• Resources

These are challenging times for pretty much everybody, and sadly we are all going to have to work differently to get by. In this section we will post examples of how businesses are trying to look at things differently, and hopefully will spark off ideas. For other ideas, check out our podcasts

• Audible is now offering free audiobooks for kids stuck at home: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/0...
• The Berliner Philharmoniker invite you to visit their virtual concert hall free of charge https://www.berliner-philharmo...
• Bookbug Song and Rhyme Library: https://www.scottishbooktrust....
• Blair Drummond launches educational programme online: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/blair-drummond-safari-park_bdsphomeschool-blairdrummondsafaripark-activity-6648695914166829056-2diU
• VR company to retain NHS staff: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/03/24/vr-firm-urgently-retrain-15000-nhs-workers-cope-coronavirus/
• Island shopping from the sofa: https://www.isle20.com/?fbclid=IwAR1LU2pGZwGvRqWLE-lAXnU8JZvTINWW_y6-cIIzd2qn1w-qwKE26NOjUYI
• Guide for music teachers - tuition on-line: https://www.ism.org/advice/safeguarding-for-remote-lessons?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=Tim%20Topham&utm_content=Safeguarding%20for%20music%20teachers%20giving%20lessons%20remotely
• The Alnwick Garden Trust launches Retail Charity Bond: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/03/06/the-alnwick-garden-trust-launches-retail-charity-bond/
• Community of quarantined and isolated knitters support each other: https://arnecarlos.com/the-arne-carlos-quarantine-knitting-mystery-kal-pattern-week-2-parts-2-6/
• Garden Trust tries developing new charity bond to raise money: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/03/06/the-alnwick-garden-trust-launches-retail-charity-bond/
• Smartify offer all audio tours free: https://smartify.org/ https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/mar/26/smartify-makes-all-museum-audio-tours-free-for-rest-of-2020
• Forrest Fruscalzo, Content Director Filed Museum Chicago discusses the people that make up public health, how museums can be a trusted source of public health information, and examples of museum galleries that incorporate public health: https://www.museumarchipelago....
• Prickly Thistle have launched an initiative via https://ukfreemasks.com/ for creative communities to connect with those that need face masks to help slow the spread of CV-19.
• UKFT share Playologie offer for up to 300 brands to connect with customers: https://www.iloveplaytime.com/hello/playologie/special-announcement/
• Eight ways to work ON your business when you can’t work IN your business: https://transmitstartups.co.uk...
• SafegardGiftCard is a list of Glasgow restaurants and coffee shops that offer online gift cards for purchase. It’s our hope that by providing this resource, we’ll be able to mobilize loyal customers to provide much-needed support for their favourite places in town.
  https://safeguardgiftcard.com
  
• Are you based in the Scottish Islands and able to sell through a website or Facebook page? https://www.isle20.com
• You can win an original by Orkney artist Jane Glue by going to her new website www.janeglue.com and subscribing to her newsletter on the home page. Offer on until the end of April.
• New virtual Ballet studio in the Highlands: www.mindballetsoul.com
• Oban venue calls on drinkers to buy a ‘virtual round’: https://www.obantimes.co.uk/20...
• Engaging young people in heritage during lockdown: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/blogs/engaging-young-people-heritage-home
• Discover Aberdeen Art Gallery: https://smartify.org/tour/disc...
• Animal Crossing is emerging as a media channel for brands in lockdown: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2...
• The Prince’s Tower: Homeschooling at Stirling Castle: https://blog.stirlingcastle.sc...
• How Artist Fiona Grady Landed Two Solo Shows Through Instagram: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse...
• Welcome to the Isle of Harris: https://essenceofharris.co.uk/...
• Don't know what's available online? Just ask Alexa... https://www.list.co.uk/article...
• Fashion website Atterley.com launches £500,000 crowdfund as sales grow 200% Platform for independent retailers reaps benefits of coronavirus lockdown
  https://www.insider.co.uk/news/fashion-website-atterleycom-launches-500000-21931881
• Free online courses: https://www.myworldofwork.co.u...
• Top Tips for Live Streaming Your Craft: https://www.craftscouncil.org....
• Projectroom2020.org is a collaborative online gallery project devised to support artists in showing work during the public health crisis caused by ‘Covid-19’: https://projectroom2020.org/home
• Actors sheltering at home perform in live VR experiences, making case for new theater form: https://www.latimes.com/entert...
• New at The Numbers: Introducing Virtual Theatrical Tracking: https://www.the-numbers.com/ne...
• Tourism – marketing on a shoestring: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/04/27/meet-the-former-journalist-marketing-the-faroe-islands-shoestring?utm_campaign=Newsletter_Weekly_Media&utm_source=pardot&utm_medium=email
• Anti-paywall Gay Times CEO unveils membership scheme amid coronavirus: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2...
• Commission explores EU-wide crowdfunding project to finance recovery: https://www.euractiv.com/secti...
  
• Siobhan MacKenzie’s collaboration with Caorunn Gin was the most successful campaign in history of Glasgow Airport: https://vimeo.com/268793965
• 12 Things You Can Do To Build Your Writing Career While Stuck At Home: https://blog.bookbaby.com/2020/04/build-your-writing-career-while-stuck-at-home/
• North Street Book Prize: https://winningwriters.com/our-contests/north-street-book-prize
• Brattle Book Shop is curating bookshelves for Zoom meetings and FaceTime hangouts: https://www.bostonglobe.com/20...
• The Inverness Science Festival 2020: https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/inver...
• Dogstar Theatre Online: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/thetailorofinverness
• EICC unveils new strategy for events - fusing online and onsite: https://www.scotsman.com/busin...
• Laura Marling has sold-out the first ‘geo-blocked’ online concert. The artist sold 1,500 tickets exclusively for fans in the US: https://variety.com/2020/music...
• Interview: Coalition Agency’s Guy Robinson on their new Drive-In events: https://business.ticketmaster....
• AGF Aarhus: "The Zoom experience could commercially be highly interesting if you are a bigger club than us": https://offthepitch.com/a/inte...
• Spotify continues building its podcast empire despite lockdown: https://www.thedrum.com/news/2...
• IKEA and Ellen MacArthur Foundation enter strategic partnership to accelerate the circular economy transition: https://newsroom.inter.ikea.co...
• IKEA: Land-based salmon, alternative feeds fit into 'circular' food supply strategy : https://www.intrafish.com/sust...
• West Berkshire Council launches 'UK's first' resident-funded green bond: https://www.edie.net/registrat...
• Interview with Barcelona board member: "Content is going to be the new core business of Barca." https://offthepitch.com/a/inte...
• MIT - Top tips to create new value through investing in customers: https://register.gotowebinar.c...
• BFI Network funds first VR project: https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk...
• How Small Museums and Big Brands can work together: https://www.museumnext.com/art...
• The Sound of Silence | the paradox of quietness: https://www.kilmorackgallery.c...