Supporting You Through Every Act
Our Bounce Back Grants exist to assist actors and stage management professionals with any unexpected costs that have arisen in the past three months.
These will be different for each person, and may include cancelled work, increased household bills, and other unexpected expenses.
To apply for this grant you do not have to be experiencing a health issue or unexpected life event, but do need to have been impacted financially due to unforeseen circumstances.
If your grant application is successful, you will receive a one-off grant payment. This will usually be in the range of £500 – £800.
Important Information
Please note we will prioritise grant applicants who have not received support from Actors’ Trust in the past, and those in the greatest financial need.
Applicants experiencing a health issue or major life event (e.g. recent bereavement) should apply to our main grant programme.
To ensure we support as many people as possible we will prioritise applications from actors and stage managers who have not received support from Actors’ Trust in the past 12 months.
You must also meet our eligibility criteria.
Who Can Apply
Actors and people in stage management with at least one professional credit in the past year, an average of one professional credit per year since the start of their career, or ten professional credits or more over their career.
What do we mean by ‘Professional Credits’?
For actors: Professional credits refer to paid acting roles, for instance in theatre, TV, film and voiceover work (e.g. radio and video games). We can also consider lead roles in commercials. We do not consider extra, walk-on, or background work as professional credits. Where an actor plays one role over a period of more than one year, we will consider this as one credit per year. For instance, if you held the same role in a production for two years, this would count as two credits.
For stage management: Each production you’ve worked on in a paid capacity counts as one credit. Where someone in stage management works in one production over a period of more than one year, we will consider this as one credit per year. For instance, if you held the same position in a production for two years, this would count as two credits.
To be eligible for our support, you must:
Be aged 18 or older
Currently live in the UK
Have a UK bank account
Have less than £16,000 in household savings or under £23,250 if of pension age
FAQs
A grant to assist with any unexpected costs that have arisen in the past three months. These will be different for each person, and may include cancelled work, increased household bills, and other unexpected expenses.
Unfortunately, we are not able to provide financial assistance when an actor or stage manager is in financial hardship solely due to a lack of acting work or other employment, nor with any costs related to Christmas.
However, we may be able to offer other assistance, so please do still get in touch withus.
Actors’ and Stage Managers can also apply for counselling support and money advice.
Click the links to read more about whether that support might be the right fit for you
If your grant application is successful, you will receive a one-off grant payment. This will usually be in the range of £500 – £800. We look at each application individually, so the exact amount will depend on your situation, and household.
You can apply for the grant from 9am on Tuesday 27th October. We are expecting a high number of applications, so encourage applicants to contact us as soon as possible.
Please complete this short enquiry form. We will review your application and be in touch to ask if you can offer a short form about your finances if we are able to consider support in your situation.
You can contact the Grants and Services Team via support@actorstrust.org.uk or 0303 223 1110 if you have any other questions, or if you are unsure whether you may be eligible to apply.