Netflix has donated $625,000 to a new fund established to help U.K. theater workers affected by the pandemic lockdowns
Netflix has donated $625,000 to a new fund established by Sam Mendes, the Society of London Theatre and U.K. Theatre to help the U.K.'s pandemic-affected theater workers.
The new fund will provide small grants of $1,250 to struggling theatre workers who are ineligible for government aid and have been unable to work since the shutdown. The focus of the fund is to immediately provide short-term relief to hundreds of theater workers and freelancers across the U.K., particularly people from underrepresented groups that have been disproportionately affected by the lockdowns.
He added: "The Theatre Artists Fund is not for buildings, or regular staff, but for freelance artists who actually make the shows that the public pay to see. The fund has been initiated by a donation from Netflix and I am extremely grateful for their remarkable generosity and leadership. Although the money is initially limited, I hope that it will encourage other individual donors and charitable organisations.
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