time to Shoot for Fun

• 2 Free Months of Adobe Creative Cloud for Current Members

• Yale Course: The Science Of Well-Being

• 14 Days of Skillshare Premium Free

• Free Stanford Course: Introductory Coding

• Shopify Live Workshops

• Domestika #StayAtHome Free Courses

• Adobe Live

virtual events + meetups + conferences

• A Cut Above: Adobe Video Workshops (Jul 14 - Aug 4, 2020)

• Building Creative Resilience When Everything is Changing (Jul 23, 2020)

• Business Storytelling: Elevate Your Brand (Jul 28, 2020)

• Time Management for Creatives (Sep 18, 2020)

• How to Use Contracts & Business Formation to Protect Your Business (Nov 7, 2020)

• How to Protect Your Creative Property Using Copyright + Trademarks (Dec 5, 2020)

networking

• The Weekend Club: A Photographer Community

• 3 Facebook Groups Every Creative Should Join

• SF Image Makers

• The Freelancing Creative: Women in the Works

• Tuesdays Together San Francisco

• Freelancing Females

• Freelancing Females (California)

• Make It Pop! | Creative Photography with Diane Villasen

• Fashion Photography with Olivia Bossert

working from home

• How to Edit and Not Lose Your Mind (or Break Your Back)

• Working From Home: A Beginner’s Guide

• Working From Home Tips

• 12 Busy Women Reveal the WFH Hacks That Help Them Tackle Everything on Their To-Do List

• 6 Tips for Creating a Productive Work-From-Home Environment

support other businesses

• Give & Get Local: Support Your Local Businesses By Purchasing Digital Gift Cards

social distancing to do’s

• How to Grow Your Business During Downtime

• Social Distancing To Do List

• These Free Resources Will Help Get You Through Social Distancing

self-care

• How to Create a Morning Routine to Maintain Your Sanity While Self-Quarantined

• Self-Care Tips to Get You Through the New Coronavirus Normal

• 15 Ways to Practice Self-Care in the Time of Coronavirus

• Self-Care Tips when Working from Home During an Emergency

• Embracing Virtual Connection Due to Social Distancing

other resource roundups or lists

• Covid-19 Freelance Artist Resource

• Where Small Businesses can Go for Help During the Coronavirus Shutdowns

• Art of Freelance: Resources to Help Freelancers Get through COVID-19

• COVID-19 Freelance Artist Resources

• Freelance COVID-19 Resources

• COVID-19 Resources for Creatives

• Emergency Resources for Artists and Freelancers

• Small Business Resources

• Kindness Resources

• Coronavirus Resources for Freelancers, Gig Workers, and Contractors

• How Women-Owned Businesses Can Get Help

is your organization hiring or needing additional help?

• Carolyn Bothwell is collecting open positions for freelance work. Click here to submit any freelance opportunities within your organization.

• Freelance Founders Job Board (Now Live!)

We hope this list was helpful and if you find yourself wanting to discover more resources, click here for all of our past resource blog posts. Stay safe, friends!

Is it the weekend yet?
Arabela